Guests & contacts

How does the guest list work?

By Nimanto 1 min read

In short

Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Guests. Add guests one by one, import a spreadsheet or pick from your contact book. Each guest gets a personal link, and the list shows who was e-mailed, who opened and who replied.

The guest list is the heart of every invitation: who you invited, how to reach them, and what they said.

Where to find it

  1. Open the invitation from your dashboard.
  2. Choose Guests & RSVPs (it reads Guests when the invitation has no RSVP page).

You can build the list before you publish. Nobody is contacted until you publish; at that moment everyone with an e-mail address is invited automatically, each guest exactly once, and personal links start working.

What each guest row holds

  • Guest: the name, a small group tag, and the e-mail and phone underneath.
  • Party: how many they are coming with, out of their passes, once they reply ("3 of 4"). Before a reply it reads "Up to 4".
  • Reply: their latest answer, or "No reply".
  • Invitation: when it was e-mailed and when they first opened their personal link. See invitation status.
  • Last activity: when they replied and the last message they wrote.
  • Send: buttons to copy their personal link or share it on WhatsApp, by text or by e-mail.

Three ways to add people

  • Add guest adds one person at a time.
  • Import reads a CSV or Excel file.
  • From contacts picks people already in your contact book.

Every guest you add anywhere is also saved to your contact book, so you only ever type a list once.

Each guest has a personal link that greets them by name, applies their passes and records their reply against their row. You also have one shared link for group chats; whoever replies through it joins the list in the group "Replied via link". The difference is explained in shared link vs personal links.

Keeping the list tidy

Search by name, e-mail, phone or group. Filter by reply. Tick rows to message or remove several at once, and Export the list as a CSV whenever you need it.

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