Frequently AskedQuestions

Lemonvite lets you design a custom event invitation, send it by email, text message, or a shareable link, and track every RSVP in real time. One fair, one-time fee per event — no subscriptions, no ads.

No. Guests can open their invitation and RSVP without signing up or creating an account. You only need an account to host: create, design, and publish your own event.

You can start without an account — your progress is saved in your browser until you sign in.

1. Click "New Invite" (or "Create Event" once signed in).
2. Choose an event type and fill in the details: title, date and time, and location or a meeting link for virtual events.
3. Design your invitation, then publish to send it.

Yes. Creating an event and designing your invitation is completely free — you only pay the one-time fee when you publish to send it. New accounts also get 5 free design generations to try things out.

From a blank page to a published invitation with live RSVPs, here is the whole flow.

1. Create an event and enter the details (title, date and time, location or meeting link).
2. Design your invitation — describe what you want, choose a style, upload your own image, or add text overlays.
3. Add guests by email, phone, or import them from your contacts.
4. Publish the event (this uses one credit) to send the invitations.
5. Watch responses come in on your event dashboard and send updates as plans change.

There are three ways to sign in and no passwords to remember. Pick whichever is easiest for you — they all land in the same account once linked.

1. Sign in with Google in one tap.
2. Sign in with your phone number: we text you a 6-digit code (it expires after 10 minutes), and you confirm the consent box.
3. Sign in with email: we send you a magic link to click — no password needed.

If you signed up with just your phone number, you can add an email address from Settings. We send a verification link to that address (it expires after 1 hour); click it to confirm and link the email to your account.

Add or change your phone number in Settings; we verify it with a 6-digit text code. You can only remove a phone number if your account also has a verified email, so you never lose your way to sign in.

Open Settings and edit your name (up to 100 characters). Your profile is name-only, so that is the one detail to keep current.

Your profile photo comes automatically from your Google account if you signed in with Google. There is no photo upload — to change it, update your picture with Google.

Open the account menu and choose "Sign out." Sessions last 30 days, so you stay signed in across visits until you sign out or the session expires.

You can permanently delete your account from Settings. This removes your events, invitations you sent, saved contacts, payment history, and account info. Your past presence as a guest at other people's events is unlinked from you, not deleted from their events.

1. Go to Settings and choose "Delete Account."
2. Type DELETE to confirm.
3. Your data is permanently removed — this cannot be undone.

It is $5 as a one-time fee per event (a launch special, down from the original $12.99). You pay once when you publish an event — designing is always free.

No. Lemonvite is one-time payment only — no subscriptions, no recurring fees, and no hidden charges. You pay per event you publish, and only when you choose to.

Running Lemonvite is not free for us. Every event has real costs behind it — sending texts and emails, the database that holds your events and guests, image storage and generation, hosting and bandwidth, and payment processing. Our margins are deliberately thin: the philosophy is that we do not try to squeeze money out of our users. At just $5 per event, we charge one small fee that we feel is fair for the work it does, especially next to what the competition charges — and we include every feature they offer. If there is something you wish Lemonvite did, just ask at support@lemonvite.com; chances are we will build it.

Paying publishes your event and sends the invitations. Every feature is included — design tools, RSVP tracking, read receipts, email and text delivery, and guest management — plus 5 more design generations added when you publish a paid event.

One payment gives you one credit, and one credit publishes one event. Credits never expire, so you can buy ahead and publish whenever you are ready.

Each credit includes 5 image generations, and every newly created account starts with 5 free generations to experiment. Publishing a paid event adds another 5. Your remaining generations are shown right in the design editor.

You can buy between 1 and 100 credits at a time through our secure checkout.

1. Open the credits or checkout screen.
2. Choose how many credits you want (1–100).
3. Pay securely through Stripe — your credits are added to your balance right away.

Checkout is handled by Stripe and accepts cards, Cash App Pay, and Apple Pay or Google Pay. You can also apply a promo code at checkout.

Your credit balance and full payment history live on the Settings page. Your remaining design generations are shown separately, inside the design editor.

If you sign up after opening a published event's invitation, you can earn 1 free credit (which also comes with 5 design generations). The referral claim expires 1 hour after you arrive, so finish signing up while it is fresh.

You can create a Birthday, Wedding, Party, or Other event. The type tailors the experience — for example, birthdays unlock a spot for the birthday person's name and gift ideas.

A title and date/time are required. Optionally you can add an end time (it defaults to two hours after the start), an RSVP deadline, a physical location with address autocomplete or a "Virtual" event with a meeting link, a "From" name, a description, a group-chat link, a "what to bring" note, birthday details, a guest capacity, and toggles for showing the guest list and allowing plus-ones.

Yes. Set a "Total Event Capacity" when creating or editing the event, and a Yes RSVP that would push the head count past your limit is automatically turned away. (Capacity limits are not enforced for verified hosts.)

Yes. The "Allow Plus Ones" setting is on by default; turn it off and each guest counts as one person only. When it is on, you can still cap how many extras each individual guest may bring.

That is up to you. The "Show Guest List" setting is on by default, which is the same toggle that lets guests see who is coming on their invitation. Turn it off to keep the guest list visible to hosts only.

When you create a Birthday event, you can add the birthday person's name and a list of things they like, so guests get helpful gift ideas right on the invitation.

Yes. Add a group-chat link in the event details and guests will see it on the invitation, making it easy for everyone to coordinate before the event.

Yes. Use the "guests bring" note in the event details to tell guests what to bring — a dish, a drink, a gift, or anything else — and it shows on the invitation.

Yes. You can edit details and the design while an event is a draft or while it is published and still upcoming. A published event locks once its date has passed (using the end time if you set one). Past drafts are never locked.

When you create an event on the single-page form, you can opt in to a yearly reminder that nudges you to plan the same event again next year — handy for recurring birthdays and annual get-togethers. This option appears only in the single-page form, not the step-by-step wizard.

There is no dedicated "cancel" button. To call off an event, send your guests an update letting them know it is cancelled, then delete the event if you want to remove it entirely.

Only the primary host can delete an event, and deleting is permanent and removes everything tied to it. If you are a co-host rather than the primary host, you will see "Leave Event" instead, which removes you from the event without deleting it.

Describe the invitation you want and the design engine creates a portrait (3:4) image for you. Each generation uses one generation credit.

1. Open the design editor for your event.
2. Type a description of the look you want.
3. Generate — your custom design appears and is saved automatically.

Not quite right? Hit "Regenerate" to create a fresh take. It replaces the current design while saving the previous one to your design history, and each regeneration uses one generation credit.

Yes. Pick from Photorealistic, Watercolor, Minimalist, Vintage, or Anime to steer the overall look of your generated design.

Yes. Use "Match a photo" to upload a reference image (JPEG, PNG, or WebP, up to 4MB) and the design engine takes cues from its look and feel when creating your invitation.

"Inspire me" suggests ready-to-use prompt ideas when you are not sure where to start. The editor also keeps your last 3 prompts and lets you save prompts you like for reuse.

Absolutely. Upload your own image to use as the invitation instead of generating one — it is downscaled to 2048px and saved as a JPEG. No design generation is required.

Yes, you can choose an animated GIF from Giphy for your invitation. Text overlays are not supported on GIFs because the text would not stay aligned across the animation's frames — use a still image if you need text on top.

Add one or more text layers on top of your design and drag each one into place. For every layer you can choose from 6 fonts, set the size between 12 and 120px, pick a color (a custom picker plus 12 quick swatches), make it bold, and set the alignment.

You can rotate a layer from −180° to 180°, add a drop shadow (blur 0–30px), and add a glow (blur 2–40px with an intensity from 1 to 5) to make your text and design elements pop.

Yes. Your design history keeps the last 10 designs, and you can restore any of them with one click if you preferred an earlier version.

Use the delete option in the design editor to remove the current design. You can then generate a new one, upload your own image, or restore an earlier design from your history.

Yes. The design editor auto-saves as you work, so your generations, uploads, text overlays, and effects are kept without a manual save step.

Yes. Use "Send me a preview" to email or text yourself a copy of the invitation so you can see exactly how it will look to your guests before you publish.

When writing your event description, you can use built-in writing tools to help with the words: Auto-write, Fix Spelling & Grammar, Make Funnier, Make More Formal, Shorten, and a Custom option for your own instruction. They work best on text under about 100 words.

No, not at all. All AI functionality is completely optional and is there to assist you if you want it. You can just as easily upload your own design and add text with our designer, no AI required.

Soon — yes. Importing from Canva is in beta and is rolling out gradually, so it may not be switched on for your account just yet, but it's coming very soon. Once it's available, you connect your Canva account once and bring a design straight in as your invitation image. If you have it and something looks off, email support@lemonvite.com.

1. In the design editor, open the "Canva" tab.
2. Click "Connect Canva" and approve access in the window that opens. You only do this once.
3. Browse or search your Canva designs, then click the one you want.
4. It comes in as your invitation image — add text layers or publish just like any other design.

You choose. When a Canva design has more than one page, we show you every page as a thumbnail so you can pick the exact one to use as your invitation. Single-page designs come straight in without asking.

Not directly yet — importing from Canva brings your design in as a still image. If you want an animated invitation, export it as a GIF from Canva and add it to Lemonvite with the Upload option in the design editor. One thing to note: animated invitations can't have text layers added on top of them.

1. In Canva, open your design and choose Share, then Download, and set the file type to GIF.
2. Save the GIF to your device.
3. In the Lemonvite design editor, click "Upload" and choose the GIF you just saved.

You can disconnect at any time from the Canva tab — click "Disconnect" and we revoke our access and delete the stored connection. While connected, Lemonvite only lists your designs and exports the single design you pick to import. It never edits your Canva account and never touches a design you do not choose.

Yes. In addition to Disconnect inside Lemonvite, you can revoke Lemonvite at any time from your Canva account: open your Canva account settings, find Connected apps (or Apps and integrations), and remove Lemonvite. The next time you try to import, Lemonvite will prompt you to reconnect.

A few designs cannot be exported automatically. If the design uses premium Canva elements you have not bought, purchase them in Canva (or swap them out) and try again. If your Canva team requires the design to be approved before export, get it approved first. If it still will not import, email support@lemonvite.com and we will help.

Add a guest with any one of a name, an email, or a phone number — you do not need all three. If you add a phone number, check the SMS-consent box first. Duplicates are rejected, and each new guest is automatically saved to your address book for next time.

Use bulk add to paste a whole list instead of entering people one at a time.

1. Open the bulk-add option on your event.
2. Enter one guest per line as: name, email, phone.
3. Submit — everyone is added to the guest list at once.

Yes. Your address book holds the people you have invited before. Select the contacts you want and choose "Invite to event" to add them to your guest list in a few clicks.

On the Contacts page, click "Import from Google" and sign in with your Google account. You then pick which contacts to add — the ones not already in your address book are pre-selected — and they go straight into your Lemonvite address book, ready to invite to any event. The authorization is one-time and read-only: we never change anything in your Google account.

1. Open the Contacts page and click "Import from Google".
2. Sign in with Google and approve read-only access to your contacts.
3. Review the list, choose who to add (new contacts are pre-selected), and confirm.
4. They land in your address book — select them and choose "Invite to event" whenever you are ready.

We request a one-time, read-only authorization to your Google Contacts and read only each contact's name, email address, and phone number — nothing else, and never your Gmail, Calendar, or Drive. Each contact is saved with their name, one email, and one phone number (a mobile number is preferred when there are several). Contacts already in your address book are skipped, so re-importing is safe, and we do not keep your Google access token once the import finishes.

A vCard is the standard format for sharing contacts — its file name ends in .vcf. Your phone, iCloud, Google, or email app can export some or all of your contacts into a single .vcf file, and Lemonvite reads that file to add everyone to your address book at once. Each contact in the file can carry a name, email, and phone number, which is exactly what we import.

Export your contacts from your phone or iCloud as a vCard (.vcf) file, then upload it on the Contacts page to add everyone to your address book at once. From there you can select people and invite them to any event.

1. Export your contacts to a .vcf file (see the iPhone, Android, and iCloud steps below).
2. On Lemonvite, open the Contacts page and click "Upload a vCard (.vcf)".
3. Follow the on-screen instructions for your phone, then click Upload and choose the .vcf file.
4. Your contacts are added to your address book — select them and choose "Invite to event" whenever you are ready.

iOS can save a list of contacts to a .vcf file that you then upload to Lemonvite. Different versions of iOS can do this differently, so if these steps don't match your phone, search for instructions for your device.

1. Open the Contacts app.
2. Go to Lists.
3. Long-press one of the lists.
4. Choose Export, then Done.
5. Choose "Save to Files" and remember where you saved it.
6. Back on Lemonvite, click "Upload a vCard (.vcf)", then Upload, and select the file.

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Android shares your contacts as a .vcf file through a storage app, which you then upload to Lemonvite. Different versions of Android can do this differently, so if these steps don't match your phone, search for instructions for your device.

1. Open the Contacts app — the dedicated Contacts app, not the Phone app (which also lists contacts).
2. Long-press a contact to start selecting; to grab everyone, tap the ⋮ menu (top-right) and choose Select all.
3. Tap the Share icon and choose Drive, Dropbox, or another app that saves the file somewhere you can find it.
4. Back on Lemonvite, click "Upload a vCard (.vcf)", then Upload, and select the file.

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If your contacts are in iCloud, you can export them to a .vcf file from iCloud.com in your web browser, then upload that file to Lemonvite. iCloud's layout changes from time to time, so if these steps don't match what you see, search for current instructions.

1. Go to iCloud.com/contacts and sign in.
2. Choose a list, or select multiple contacts with ⌘-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (Windows).
3. Press the export icon (a box with an upward arrow) in the top-right corner.
4. Save the file — it lands in your usual Downloads folder.
5. Back on Lemonvite, click "Upload a vCard (.vcf)", then Upload, and select the file.

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Each contact is imported with their name, one email address, and one phone number — if a contact has several numbers, the mobile/cell one is preferred. Contacts already in your address book are skipped, so importing the same file twice is safe. Contact photos and other extra details are not imported, and your address book holds up to 2000 contacts.

Unverified accounts can invite up to 150 guests per event as a spam-prevention measure — email support to raise it. Verified accounts have no guest cap. (Your address book separately holds up to 2000 saved contacts.)

Invitations go out by email, by text message or WhatsApp, or as shareable links, depending on the contact info you added for each guest. Add an email, a phone number, or both, and Lemonvite handles delivery, including choosing SMS or WhatsApp based on the number's country.

Nothing is sent while your event is a draft — you can add and arrange guests freely. When you publish, invitations go out to everyone on the list, and anyone you add to an already-published event is invited immediately.

You can resend an invitation to an individual guest from the guest list. Resending is email-only — for an SMS-only guest, share their link directly instead.

Every event automatically has a public RSVP link. Once the event is published, you will see Share, Copy, and QR-code options for it — great for flyers, social posts, or a sign at the door. When someone RSVPs through the public link, they get their own private link so they can update later.

Each guest row in your list has its own Share and Copy buttons. Use them to send one person their personal invitation link directly — handy when an SMS-only guest needs the link another way.

"Undeliverable" means a message to that number did not go through, usually a mistyped number or one that is not on WhatsApp. We can only tell once we have tried to send, so it shows up after you publish, not before. "Opted out" means that person replied STOP to texts, so we will not message them. In both cases, share their link another way.

Each guest opens their invitation link, views your invitation, and taps their response — no account needed. If they RSVP through the shared public link, it becomes their own private link so they can update their answer later.

Guests choose one of three responses: Yes!, Maybe, or No.

When plus-ones are enabled, a guest saying Yes can enter how many adults and kids they are bringing. If plus-ones are off, the invitation is for one guest only.

Yes. Edit a guest in your list and set their adults and kids limits anywhere from 0 to 20 (the default is "No limit"). This works alongside the event-level plus-ones setting — if plus-ones are off entirely, no one brings extras regardless of their limit.

If you set a capacity, a Yes RSVP that would push the head count past your limit is turned away so you never overbook. (This check is skipped for verified hosts.)

Yes. When responding, guests can add an optional note — to pass along a message, mention a dietary need, or say they will be a little late.

Yes. A guest can update their response from their own link until the RSVP deadline passes. The event has to be published for RSVPs and changes to be accepted.

Yes. Guests invited via their own unique link are marked "Viewed" once they open it. Views are not tracked for the shared public link, for archived guests, or for the event owner.

Yes. From your guest list you can set or change any guest's RSVP status, their adults and kids counts, and their plus-one limits — useful when someone replies to you directly.

Your event dashboard shows an RSVP summary — Attending, Maybe, Declined, and Pending — and filter chips let you narrow the guest list to just one of those groups.

Only if you allow it. The "Show Guest List" setting is on by default, which lets guests see who is coming. Turn it off to keep the list visible to hosts only.

On a draft event you can Delete a guest outright. On a published event you Archive them instead, which keeps the record and lets you restore them later if plans change.

Yes. If you are signed in when you open an invitation, you can choose "Save to my account" so the event appears in your account and is easy to find again.

A co-host is someone you invite to help run an event. Co-hosts can edit the details and design, manage guests, and send updates — almost everything you can do as the host, with a few exceptions reserved for the primary host.

You invite a co-host by sharing a single-use link — no email or text is sent on your behalf.

1. On your event, generate a co-host invite link.
2. Share that link with the person yourself (text, email, chat — your choice).
3. They open it and accept; the link is single-use and expires after 7 days.

You can have up to 10 co-hosts per event.

Co-hosts can do almost everything: edit event details, design the invitation, add and remove guests, send updates, and even invite or remove other co-hosts. Only the original organizer can publish the event, delete it, and change the RSVP notification setting.

Open the co-host invite link the host shared with you and follow the prompt to accept. The link works once and expires after 7 days, so accept it while it is still valid; sign in if you are not already.

Co-hosts and the primary host can remove other co-hosts from the event, but the primary host can never be removed. If you are a co-host and want out, choose "Leave Event" to remove yourself.

RSVP notifications are a per-event setting, on by default, that emails you as responses come in. Only the primary host can change it, and it requires an email on the account. Because it is about your own event, these notifications are always sent and are not affected by your email preferences.

Use the event-update tool to broadcast a message to your guests by email and text at once — perfect for a venue change, a reminder, or a thank-you. You can send updates while the event is published and up to 7 days after it ends.

If you opt in when creating an event, a yearly reminder nudges you to plan the same event again next year — handy for recurring birthdays and annual traditions. The opt-in appears only on the single-page event form, not the step-by-step wizard, and you can manage these reminders in your email preferences.

After a guest RSVPs, they can opt in to a reminder to plan their own event — choosing now, in 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, or 6 months. The reminder comes by text if a phone number is on file, otherwise by email.

You control which emails you get from Settings or the unsubscribe page across five categories.

1. Open email preferences in Settings (or use the unsubscribe link in any email).
2. Toggle the categories you want: Event invitations, Event updates, Yearly reminders, Draft follow-ups, and Planning reminders.
3. Or use "turn off all" to stop every optional email at once.

A couple of emails are always sent because they are essential: sign-in and verification emails, and the RSVP notifications for your own events. Everything else can be turned off in your email preferences.

Reply STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, QUIT, or END to any text to opt out of all Lemonvite texts. To opt back in, reply START, SUBSCRIBE, YES, or JOIN, or check the SMS box on an RSVP form. Note that simply not checking the box is not the same as opting out.

Almost anywhere. Numbers in the US and Canada get a regular SMS; numbers in every other country get the same invitation over WhatsApp instead. Just add the guest's phone number with its country code and we route it for you. If a number cannot be reached, we mark it "Undeliverable" after we try to send.

Both, picked automatically from the phone number. US and Canada numbers default to SMS; every other country defaults to WhatsApp. You do not choose the channel, just add the number with its country code and we route it. We can only confirm a number is reachable by attempting the send, so if one fails we flag it "Undeliverable" on the guest after you publish, not before.

No. Lemonvite earns money from event publishing fees, not from your data. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

Yes. Each guest gets a private, unique link, and invitation pages are blocked from search engines. The public RSVP link we create for sharing is not discoverable unless you choose to share it.

No. Your prompts and reference images are used only to generate your invitation. They are not used for any training purposes.

Delete your account from Settings to remove your data. This permanently removes your events, invitations, contacts, payment history, and account info; you confirm by typing DELETE. Your past presence as a guest at other people's events is unlinked from you, not deleted from their events.

Email us anytime at support@lemonvite.com. We are happy to help with your account, an event, billing, or anything else.

The 150-guest cap applies to unverified accounts as a spam-prevention measure. Email support@lemonvite.com to have it raised — verified accounts have no guest limit.

Our blog lives at /blog, and you can always reach it from the link in the site footer. It is a good spot for tips on planning and designing your events.