Creating a Wedding Registry: A Step-by-Step Guide

[PamperedCaniac]

Ok, I created a show for a wedding registry on CC thru my site and it asked for host and co host but never for the bride and grooms info?? Or the wedding date? I know the bride can create her own registry off my site but what do I do with P3? Sorry, this is my first wedding show and I have one on Feb 7th and Feb 15th... LOL

 

[NooraK]

Wedding Showers and Wedding Registries are two separate things. A Wedding Registry is completely housed on your website, and you do not need to do anything in P3 for it. A Wedding Shower essentially works the same way as a basic Cooking Show, except it has a fancy title.

One big thing to remember is that the bride cannot get double credit. If an item is ordered off the registry, it does not count towards the Show sales. If an item is purchased through the show, it does not count towards registry rewards. If you're doing a show, you're better off just having the bride provide you with a wish list and setting up a show online to avoid the possible mix up of a guest ordering off the registry. You'll have to figure out a "keeper of the list" for those guests that will be placing outside orders. Whether that's the host, the MOB or the MOG or you, you have to decide what works best in your particular situation. The guests that will be coming to the show will place orders then, and you will have the wish list available there.

There are several fun ideas for displaying the wish list at the shower on CS, just browse the appropriate category.

 

[PamperedCaniac]

What if the bride wants to do a show and stay registered too? Should I just do each item off the registry? But will the guest be charged a higher shipping? I am just concerened the best way to do this where her out of town guest can buy things up to the wedding date but her in town guest can buy things at her shower... Sorry

 

[cmdtrgd]

What I do is a wish board that her guests can pick from. Anything that doesn't get purchased at the show goes on the registry. You can send the out of town guests a list of items she wants.

 

[NooraK]

The bride can certainly have both a registry and a shower. If the guests order off the registry, they will pay direct shipping, just as if they were placing an online order. You can set up both the registry and the shower now, and then just check right before the show what items are still on the registry and use that as a wish list at the show. Or you can take the wish list to the show, and use what is left over to create the registry after the shower. That does mean that the registry won't be available until after the shower.