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What is Nimanto?

By Nimanto 2 min read

In short

Nimanto makes digital invitations that open like a real card, with an animated envelope, music and pages guests scroll through on any phone. Each invitation also runs the event: replies, reminders, a shared photo album and a summary the morning after.

Nimanto is a website, with a companion app for iPhone and Android, for making animated digital invitations and running the event behind them.

What a guest gets

Your invitation is a web page with its own link. Guests open it on any phone, with nothing to install and no account to make. They see an animated envelope, hear your music, and scroll through the pages: the cover, the schedule, where to stay, gifts and the reply form. They answer Yes, No or Maybe, say how many are coming, and add a note.

What you get as the host

  • One place for everything. Your dashboard holds every invitation, its guest list, every reply, your contact book, your calendar and your billing.
  • Replies that land by themselves. Each guest can get a personal link, so their answer lands against their name. Anyone who replies through the shared link joins your guest list.
  • Reminders on time. Two automatic e-mails go out before the event: one to guests who have not replied, and one the day before to guests who said yes.
  • A shared photo album. Guests scan a QR code or open a link and add photos from their own phones. It comes with premium designs and with Nimanto Pro and Business.
  • A summary the morning after. The day after the event you get an e-mail with who came, who could not, and how many photos were shared.

Two kinds of invitation

A Signature invitation is the full scrolling invitation with an envelope intro, pages, a schedule and photos. A Card invitation is one painted card in an envelope, with the details and the reply form under it. Both are sent, shared and managed the same way. See Signature or Card: which should I choose?.

Free to start

Every occasion has free designs you can publish at no cost. Premium designs are paid once, for that invitation, when you publish, unless your plan includes them. Current plans and prices are on the pricing page.

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