For micro weddings
Twenty people still deserve a real invite and a real roll.
Micro weddings get sold software built for 250-person ballrooms. You need a page, a yes/no that is not a group text, and photos that are not only the hired photographer’s wide shots.
A micro wedding is not a failed big wedding. It is a short list of people who will notice if the invite is a chaotic text thread. The embarrassment of a group chat RSVP is real: someone misses the meal question, someone brings a plus-one you did not budget, someone thinks they are coming when they are not. A public page with a form is smaller emotionally than it looks — it is just a clean yes.
Photography for micros is often two hours of portraits and a few reception frames. That is a good use of money. It is also a gap: dinner, the walk to the car, the friend who cries in the hallway. Guest POV is how those minutes exist later. Because the list is small, a shot cap is not stingy. It is how you avoid 90 frames of the same candle.
Pricing should match the scale. The invitation website is free. Free live camera is 10 guests and 5 shots each — enough for a table if those 10 are the people who will actually shoot. In-product RSVP collection and the fuller camera unlock with Pro at $49. Platinum at $79 is for 50 shots, 24 months of gallery hosting, and one partner slot. We will not sell you a seating-chart suite for a farm table of twelve.
If your ‘micro’ is actually 80 people, this page is the wrong advice. Use the main product pages and plan for Pro or Platinum shot caps. Honesty about size is how you avoid a thin camera roll and a surprised invoice.
Guest list is tight. Every person is close. You will notice if someone never RSVPs. You will also notice if the only photos are posed.
What usually breaks
These are the failure modes for this kind of night — not generic SaaS bullets.
Group chats are not RSVP
A thumbs-up is not a meal choice. A form on your site is. You will still text people. The form is the record.
Photographer coverage is short
Guest POV fills the hours you did not book. It does not replace the portraits you paid for — do not skip a photographer because a QR exists.
Paid tools feel oversized
All-in-one wedding OS products assume vendors, seating, and timelines. Those are not WedPOV’s core jobs. If you need them, use them — and keep us for camera and gallery, or pick one tool. See /compare.
Everyone thinks they can skip the website
They can, until the one person who was not in the chat. The page is for the edge of the list, not the center.
How WedPOV maps to this
01
Match plan to headcount
Count how many people will actually hold a phone to shoot, not how many eat dinner. Camera caps are per shooting guest. RSVP is for everyone who might eat.
02
Keep the dashboard boring
One wedding. One slug. Publish when the names are right. A host may own more than one wedding; that is convenience, not a planner product.
03
Print a small card, not a sign forest
For twenty people, a card you pass at dinner can beat table tents at every setting.
04
Reveal when it feels like a gift
Micros often look better the next week. Host-controlled gallery lets you wait.
What to actually write on the website
Copy only you can write. The product gives you fields; these are the sentences this wedding usually needs.
Why this is small
One sentence: ‘We’re keeping this to the people at this table.’ It prevents awkward plus-one negotiations in public.
Schedule
Start time, meal, and when you want phones down. Three lines beat a 12-event itinerary product.
Gifts
If you do not want gifts, say it on the page once. Do not make guests hunt a registry we do not host.
Dress
Micros often skip formalwear. Say what you will wear so guests do not overdress in panic.
Checklist
- Write the real guest count before you pick a plan.
- Do not promise unlimited guest photos — plans cap shots.
- Send the website even to people who ‘already know’.
- Ask your photographer how they feel about guest phones during portraits.
- Decide who holds the printed QR so it is not in the couple’s pocket during vows.
- Export RSVPs 72 hours out.
- If two of you share admin, Platinum’s partner slot is the honest upgrade.
- Skip features we do not have instead of waiting for them.
When to do what
When the list is final
Publish. Small lists change late; draft exists so you are not leaking a URL to the wrong cousin.
Two weeks out
Nudge missing RSVPs. Micros have no buffer in catering.
Day of
One QR. Do not over-produce signage.
After
Reveal the gallery to the same people who sat at the table.
On the day
Everyone already has the link
The slug they RSVP’d on is the wedding they are standing in. Camera is a second URL you print once.
Do not over-produce
You do not need a live slideshow product for twelve people. Host reveal is enough.
Keep the gallery small on purpose
Five or twenty-five thoughtful frames beat a dump. That is why shots are capped.
Let silence happen
Micros have quiet minutes. Guests do not need to fill them with photography. The cap helps.
Compared with the usual workarounds
Not a feature matrix against every competitor — those live on /compare. This is what this wedding usually tries first.
No website, just texts
Works until it does not. The person who was traveling has no thread. The form is cheaper than the awkwardness.
A full wedding-planner suite
Buy it if you need seating, vendors, and budget. Do not buy it only to collect 18 RSVPs.
Only a professional photographer
Keep them. Add guest camera for the minutes they are not in the room.
If you are actually hosting 150 people, this persona page is the wrong fit. Use /guest-camera and /pricing and plan shot caps for a large room.
Product pages for this setup
Related setups
FAQ
Is the free camera enough for a micro wedding?
If 10 guests and 5 shots each cover the people who will actually shoot, yes. RSVP collection in-product is part of Pro at $49.
Do guests still skip accounts on a tiny list?
Yes. Account-free guests is a product rule at every size.
Can I run two micros on one login?
A host may own more than one wedding in the dashboard. That is a convenience, not a planner product for dozens of client events.
Should I still hire a photographer?
If you want posed, reliable coverage, yes. Guest camera is POV, not a lighting kit.
What if my micro grows to 40 people?
Move to Pro or Platinum for shot caps. Do not stay on the free 10-guest camera and hope.
Do you build seating charts for small dinners?
No. Write names on paper or use another tool. We stay on site, RSVP, camera, gallery.
Make the small wedding feel finished.
A public page, a real RSVP, and a camera that matches the guest count.