Uneinvitation

*Created in 2003 by Marie Hulin, UneInvitation.com is a French web application which provides tools to create free online invitations.

*When launched UneInvitation.com was a part of of company named UneInvitation SARL and was among the few early adopters in France who had a company blog in 2004 (mentioned in Loïc Le Meur's 2005 book "Blog for pros").

*In 2007 the website became private, the blog is still alive and focus on daily features and new developements as well as the occasional amusing stories of its hippotamus mascotte : "Boris Le Stagiaire"

*Similar websites include : Evite, Eventful, Socializr and Zvents

Usage
*Inspired by Evite but runs on a different business model since premiums can be bought by any user to create professional invitations as they pleased.

*UneInvitation.com is only targeting french speakers including France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada

Features

* CSV Export of invitations
* Automatic reminder e-mail
* Ability to determine through the web site whether a guest has viewed the invitation or not.
* iCal Export of invitations
* RSS Feed of public invitations
* Creation of Photo Albums to share
* Send to mobile invitation functionality
* Member profiles sharing
* PayPal Payments
* Premiums include the ability to create professional invitations
* Poll your guests

Design
The invitation may have various stylistic features chosen by the organizer including setting colors, layouts and background. Organizers can also pick a theme among more than 400 designs made for events of all kinds.

References and Publications

Media
*Neteconomie
*TSR1
*Journal du net
*French Marie-Claire
*Famili
*L'Evenementiel
*Le Parisien

Books
* Blog for Pros by Loïc Le Meur Dunod, 2005, ISBN 2100493957
* Les reseaux sociaux- Pivots de l'internet 2.0 by Alain Lefebvre M2 Editions, 2005 ISBN 2952051488

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