Publishing & sending
How do I send my invitation on WhatsApp?
By Nimanto 2 min read
In short
Open the invitation, choose Guests & RSVPs, and tap the WhatsApp icon on a guest's row. WhatsApp opens to their number with your message and their personal link ready to send. For a group, use the WhatsApp button on the Share page. Nimanto never sends the message itself.
WhatsApp is how most invitations travel. Nimanto prepares the message and opens WhatsApp for you; you press send, from your own number, so guests hear from you and not from a stranger.
Send a guest their personal link
- 1Publish the invitation first. Personal links only work once it is live.
- 2Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Guests & RSVPs.
- 3Find the guest, who needs a phone number on their row, and tap the WhatsApp icon.
- 4WhatsApp opens to their number with the message ready. Check it and send.
On a phone the WhatsApp app opens. On a computer WhatsApp Web opens instead, because the desktop app can put the text into whichever chat is on screen rather than the guest's.
The message reads "Dear <Name>," then your message, the title, the date, the venue and "Open your invitation:" with their personal link. The message itself is the one saved on the Share page, or the text you type under Send invitations.
Send to many at once
Choose Send invitations above the list. The dialog lets you edit the message, then offers a WhatsApp, SMS, e-mail and copy icon per guest, or Copy all messages to paste every guest's text yourself.
Share one link with a group
- 1Open the invitation and choose Share.
- 2Under Send it, write the words that go with your link and choose Save message.
- 3Choose WhatsApp. WhatsApp opens with your message, the title, the date, the venue and the shared link, and you pick the chat.
Under the link WhatsApp shows a preview card drawn from your invitation: the cover, the title, the date and the venue. See the link preview card.
Text messages and other apps
The SMS icon on a guest's row, and SMS on the Share page, open your phone's Messages app the same way. Guests can also pass the invitation on from its share block, which opens WhatsApp or Messages with the shared link.
A guest who opens their personal link shows as Opened on your list. A guest who opens the shared link does not, so a group share gives you replies but not opens.
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