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Personal Wedding Websites Cater to Massive Holiday Engagement Market

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:00:00 PST

San Jose, California (IPRWIRE) Thur, December 6th -- WedShare.com (http://www.wedshare.com) states that new high-tech trends in wedding planning are on the rise, from online RSVPs to guest address books that build and update themselves. And winter, surprisingly enough, is big high-tech wedding time.

You might not realize it, but December is a hot wedding month in general. While sunshiney months like April and June reign supreme, December is not far behind. But what makes December so big in terms of the Big Day is not actually the number of weddings it hosts; it's the number of new engagements. The majority of all wedding proposals--about 75%, in fact--happen over the holidays. And when today's couples get engaged, one of the first things they do after popping the questions (and getting the "yes!") is popping onto the web.

What are couples looking for?

"Everything," says Jason Melendez, president of WedShare.com, an online wedding website and planning tools company. "Most just want to know where to start. The online bridal market is huge: couples find venues, DJs, cakes, caterers; you name it. Wedding planning takes a lot of research, and the web is research central."

WedShare.com provides one of the first things couples today look for: a personal wedding website, the home base from which to launch their planning. But WedShare.com doesn't build the wedding website for them...it provides a service that lets couples build their own and give it whatever address they like: JohnAndJane.com, for example.

Today's tech has much to offer the busy 21st-century engaged couple. There is a lot of information management when it comes to guest lists, seating charts, meal preferences, and so forth. Communication is crucial between vendors, the bridal party, and the couple themselves. All-inclusive wedding planning services that a company such as WedShare.com provides can count significantly towards making the planning experience fun and enjoyable, rather than hectic and stressed.

Laine and Dave of Seattle, Washington, say "Wedshare has been a lifesaver! We use it to keep all of our friends and family informed of plans and events. We have invited guests from all over the country and we can keep in touch so easily. Our vendors and wedding planner love it too! This was the first and best decision we made around our wedding."

Business is growing so fast, in fact, that WedShare.com is announcing significant overhauls and upgrades to its hardware network and its offered features. To meet the demands of its rising membership base, prices will also be increasing. But to accommodate the large number of holiday engagements, WedShare.com will hold off on the price upgrade until January and offer a low price promotion through December.

For more information, visit: http://www.wedshare.com to learn more.

About WedShare.com:
WedShare.com (http://www.wedshare.com) was founded in 2004 by Crystal and Jason Melendez, online wedding planning experts, married couple, and authors of "e-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today's Best Online Resources". Since its founding, WedShare.com has become a leading planning resource and top personal wedding website provider. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley and has an international client base that stretches across the globe. Its goal is to enable anyone to create their own unique personal wedding website, and to use the latest technology to streamline the many planning details with ease and confidence.

( An http://IPRWire.com Press Release )

Contact Info:

Name: Crystal Melendez
Address: 123 E. San Carlos St. #113
City: San Jose
State: California
Country: USA
Zip: 95112

Web Address: http://www.wedshare.com
Business Blog: http://iblogit.com/wedshare
Phone: 408-404-5225

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Wedding Website Provider WedShare.com Partners with Couture Wedding Stationery Designer

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PST

San Jose, CA (IPRWIRE) Thu, August 9th, 2007 – WedShare.com (http://www.wedshare.com) is announcing a partnership with online couture wedding stationer Custom Invites (http://www.custominvites.ca). Soon, couples who purchase invitations for their wedding from Custom Invites will receive a complimentary wedding website from WedShare.com. Additional cross-promotion of both online wedding companies is also in the works.

The popularity of personal wedding websites is increasing rapidly, and with good reason. With easy to find gift registries, maps, directions, online RSVPs, and even guest address books that build and update themselves, a wedding website can save time, hassle, and make the planning experience a lot more fun. WedShare.com offers a service that lets couples create their own wedding website and have it online in minutes, without any tech experience at all. Soon couples can have all of that convenience for free right when they purchase their invitations.

“I think clients will find it to be a huge value-add,” says Custom Invites creative director Lauren Laba. “Not many other invitation/website vendors are offering special packages like this, so from a brand and visibility standpoint, I hope that this benefits both of our businesses not only in the coming months, but down the road as well.”

Custom Invites focuses on the design of couture wedding stationery. All of their designs are unique and produced solely in-house, not sold to mass distributors or purchased from out-sourced design firms. Their website allows couples to build their very own custom design right online.

“We’re always looking for unique, creative, and innovative online services that we can work together with to provide continually higher value to today’s brides and grooms,” says Jason Melendez, president and co-founder of WedShare.com. “Getting your own custom, beautiful wedding website right along with your custom, beautiful invitations is a fantastic convenience and value for anyone planning a wedding.”

For more information visit: http://www.wedshare.com

About Wed Share:
WedShare.com was founded in 2004 by Crystal and Jason Melendez, online wedding planning experts, married couple, and authors of “e-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today’s Best Online Resources”. Since its founding, WedShare.com has become a leading planning resource and top personal wedding website provider. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley and has an international client base that stretches across the globe. Its goal is to enable anyone to create their own unique personal wedding website, and to use the latest technology to streamline the many planning details with ease and confidence.

( An http://IPRWire.com Press Release )

Contact Info:

Name: Crystal Melendez
Address: 123 E. San Carlos St. #113
City: San Jose
State: California
Country: United States
Zip: 95112

Web Address: http://www.wedshare.com
Business Blog: http://iblogit.com/wedshare
Phone: 408-404-5225

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WedShare.com Introduces Cultural Wedding Website Options That Marry Tradition With Technology

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PST

San Jose, California (IPRWIRE) Thurs, Mar. 15th, 2007 -- WedShare.com (www.wedshare.com) proudly announces their cultural wedding website series, part of their service that lets engaged couples share the big day the way their grandparents and great-grandparents would have done, if only they had the Internet.

A personal wedding website allows any couple to easily share things like maps, directions, photos, and gift registries. Guests can even RSVP online. A service like WedShare.com lets couples put their site online in minutes, with no technical experience required. However, an element that has been missing until now, according to WedShare.com president Jason Melendez, is cultural tradition.

"The web is a visual medium," Melendez says. "Different cultures have very specific imagery and colors associated with the wedding celebration. A couple’s website should be an extension of the wedding itself, and that includes the wedding’s cultural aspects."

WedShare.com designers worked closely with couples of varied cultural backgrounds to create the first installment of what they anticipate will be a one-of-a-kind collection of cultural wedding website themes. Couples can customize those themes with their own personal touches and preferences.

Such cultural integration was exactly what Karishma and Ankur of Ann Arbor, MI were looking for when they wanted to build a website and share it with their family and friends. Karishma says, "Wedshare.com helped me design a website that was unique to our culture. They allowed us to design a site that was unique to us. It was the only site that provided so many options."

Those options, according to Melendez, are what more and more couples are seeking. "For today’s brides, weddings are all about personalization," he says.

WedShare.com started the project after they were approached by various couples who were looking to integrate the imagery of their cultures into their personal wedding websites. The results have been an instant success, and continue to grow in popularity.

Ongoing releases of additional cultural themes are anticipated, and WedShare.com plans to continue offering what they see as an overlooked need for many engaged couples today, and a hot trend in the ever-changing online bridal scene.

Visit www.wedshare.com to learn more.

About WedShare.com:
WedShare.com was founded in 2004 by Crystal and Jason Melendez, online wedding planning experts, married couple, and authors of e-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today’s Best Online Resources. Since its founding, WedShare.com has become a leading planning resource and top personal wedding website provider. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley and has an international client base that stretches across the globe. Its goal is to enable anyone to create their own unique site, and to use the latest technology to streamline the many planning details with ease and confidence.

( An http://IPRWire.com Press Release )

Contact Info:

Name: Crystal Melendez
Address: 123 E. San Carlos St. #113
City: San Jose
State: CA
Country: USA
Zip: 95112

Web Address: www.wedshare.com
Business Blog: http://iblogit.com/wedshare
Phone: 408-404-5225

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New Personal Wedding Website Service Offers Fantastic Advantages for Those Planning That Big Day

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:21:00 PST

San Jose, California (IPRWIRE) Tue, Jan. 30th, 2007 -- WedShare.com (www.wedshare.com) is pleased to announce their new wedding website service, providing unique, yet easy to use features that allow couples to plan, manage, and showcase their engagement, ceremony, and honeymoon. This remarkable service is a must-have for anyone planning a marriage. Couples not only receive their own Internet space to showcase their event, but they are also given a myriad of other useful tools and services to assist in the creating and managing of the site and the many details associated with their wedding.

Crystal Melendez, CEO, stated recently: "Planning a wedding can be a major undertaking. The engaged couple must inform and stay in touch with vendors, family, and friends, many of which may be scattered across the country or even the world. A lot of information needs to be managed and organized."

"Today, the Internet is bringing people together and streamlining communication like nothing else. Personal wedding websites are becoming such a popular trend because they let busy couples take advantage of this powerful management and communication resource."

WedShare.com customer Sabrina W. of Danville, CA says: "What started out as a way to ease RSVP's and save a few dollars on invitation inserts turned into the central repository for everything related to the event. I love it! My big day wouldn't have been the same without it. The designs are great, and the flexibility and ease of use is awesome. I would recommend it to everyone."

The development of WedShare.com was undertaken by Crystal and Jason Melendez, wedding industry and technology professionals. They are the authors of the new 2007 book, "E-Plan Your Wedding: How to Save Time and Money with Today's Best Online Resources," and have put a lot of their research into their new online service. Their goal was to develop a superior wedding website service backed by industry experience and research.

Visit www.wedshare.com to learn more.

About WedShare.com:
WedShare.com was founded in 2004, and is steadily becoming a leading online wedding planning resource and top personal wedding website provider. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley and has an international client base that stretches across the globe. Its goal is to enable anyone to create their own unique personal wedding website, and to use the latest technology to streamline the many planning details with ease and confidence.

( An http://IPRWire.com Press Release )

Contact Info:

Name: Crystal Melendez
Address: 123 E. San Carlos St. #113
City: San Jose
State: CA
Country: USA
Zip: 95112

Web Address: www.wedshare.com
Business Blog: http://iblogit.com/wedshare
Phone: 408-404-5225

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