Online Invitation Review: PINGG

Sometimes the best way to get word out about your upcoming event is via online invitations. Online invitations are an excellent way to promote and manage guests, track rsvps, send messages to guests, and organize ticket sales. We've reviewed the site Pingg, an online event management site and would like to share some of its features with you.

First, Pingg's most impressive feature is its ability to customize your event details and images. You can first create your own invitation using your own images and logos, then you can manage an extensive e-mailing list, and lastly you can even create a personalized web site for your event, complete with a custom url. The url looks something like this: http://YOURNAME.pingg/eventname

See below for the custom invitation we created for the Northwest Event Show.

We also like how Pingg can work with many platforms to import lists. After all, not many of us have our mailing lists organized neatly into one platform. Some may be housed on your home computer, others at work, some in your PDA and others in your email accounts. Pingg works with these platforms to import your lists and compile neatly organize folders for your management.

Pingg maintains its own event management tools, which separates it from other online invitation senders like e-vite. You'll be able to create event reporting, collect ticket sales and even make it easy for guests to donate to charity.

If you want to be able to use other methods of sending out invitations, Pingg also offers upgrades such as sms sending and printed invitations. SMS inviations may be sent for $1.50 per 20 and printed cards are $1.50 per card (including postage). As for the basic event management tools and email invitations and webpage, the service is completely free.

Here are some samples of the invitations available through Pingg.