What happens when someone replies through the shared link?

Sharing one link in a family group is the fastest way to invite everyone. Replies through it still land in your dashboard against a name.

How the reply is matched

1. 1The guest chooses an answer on the shared link and types their name and e-mail (a phone is optional).
2. 2Nimanto looks for a guest already on this invitation with the same e-mail, or else the same phone (compared on the last ten digits, so formats do not matter).
3. 3A match links the reply to that guest's row, exactly as if they had used their personal link.
4. 4No match means the person is new. Nimanto finds or creates them in your contact book, then adds them to the guest list.

A second reply from the same e-mail or phone updates the first instead of counting twice.

The new guest

• Group: Replied via link. Move them to another group once you know them; see guest groups.
• Passes: the headcount they replied with (at least 1). If they later reply for more, their passes rise to match; a reply never lowers passes.
• Their personal link lets them reply for the larger of their passes and 1 plus your Plus ones, so they can still change their party when they come back through a reminder e-mail. See plus-ones.

You can now message and remind them like any guest, and Invited counts them.

Where to see them

Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Guests & RSVPs. The guest list shows the new row; the Responses tab shows the reply with "Invited as <name> · Replied via link". A reply that could not be linked to a guest reads "Via generic link" there.

Sharing from inside the invitation

The Share block and the invite-a-friend button after replying always pass on the shared link, never a guest's personal one, so a forwarded invitation cannot change someone else's reply.