Capture the Party From Every Angle with Evite.com's New Photo Center Powered by Shutterfly
March 29 2006 - 8:55AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Photo Sharing Extends Evite's Social Event Planning Service,
Lets Guests and Hosts Bring The Entire Party Into Focus WEST
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Evite.com, the leader
in online invitations and online social event planning, today
introduced a new photo-sharing capability that lets hosts and
guests share event photos directly within Evite.com. Powered by
Shutterfly, one of the most comprehensive and fun-to-use
photo-sharing services on the web, the new photo center also gives
users the ability to order prints and create customized gifts to
commemorate the event. The new capability builds on the recent
re-launch of Evite.com, which introduced a new design, tools and
content that take Evite.com beyond online invitations to create the
best online resource for social event planning. Party hosts and
attendees can easily share photos with some or all of the invited
guests from the Evite.com guest list. With more than 21 billion*
digital images expected to be captured in 2006, the new photo
center is a great way to create a photo potluck of all the images
captured at any event. Once event photos have been posted, an email
notification is sent by Evite.com alerting selected guests about
the new photo album. Shared photos can be viewed immediately,
without any registration requirements. "With the new photo-sharing
center, Evite.com gives event planners a single location where they
can plan, celebrate and remember their events," said Jessica Landy
Raymond, senior director of product development at Evite.com.
"Building on our recent re-launch, the new photo center is an
expansion of our goal to be the one stop shop on the Web for social
event planning. Photo sharing, like our eCards, is a great
post-party activity that really completes any event." "Evite.com
helps people create special moments, while Shutterfly helps
consumers preserve and share those special memories for years to
come," said Jeffrey Housenbold, CEO of Shutterfly. "By integrating
the photo center with party planning and invitation offerings from
Evite.com, hosts and guests can now extend their celebrations
through the powerful medium of photos." Evite.com believes in
taking the hassle out of party planning, and the easy-to-use Photo
Center powered by Shutterfy extends the party through simple and
convenient tools. Users need only choose the event from their Evite
home page or from the invitation, and Shutterfly will walk them
through the painless process of uploading and sharing the photos
with the intended recipients. The Evite Photo Center powered by
Shutterfly offers a large selection of prints and photo gifts, so
hosts and guests can select their favorite pictures from each
shared album and create treasured keepsakes to commemorate any
event. Most importantly, since Shutterfly is the only leading photo
service with a true unlimited storage policy, Evite.com users have
the peace of mind that their photos will never be deleted so they
can be enjoyed by all party attendees for years to come.
*Projection from PMA's Photo Industry 2006 Review & Forecast
About Evite.com Evite.com is the leading social event planning site
on the Web, facilitating more than 10 million invitations to more
than 300,000 events each month. Evite.com offers everything a host
needs to throw a great event, from free online invitations to
planning checklists to a budget estimator and drink calculator.
Evite.com makes planning easy, saving hosts time and money.
Launched in 1998, Evite.com is headquartered in Los Angeles.
Evite.com is a web property of IAC Search & Media, a
wholly-owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI). About
Shutterfly Founded in 1999, Shutterfly, Inc.
(http://www.shutterfly.com/) is a premium photo service
specializing in the consumer and professional photography markets.
The company provides customers with simple and fun ways to
organize, enhance and archive images; share pictures with family
and friends; order professional-quality prints and create an
assortment of personalized items such as Photo Books, Calendars and
Greeting Cards. In 2005, Shutterfly ranked no. 170 on the 24th
annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in
the country. NOTE: Shutterfly and Shutterfly.com are trademarks of
Shutterfly, Inc. DATASOURCE: Evite.com CONTACT: Heather Soule of
Evite.com, +1-310-360-4656, or Web site: http://www.shutterfly.com/
Web site: http://www.evite.com/
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