Evite

Evite is a social-planning website for creating, sending, and managing online invitations.

Evite was launched in 1998. The website is a free, advertisement-supported service. It was acquired by conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2001. Liberty Media acquired it in 2010.

Usage

An event organizer creates an online invitation through the website via a simple interface. This online invitation is colloquially referred to as "an Evite". The host enters e-mail addresses of prospective guests and Evite sends e-mails to the guests. Each guest is in one of four categories: "Attending", "Not Attending", "Maybe", and "Not yet replied". Guests move themselves from the "Not yet replied" category to one of the three "replied" categories and can write additional comments.

Features

Donations

Reminders

Style

The HTML page for the invitation may have various stylistic features chosen by the inviter. These include setting, color, layout, and renaming the four guest categories.

Updates

Hosts may opt to send guests updates when other guests RSVP for the event, or when the event details are changed.

Legal controversy

According to Mashable and Venturebeat, Evite has threatened to sue San Francisco based start up and competitor Socializr due to alleged copyright infringement.[1][2]

Criticism

Notable references

References

  1. UTC, Kristen Nicole2007-04-30 20:57:58. "Evite Threatens Socializr with Lawsuit". Mashable. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  2. "Evite threatens to sue Socializr for copyright infringement". Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  3. http://summation.typepad.com/summation/2006/01/evite_is_incred.html
  4. "Why I hate Evite". Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  5. "The Truth About Evite". www.jabrams.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  6. "Valleywag - Sorry to disrupt.". Valleywag. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  7. "5 Worst Websites". Time. 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  8. "Why Things Suck: Evite". WIRED. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

External links

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