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Wedding invitation card Malaysia: a digital card with RSVP
A wedding invitation card in Malaysia used to mean paper. Today many couples send a digital wedding invitation as well, or instead: one link that shows the schedule and the map, collects RSVPs and can be corrected after it is sent. This guide explains what a digital wedding invitation card is, how to choose a wedding card design, what an e-invitation should do, and what happens to your guest list once the cards go out.
By the Wishes2Vows team Last checked: 7 min read
1. What a digital wedding invitation card is
A digital wedding invitation card is a small web page for your wedding. Guests open it from a link on their phone, with no app to install and no account to make. It shows who is getting married, the date, time and venue of each event, a map button, and an RSVP form.
That is different from an image of a card sent in a chat. An image is one file: if the date changes, you send a new file to everyone, and guests cannot answer it. A card that lives at a link can be corrected once, and every guest who opens it sees the current version.
| Image or video file | Card at a link | |
|---|---|---|
| What you send | A picture or video | A link |
| Fixing a mistake | Send a new file to everyone | Correct it once and republish |
| Guests can reply | No, you collect answers by hand | Yes, from the card |
| Maps and schedule | Printed on the image | Buttons that open the map |
2. Wedding card design: choosing a look for your wedding
The wedding card design decides how guests feel when the link opens, so it is worth choosing before anything else. We have designs for Malay, Chinese, Indian and Tamil weddings, a formal Christian design, botanical designs for garden venues, a playful card for parties that are not weddings, and a blank canvas. Each opens with an animation when the guest taps.
- Malay: songket motifs and a card that follows the usual order of a Malay wedding, from berinai and akad nikah to bersanding.
- Chinese: the tea ceremony, the wedding ceremony and the dinner banquet, with the double-happiness motif.
- Indian and Tamil: several days of ceremonies as separate cards, from mehendi and muhurtham to the reception.
- Christian: a formal card with a gold cross, ivory paper and a wine colour.
- Botanical: glasshouse designs for weddings in a garden or a glasshouse venue.
You can open any design as a live demo and click through it before you pay. Then pick the one your parents can read most easily on a phone.
3. E-invitation: share a link, not a file
An e-invitation, or e-invite, is any invitation sent electronically. The useful kind is the one guests can act on. Before you send yours, check that it does the following.
- Opens quickly on mobile data, without asking guests to download anything.
- Shows each event with its date, time and a map link, not only the main ceremony.
- Lets guests reply from the card and tells you how many are coming.
- Can be corrected after it has been sent.
In Malaysia most invitations travel by WhatsApp. Most of our designs have a Share Our Invitation button at the bottom of the card, which opens the phone's share menu with a ready-made message and the link, so parents and relatives can pass the invitation on without asking you for the link. You can rewrite that message in the editor. Sending WhatsApp messages directly from our console is still in pilot and not open to every card.
4. A wedding website for your guests, not only a card
Because the card is a web page at its own web address, it works as a simple wedding website. It is a single page, not a multi-page site, but it carries what guests usually ask you about in the weeks before the wedding.
- The schedule for every event, with Google Maps and Waze links.
- Your story and a photo gallery, with background music if you want it.
- A guest guide and contact numbers.
- A wishes guestbook where guests write a message directly on the card, without an account.
- A gift section, if you want to share bank details or a QR code.
Wishes appear as soon as they are written, and you can hide any of them afterwards from the console. Anyone who has the link can write one, so share the link with the people you want to hear from.
5. After you send: RSVP, the guest list and the door
The card is the easy part. The hard question comes from the caterer a few days before the wedding: how many people are coming? Replies on the card go into a guest list you can search and export. A reply for four people becomes four guests, which you can seat at tables. On the day, check-in at the door counts arrivals against each party's size, and it accepts a party that arrives in part.
Some honest limits. You can import an existing guest list, but only an .xlsx file with one sheet, not CSV. The check-in screen needs an internet connection, and a check-in made on a second phone reaches you on the next refresh. We do not send bulk WhatsApp messages from the console; each guest row has a button that opens your own WhatsApp with a message ready to send.
6. Wedding invitation card Malaysia: print, digital or both
Many couples send a printed card to elders and relatives who prefer paper, and a digital card to everyone else. Printing is paid per household, while one link costs the same for 100 guests or 500. We compared the two in detail, with printers' prices and a worked example for 300 and 500 guests, in our guide on the cost of digital versus printed wedding cards in Malaysia.
7. Get started: design first, pay when you publish
- Open the studio and choose a design. You can try it without an account.
- Enter the couple's names, the date and a web address for the card.
- Edit everything guests will read in the editor, beside a phone-shaped preview.
- Press Checkout, sign in with Google and pay once through Stripe.
- Publish the card and share the link on WhatsApp.
See current prices on our pricing page. You pay once, with no subscription and no per-guest fee, and the exact amount is shown on the payment page before you pay.
Common questions
What is a digital wedding invitation?
A wedding invitation that you send as a link instead of a printed card. Guests open it on their phone and see the schedule, a map button and an RSVP form. You can correct it after sending, which you cannot do with a printed card or an image.
Do my guests need an app to open the card?
No. The card opens in the phone's browser from a link, and guests do not need an account to view it or to reply.
Is it only for Malay weddings?
No. There are designs for Malay, Chinese, Indian and Tamil weddings, a Christian design, botanical designs and a blank canvas. The card can carry several events, and guests reply for each one.
What is the difference between an e-invitation and an e-card?
The words are used loosely. In practice an e-card is usually an image or a video, while an e-invitation can also be a card at a link that collects RSVPs. Check what the one you are buying actually does.
Can I write my own wording on the card?
Yes. You edit the names, events, venues, story and the wording on the RSVP form. Sample wording for Malay, Chinese, Indian and Tamil invitations is in our wording guide.
Is there a version of this page in Malay?
Yes. Our Bahasa Malaysia page, Kad Kahwin Digital, covers the same product, with the packages and the questions Malaysian couples ask.