Digital and animated save-the-dates, sent by text

25+ animated save-the-date designs, ready to send

Every Duva save-the-date is animated: the card comes alive as your guest opens it — type fading in, petals or gold dust drifting across the frame, your names arriving with a flourish. It reads more like a short video than a static image, which is exactly why guests open it and remember the date.

The library spans 25+ designs, from free classic layouts to premium cinematic showpieces, so there is a look for a black-tie ballroom, a beach elopement, or a five-day Indian celebration. You can also choose the font your names are set in, so the card feels like yours rather than a template.

• Animated, not static. Each design animates as it opens — a video-style reveal instead of a flat card or PDF.
• 25+ designs. Free classic layouts plus premium showpieces for every style of wedding.
• Pick your name font. Set your names in a script or serif that matches the tone of your day.

Send your save-the-date by text or WhatsApp

Duva delivers each card to the channel your guest actually checks: an SMS text for US phone numbers and a WhatsApp message for guests abroad. The right channel is chosen automatically per number, so relatives flying in from India or the UK get the same animated card as everyone else.

Guests do not download an app or create an account. They tap a link, the card plays, and they can RSVP from the same screen. That makes the electronic save-the-date the fastest way to lock in your date — most guests have seen it within minutes of you hitting send.

• SMS for US guests. A normal text message with the animated card — nothing to install.
• WhatsApp save-the-dates. International guests receive the card in the app they use every day.
• Free soundtrack. Add a licensed (CC0) soundtrack so the card opens with music — free on every tier.

Put your own photo on the save-the-date — free

Want your engagement photo front and center? The free portrait-reveal template turns your own picture into the animated card: the frame opens onto your photo with your names and date layered over it. No premium upgrade required — a photo save-the-date is included at no cost.

It is the digital answer to the classic photo save-the-date magnet, without the print run or the mailing list. Swap the photo, adjust the names, and send.

• Your photo, animated. The portrait-reveal template builds the card around your own engagement or couple photo.
• Included free. The photo template is one of the free designs — no upgrade needed to use your own picture.

A save-the-date that matches your wedding

Your save-the-date should feel like the opening note of the same story as your website and invitations — not a mismatched stock card. Duva automatically pulls the colors from your wedding website into the card, so the palette on the save-the-date is the palette guests will see when they land on your site to RSVP.

Set your website colors once and every card you send stays on-brand. Pair that with your chosen name font and an optional soundtrack, and each save-the-date arrives looking like it was designed for your wedding, because it was.

• Auto-matched colors. The card inherits your wedding website’s palette automatically — no manual color-picking.
• One consistent look. Save-the-date, website, and RSVP page all share the same colors and feel.
• Multiple languages. Send in English, Hindi, or Gujarati so every guest reads the card in their language.

One-tap RSVP right on the save-the-date

A printed save-the-date can only tell guests to hold the date. A Duva save-the-date can start collecting answers immediately: every card carries a one-tap link to your RSVP, so an eager guest can respond the moment the card finishes playing.

Because the save-the-date and the RSVP live in the same product, responses flow straight into your dashboard with a live headcount — no separate form, spreadsheet, or reply-all thread to reconcile later.

• RSVP link on the card. Guests tap through from the save-the-date to respond — no separate email needed.
• Live headcount. Answers update your dashboard in real time as guests reply.

DUVA Signature: your fully custom save-the-date

For couples who want the card completely their own, DUVA Signature is a one-time $39 upgrade that unlocks every design in the library, lets you build a fully custom color palette, adds your monogram to the card, and removes all Duva branding so the save-the-date is unmistakably yours.

It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription — buy it once and it applies to your save-the-dates for the whole wedding.

• Every design unlocked. Access all premium showpieces, not just the free classics.
• Custom palette + monogram. Build your own colors and add a personal monogram to the card.
• No Duva branding. The card carries your names alone — every trace of Duva branding is removed.

How to send a digital save-the-date

From a blank account to a card in your guests’ hands takes minutes.

• Pick a design. Choose one of 25+ animated templates — or the photo template — and set your names, date, and font.
• Make it yours. Colors auto-match your website; add a soundtrack, your photo, or a Signature monogram.
• Add your guests. Import guests with their phone numbers; Duva chooses SMS or WhatsApp for each one.
• Send or schedule. Send now or schedule for later — each card goes out with its own RSVP link.

Digital vs. printed save-the-dates

Printed save-the-dates and magnets still have their place — some couples love a card on the fridge, and print shops like Minted do that beautifully. But print is slow and one-directional: you design, order, wait for delivery, address envelopes, buy stamps, and mail them, and a card can never remind a guest or collect a response.

A digital save-the-date does the practical work a printed one cannot. It arrives in minutes, animates and plays music, updates instantly if a detail changes, reaches guests overseas without international postage, and links straight to your RSVP. Many couples do both — a keepsake printed card for the fridge and a digital card that actually drives the headcount. Duva owns the digital half.

• Arrives in minutes. No print run, envelopes, or postage — send the moment your date is set.
• Always current. Change a detail and re-send; a printed card can never be updated.
• Reaches everyone. Guests abroad get it over WhatsApp — no international mailing required.

What digital save-the-dates cost

Setting up your account, wedding website, and guest list is free, and you start with 50 message credits — enough to send your first batch of save-the-dates at no cost. After that, messaging is pay-as-you-go: buy a credit pack ($40, $99, or $165) that never expires, and each card sent uses one credit per recipient. The free classic designs and the photo template cost nothing to use; DUVA Signature is an optional one-time $39 upgrade. There is no subscription.