Your wedding website only helps if guests can find it. For a digital invitation that is easy: the link is in the message. For a paper invitation, you have to decide where the address goes, how to word it and whether to add a QR code. This guide covers all three, with wording you can copy.
Where the website address belongs
The main invitation card is the most formal piece of your stationery. Etiquette guides, including the Emily Post Institute, suggest keeping the website address off it and putting it on another card in the envelope. Many modern couples print a discreet line at the bottom of the invitation instead; that is a style choice, not a mistake. If your invitation is formal, use a separate card.
| Piece | Put the website on it? | How |
|---|---|---|
| Save the date | Yes, if the site is already live | The address on its own line, with "Formal invitation to follow" |
| Main invitation card | Traditionally no | If you do, one small line at the very bottom |
| Details card (enclosure) | Yes, this is the usual place | The address, a QR code and what guests will find there |
| Reply card | Yes, if guests reply online | "Kindly reply online by May 15, 2027" and the address |
| Envelope | No | Keep the outside of the envelope for names and addresses |
| Digital invitation message | Yes | The link itself, with one personal sentence |
Two rules keep this simple:
- One place to reply. If guests reply online, the reply card should send them to the website rather than ask them to post a card as well. Two ways to reply means two lists to merge.
- Registry details go on the website, not on the paper. Emily Post's guidance is that registry information does not belong on the invitation or its enclosures; the website is the right place for it.
Wording you can copy
Pick the tone of your invitation and keep it. Write the reply-by date in full, with the month as a word, so guests in other countries read it the same way. Our wedding website wording guide has more examples for the pages themselves.
Details card, formal
"For details of the day, accommodation and travel, please visit (your address)"
Details card, relaxed
"Everything you need to know (schedule, hotels and the dress code) is on our website: (your address)"
Reply card, formal
"The favor of a reply is requested by May 15, 2027 at (your address)"
Reply card, relaxed
"Let us know by May 15, 2027! Reply at (your address) or scan the code"
Save the date
"Save the date for the wedding of Clara and Julian, June 12, 2027, Florence. Formal invitation to follow. (your address)"
Small line at the bottom of the invitation
"Details and RSVP: (your address)"
If your website has a guest password, print it on the details card, not on the invitation: "Password: (your password)". Anyone holding the card can open the site, which is usually exactly who you want. Our guide to wedding website privacy explains when a password is worth adding.
A link, a QR code or both?
Print both. They help different guests:
- A written address works for everyone, including guests who type it on a computer and those who do not use a phone camera. Keep it short and easy to read aloud: your names, no unusual spellings, no long strings of numbers.
- A QR code saves typing on a phone. Most phone cameras open a QR code without an extra app.
Put a few words next to the code so guests know what it does: "Scan for details and RSVP". A code with no label looks like decoration.
Printing a QR code that scans
QR codes fail on paper for a handful of predictable reasons. Check each one before you print the full batch:
- Generate the code from your final address and open it on your own phone first
- Print it at roughly 2.5 cm (1 inch) square or larger on a card held in the hand
- Leave a clear white margin around it; the code's creator, DENSO WAVE, specifies a margin four modules wide on every side, with nothing printed in it
- Use a dark code on a light background, never gold foil on cream or a light code on a dark card
- Do not place it over a fold, a texture or a pattern
- Use a vector file (SVG) or a high-resolution image (PNG) so the edges stay sharp
- Scan the printed proof with two different phones, in normal indoor light
- Make sure the address it opens will stay the same until after the wedding
The last point matters more than it looks. A code printed on two hundred cards cannot be changed. If you might move your website later, use an address you control for as long as guests need it, not a temporary link. Our guide to QR codes for wedding RSVPs covers static and redirect codes, sizes for signs and logos in the code. For paper, bleed and envelopes, see how to print wedding invitations at home or a print shop.
Digital invitations: the link is the invitation
When you send the invitation by text, WhatsApp or email, the website link carries the whole thing. A few habits help:
- Send each guest a personal message, not one group message. Start with their name.
- Check the link preview by sending it to yourself first. It should show your names or a picture, not a blank box.
- Say what the link is for: "Here is our invitation, with the details and the reply form".
- Send a reminder a week before the reply-by date to guests who have not answered.
Our guide on when to share your wedding website sets out the timing for save the dates, invitations and reminders.
Common mistakes
- Printing before the website is ready. Guests who scan in the first week should find at least the names, the date and the place.
- An address that is hard to say. If you cannot read it aloud to a grandparent on the phone, shorten it.
- Different addresses on different cards. Print the same address everywhere.
- No date on the reply line. "Please RSVP online" without a date gets late replies.
- Too much text around the code. One short label is enough; the details belong on the website.
How our wedding websites help
Your website address is your names on our domain, for example bkestudio.com/clara-and-julian, and you choose it when you start. In your panel you can copy the link to send by text, WhatsApp or email, and download your QR code as PNG or SVG for printed cards. Every website also comes with a printable invitation in its design, 5 × 7 in or A5, with an optional back side showing the details and the QR code, and bleed and crop marks for a print shop. We do not print or ship anything; you print it at home or at a local print shop. See the sharing features, or open the Olive & Ivory demo to see a design. If you are still setting up your site, start with how to make a wedding website on your phone, and see which RSVP questions to ask before you print the reply card.
FAQ
Is it rude to put the wedding website on the invitation?
Not rude, but traditional etiquette keeps it off the main invitation card and puts it on a details card or the reply card instead. A small line at the bottom of a modern invitation is widely accepted. For a formal invitation, use a separate card.
Where should the QR code go on a wedding invitation?
On the details card or the reply card, next to the written address and a short label such as "Scan for details and RSVP". Avoid folds, textures and gold foil, and leave a clear white margin around the code so phone cameras can read it.
Should the website go on the save the date?
Yes, if the site already shows the names, the date and the place. Add a note that the formal invitation will follow. Guests can then check back for hotels and travel as you add them.
What if our website address changes after printing?
Avoid this by choosing an address that will stay the same until after the wedding before you print anything. If it does change, send every guest the new link in a personal message, and keep the old address working if your platform allows it.