What is the gift etiquette for virtual guests?

It's fine to include your wedding website on the save the dates and/or invitations for virtual guests, it's not like you're sending them a direct link to your registry.

I agree with Caytlyn. The link to your website on the Save The Dates and invitations would be totally fine! Don't put the registry link on either of those though, keep that info on your website.

I agree with PPs.... just include the address of your wedding website on the invitations or virtual guests. Do not include the link of the actual registry anywhere other than the wedding website.
Also, I think your idea to send pieces of wedding cake to your virtual guests is so cool and unique!!

You have it backwards:
No - do not put registry information on or with a Save the Date, or of any invitation, whether printed or electronic. Yes, you may tell people verbally, if you have been asked about it.
But never outright just tell people if not asked, that is true. ..... You may put a link to your wedding website on a Save the Date. If you have a shower, the hosts may put a link to your registry or your website on that. If there is a packet of info printed and sent with the invitation, you may put a link to your website in those papers. But not on the invitation. ...🙂 Things that never go on wedding invitations: Registry info, website links, any mention of who vendors are ( which is like advertising) , and no mention of who is NOT invited. You never say, No kids under 12, or No kids, or no nursing mothers. It is fine not to have children, or only have children of an appropriate age. You do that by inviting who you want, by name. But do not say no to any group. On your website, or if asked, you may say, we are not inviting any children, and your reason ( though that invites people to argue) . Not on invitations. Do not expect anyone to send a gift if they watch your wedding from home. Technically, you send an invitation to anyone you are close to, when they marry, whether you or anyone else was invited pr not. So it does not matter if your sister or best friend goes alone to city hall, or gets married in front of people round the world, if close, you send a gift. But the reality is most people say, well if I am not close enough to be invited, no gift. It really depends on your family and friends. Some will send gifts just out of love. Don't expect gifts from virtual viewers, and do not expect shower gifts either. And no links to a wedding website about the wedding or party they are missing. Do info for virtual viewers separately, and never mention gifts.

"(And yes we know not to verbally tell ppl our registry info. We would have our wedding website on STD's and Invite info card.)"

I don't actually understand this part. It's always fine to tell people where you are registered, verbally or electronically, IF they ask.

For virtual wedding guests, there's not really a need for them to know your wedding website (since they don't need directions, lodging information, or anything like that) but there's no harm in including the link to your website (NOT a direct link to your gift registry) on your invitations.

We live streamed our wedding via YouTube, and in the description I put a link for our wedding website, which, along with other things, had a link to the registry on it. We ended up getting gifts from people whom we didn’t even invite, but who found the link that way. I wouldn’t expect gifts from them, but it’s nice to provide them with a way to find the registry in case they want to get you two something.


I think it’s really sweet that you’re sending your virtual guests treats

The etiquette of sending real invites with website info seems completely ok as a way to share the registry; however, it is a little strange and potentially confusing to share the info for the in-person wedding with people only invited to virtual. You should probably hide the live event information by listing it as a private event (like how some people do rehearsal dinners) just to avoid any confusion or hurt feelings.
The nice invitations for livestream and cake-by-mail is so cute!!

We wanted to know if they should be given registry information or should it only be for in-person guests? It's hard to know what is tacky and what isn't. --> I've questioned this myself, but my fiance thinks that many livestreamers will understand that they can't come in person due to limited guest count and still want to support you somehow, which is why it wouldn't be a bad idea to open the registry to livestreamers too. We had friends who had like 80 things on their registry and hosted only 30 in person, but they still received most of the things on their registry because of the generosity of their guests.

We are also planning to send a formal invite for the live stream rather than just emailing the link because we still want that special feeling. (And yes we know not to verbally tell ppl our registry info. We would have our wedding website on STD's and Invite info card.) Should we put our wedding website info on the invite for virtual guests? This is all so new and we want to do it right given the new circumstances. --> Yes, put the wedding website info on the invitation!! We put a little blurb about "We would have loved to host you in person, but we are most concerned about your safety, etc... For those who are new to livestreaming technology, please note: ...."