Paperless Wedding Invitations? Green Envelope vs Paperless Post?

View Quoted Comment The pricing varies..Paperless Post sells their invites by pricing them with “coins.” So like the invite I designed costs me 5 coins each to send to each email. For the amount of invites I want to send, it’s going to cost me about 360 coins. I have to buy 400 which is $50. GreenEnvelope is going to cost me about $79 for the amount of people I want to send it to (it sets it for 80..I have about 68 emails I need to send an invite to).

I'm also planning on doing e-invites and am leaning toward Greenvelope. The interface for tracking RSVP's seems better to me, plus I liked their designs a smidge more. That being said, we may go with Appy Couple for our wedding website and invites in a matching template are also available through the site.

View Quoted Comment Nice! I think I’m liking GreenEnvelope more too (even though I was pretty much ready to press send on Paperless!) but we’ll see. So far after reading reviews GreenEnvelope>Paperless. We’re just using TheKnot’s free website as our website.

I'm team Greenvelope!

View Quoted Comment I’m watching their “training videos” right now and it’s so helpful. I felt lost on Paperless..guess I’m starting over!

I used paperless post for save the dates for free. I removed the envelope which removes a coin. I also removed the colored background and another coin was removed. There’s ways to make it totally free or lower cost. Honestly no one needs a virtual envelope so delete that.

Forgot, you can filter by free invites too. I’m making one for some guests overseas.

I thought about doing this! However, there's a good chunk of people that I just couldn't count on understanding einvites or even checking their email. I think they're a great idea, just not for every generation yet.

Thankfully almost everyone I know is tech savvy and for the older adults who are coming, I sent it to their adult children. So far the only confusion I’m having is when they’re not clicking on “bring a guest” when it has been addressed to a couple. On Greenvelope, it costs per person so I had to send them out addressed to the couple and gave them a plus one or more if it was a family. Unfortunately if you add all names originally, they charge per name. But I’m able to fix it and clarify with my guests which isn’t too bad. So far so good! And they love it!

View Quoted Comment I did the same thing. I was actually looking for a good wedding photo editor for my save the date and didn't need the envelope and background. My whole wedding is overseas so invitations are my nightmare. I was going to send the save the date photo to walmart photocentre and get a local perosn to print. But then I found paperpost and have been looking into paperless for the whole ceremony.

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Hi Rebecca, we're in the early stages of planning and I was wondering what you ended up using? Thank you! Kristin

I went with Paperless. Didn’t try Green envelope. There’s a way on Paperless to make it totally free (similar to what jerzgrlnmd said). And honestly no one missed the things that cost extra, like the envelope or colored background. Everyone thought the save the date was super cute. paperless also lets you track who’s opened the email/if someone’s email bounced. Would recommend.

I love paperless! I’m planning to use them for our Save The Dates. I love that STDs help guests keep our date in mind - this way, we don’t need to spend a fortune to do so. But, we do plan to send out printed invitations later.

Hi Antoinette,

We went with Greenvelope and honestly couldn't be happier with it. I was in the same position as you Antoinette, I looked at Paperless Post first and the coins system just felt confusing when I started adding everything up.

What pushed me toward Greenvelope was their designs, they look really elegant and you can customize them properly, it doesn't feel like a generic e-invite at all. The real-time RSVP tracking is also so useful, I can see exactly who has opened it, who has responded, and follow up with the ones who haven't. For coordinating guests across different countries it has been a lifesaver (we're getting married in BArcelona)

One thing I really appreciated is that it's completely ad-free. Sounds like a small thing but it makes the whole experience feel a lot more premium, for you and for your guests receiving it. The pricing is also straightforward, as in: NO coin calculations (like Paperless Post), you just know what you're paying upfront which I found refreshing.

The customer support was also really responsive when I had a question about addressing couples, which sounds like exactly the issue you ran into Antoinette! They sorted it quickly.

Definitely recommend giving Greenvelope a proper look if you haven't already decided.

Hope this helps anyone who reads this in future