Now it gets serious and really lovely: your invitation goes out. You decide whether to send one careful single email first or invite all of your guests in one go. You will find both on the page Einladungen (invitations) in the area „Per E-Mail versenden“ (send by email).
A quick check beforehand
Are all of your guests added and are the email addresses spelled correctly?
Are you happy with your email template?
Is Premium unlocked and your page published? Otherwise the button in the email leads nowhere.
Sending one single invitation
Find the guest in your list, the search field makes that easy.
Click „Senden“ (send) in their row.
The dialog „Einladung versenden?“ (send invitation?) appears with the name, the address and a scaled-down preview of the real email.
If you would like to change something about the text, click „Vorlage anpassen“ (customise template). If everything fits, click „Jetzt senden“ (send now).
A moment later a message confirms that it went out, and the guest moves into the tab „Versendet“ (sent). The „Senden“ button only exists for guests who have an email address on file.
Inviting all open guests at once
As soon as at least one guest is waiting, a note with a clock icon sits above your list, for example „24 Gäste warten auf eine Einladung“ (24 guests are waiting for an invitation), along with the button „Alle einladen“ (invite everyone).
Click „Alle einladen“.
In the dialog you see the number, a preview of the email and the warning that this cannot be undone.
Confirm the sending and leave the browser tab open until the closing message appears.
Only guests who have an email address, who have not received an invitation yet and who are not marked as „Manuell eingeladen“ (invited manually) will be contacted.
Good to know: The emails go out one after another. With a long guest list that takes a few minutes. Do not switch tabs during that time and do not close the window, otherwise the sending stops. There is no progress bar, only a loading note.
When something did not work
If the app reports „X Einladungen versendet, Y fehlgeschlagen“ (X invitations sent, Y failed) at the end, have a look in the tab „Ausstehend“ (pending). Anyone still in there did not get an email. The most common cause is a misspelled address. Correct it in your guest management and send the invitation afterwards one at a time through „Senden“.
A test invitation to yourself
There is no separate feature for a test email to yourself, but there is a simple trick: add a guest with your own email address in your guest management, send them the invitation and take a good look at it in your inbox. Afterwards you simply delete that test guest again.
Frequently asked questions
I click „Senden“ and nothing happens.
Then the button is locked, which you can tell by the small padlock. You need Premium to send, and you unlock it under Einstellungen → Abo (Settings → Subscription).
A guest says they did not get anything.
Ask them to look in their spam folder for „Unsere Einladung“. Also check how the address is spelled and then send the invitation again.
Can my guests reply to the invitation?
No. The email comes from a no-reply address, so answers to it will not reach you. Replies run through the form on your page.
Can I schedule the sending for later?
No, everything goes out right away. Picking individual groups is not possible either, you either send to one guest or to everyone who is still open.
Can I undo a sending?
No. An email that has gone out cannot be called back. That is why it is worth taking a look at the preview beforehand.