The moment a guest opens your card should feel like an event of its own. With Premium Digital Cards, you design every detail, down to the envelope reveal and the music that goes with it. Send it by email, text, or a shareable link, and see who's opened it. This article covers designing, sending, and tracking your card.
Looking for our free option? See how Basic Digital Cards work.
Premium vs Basic Digital Cards
Premium Digital Cards give you full creative control, with hundreds of font, photo, and layout options to make your card your own. Basic Digital Cards are free but come with limited editing options and fewer design choices.
Premium Digital Cards are available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and across the EU.
Design Your Card
From your Event Dashboard, click Invitations, then choose Save the Date or Invitation from the top menu bar.
Click a design in the gallery to select it.
Select Premium Digital from the product options on the right.
Click Customize Now.
Prefer to use your own artwork? See Upload Your Own Design.
Edit Text and Layout
On both the front and back of your card, use the toolbar above your card preview:
Edit: Click any text to select it. Click Tt to change the font, or use the toolbar to adjust the text size, line spacing, letter spacing, and alignment.
Move: Drag any text field to a new spot. To delete a text field, select it, click the trash can icon, then click Delete Layer. Deleting a text layer can't be undone.
Add: Add a new line of Text, a Link to your website or RSVP, or a QR Code for guests to scan. You can add more than one link to your card.
Edit the Front
Under Silhouette, select a layout for your card.
Under Wallpaper Color, choose a background color.
Click Next: Edit Back.
Edit the Back
Select a design for the back of your card.
Click any text, photo, or QR code to edit it. You can import your own photo and choose which page the QR code links to.
Customize the Envelope
Under Reveal Animation, select Party Time, Envelope or None.
Choose your Envelope Color.
Under Music, choose a track or select None.
Click Next: Review.
Music options appear when you select Envelope. Choose from Ambient Synth, Cinematic Strings, Gentle Piano, Graceful Harp, Rustic Guitar, Serene Chimes, or Warm Piano.
Tip: Not sure which design to choose? Create as many drafts as you like and compare them on your Drafts Page before you order.
Review and Purchase
Review the front and back of your card.
Select your Quantity.
Choose your delivery option.
Click Go to Checkout.
The minimum order is 50 cards, with bundles of 50, 100, 250, 500, and 1000. Choose a bundle that covers your guest list, with room for anyone you might add later.
Every order includes a shareable card link and personalized emails.
To also send by text, select Card Delivery: Text & Email. Texts go by SMS to U.S. and Canadian phone numbers and by WhatsApp to all other phone numbers. Joy handles this automatically based on each guest's number.
Note: Card Delivery: Text & Email is for sending your digital cards only. It doesn't include text blasts, RSVP reminders, or hotel reminders. Those are part of Messaging Plus, a separate purchase.
Make Edits After Your Purchase
From your Event Dashboard, click Invitations to open your Orders Page.
Select your digital card.
Click Edit Your Card.
Make your updates.
Click Submit Changes.
Your changes apply to cards you've already sent and to future deliveries.
Send Your Card
After you purchase, you'll go straight to your Send Page. You can return anytime from your Orders Page. Want to see what guests receive? Preview a Premium Digital Card.
Customize Your Message
Click Edit Subject to update the sender name and subject line. Both appear in email and SMS deliveries, along with the link to your card.
Choose Recipients
Click Select Recipients.
Select the guests you want to send to.
Select your delivery method:
Email: Each guest receives a personalized email addressed to their household. Joy uses the Envelope Name column on your guest list if it's filled out. If not, the card is addressed to the first names of everyone in the party, such as "Jonah and Jenna" or "Adam and Guest."
Text Message: Guests receive a text with your custom message and card link.
Both: Guests receive a personalized email and a text.
Click Select [X] People.
Click Send Card.
If you've added phone numbers but don't see the text option, make sure each number includes its country code.
To test your card first, click Send Test Email to send it to yourself. To test a text, add yourself to your guest list with your phone number and send the card to yourself.
How Text Delivery Works
Joy routes each text automatically based on the phone number on file. U.S. and Canadian numbers receive an SMS, and all other numbers receive a WhatsApp message. You don't need to do anything differently. You cannot send WhatsApp messages to US and Canadian numbers.
If a guest's number isn't connected to WhatsApp, they won't receive your card by text, and Joy won't retry by SMS. WhatsApp also isn't available in China, Crimea, Cuba, Donetsk, Iran, Luhansk, North Korea, Russia, or Syria. In either case, you'll see a delivery failure on the Sent screen and can reach that guest by email or a shareable link.
Links in SMS deliveries are shortened to a withjoy.com/go/[code] format, because each guest's personalized link is too long for a text. The shortened link takes guests directly to your card.
Send by Shareable Link
A shareable link works anywhere, with no guest list required. Scroll to the bottom of your Send Page, click Copy Card Link, and paste it into a text, group chat, or social media post.
Delivery tracking, like opens and clicks, is only available for email and text deliveries.
Track Delivery
From your Event Dashboard, click Messaging, select Sent, then select your card to see the delivery status for every email and text.
Guests who received your card on WhatsApp show a WhatsApp icon next to their name, and a Read status once they've opened it. For more on delivery statuses, see Track Your Sent Messages.
Order Matching Paper Cards
Want a physical version of your design, as a keepsake or for guests who'd love something to hold? From your Event Dashboard, click Invitations to open your Orders Page. Select your digital card, choose the option to order matching paper cards, and complete checkout. The minimum order for paper cards is 4 cards.
Send More Cards
To send your card to more guests later, go to your Event Dashboard, click Invitations, then click Send More or Resend. Click Select Recipients, choose your guests, and click Send Card.
Still have some questions?
Ask us directly! Click on the black and white chat bubble in the bottom-right corner of this page to ask us your questions, or you can email us at support@withjoy.com. You'll get a friendly response from someone on our team! 🙂