Built for UK couples
A Minted alternative built for UK weddings
Weighing up Minted for your wedding website? Here is what to check before you choose. When Will You Marry is a UK wedding website builder, priced in pounds and paid for once.
When a wedding website comes from the same place as the invitations, it is easy to choose it as part of the same order. If you are planning a wedding in the UK, it is worth stepping back and comparing the website on its own terms: what it costs to publish and keep online, how guests send gifts, and whether the domain is included.
The table below uses Minted's own wedding websites page and help centre, read on 4 November 2026. Where Minted does not say something, such as whether a fee applies to card gifts, we have left it out rather than guess.
In short: When Will You Marry is free to build, £59 once to publish on Standard, and £99 once on Premium, which adds your own domain, a gift registry, a seating chart, a budget tracker and SMS. There is no subscription, and paid sites stay online for at least 24 months after your wedding date.
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Question one: what does it cost to go live and stay live?
A free site and a free site that stays online are not always the same thing, so ask both what it costs to publish and how long it remains up. With us the answer does not change with your engagement length. You can build and preview for as long as you like at no cost, publish for £59 or £99 once, and the site is guaranteed online for at least 24 months after the wedding. Moving from Standard to Premium later costs the £40 difference.
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Question two: is a fee taken from cash gifts?
Many couples in the UK ask for money towards a honeymoon or a house rather than a list of objects, so the fee on cash gifts matters more than it might first appear. Our Premium registry is a set of payment links to accounts you already have: Monzo, PayPal, Revolut, Wise or bank transfer. Guests pay you directly, When Will You Marry never holds the money, and we take no cut. The registry also includes live multi-currency conversion for guests giving from abroad.
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Question three: can I use my own domain, and who owns it?
Check whether a domain is included, what it costs each year, and whether you keep it afterwards. On Premium you connect a domain you have bought yourself, perhaps a .co.uk, with one DNS record, so it stays in your name with your registrar. You can send guest emails from it as well, so invitations come from your own address. Standard sites use your own whenwillyoumarry.com address.
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Question four: will the RSVPs protect my headcount?
UK venues and caterers tend to want firm numbers and dietary details weeks ahead. Our RSVPs are unlimited from Standard upwards and collect meal choices and dietary needs on the same form. You can cap how many guests one RSVP can reply for, or restrict it to named guests only, and copy the full list into Sheets or Excel when the venue asks. Replies can arrive one by one or as a daily digest.
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Question five: who can find the site?
On Standard and Premium you can set an optional guest password that covers the whole site, RSVPs included. Print it on the invitation, and each guest enters it once; their browser then stays unlocked for 30 days. Change the password in the dashboard and everyone who used the old one is locked out. Every site is also unlisted and kept out of search engines by default, so it is seen only by the people you send the link or QR code to.
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Matching the website to your stationery
If you have ordered paper invitations elsewhere, you can still carry the look across. Each of our templates comes with colour themes and font combinations, and section order is drag and drop. Free flyer images let you share a save-the-date before you have paid anything, and Standard adds a QR code you can print on the invitation so guests reach the site in one step.
Side by side
When Will You Marry and Minted, compared
| Feature | When Will You Marry | Minted |
|---|---|---|
| Wedding website price | Free to build; £59 once to publish (Standard), £99 once for Premium | Free to design, launch and manage; Minted charges only for optional upgrades1 |
| Custom domain | Included in Premium | Custom URL upgrade at $15 per year (.com, .us, .net or .wedding); free sites use a minted.us address2 |
| Cash gifts | 0%: guests pay you directly through Monzo, PayPal, Revolut, Wise or bank transfer (Premium) | Built-in cash fund paid by card through Stripe, or a link to your PayPal3 |
| Online RSVPs | Unlimited RSVPs with meal choices, dietary needs and plus-ones (Standard) | Event RSVPs on the free site2 |
| Password for guests | Optional guest password on Standard and Premium, covering the whole site; guests stay unlocked for 30 days | Optional password of lowercase letters and numbers; guests enter it again after three days4 |
| Printed stationery | No printed stationery; free flyer images and a QR code on Standard | Matching invitations and cards, and a $50 stationery credit when you create a website1 |
When Minted may suit you better
Minted may be the better choice if you are already ordering your printed invitations, save-the-dates and thank-you cards from it and want the website to come from the same company, in the same design, under one account. Having one supplier for paper and website means one design to approve and one place to make changes. Its basic website is also free, where ours costs £59 to publish, and creating one gives you a $50 credit towards Minted stationery.
Common questions
Is there a UK alternative to Minted wedding websites?
When Will You Marry is built in the UK and priced in pounds. You can build your site free, then publish for £59 once, or £99 once for the Premium tools including your own domain and a gift registry.
Do I need to order stationery to use When Will You Marry?
No. We do not sell printed stationery, so you can order invitations from any printer you like. Free flyer images and a QR code on Standard help connect your paper invitations to the site.
Does When Will You Marry take a fee on cash gifts?
No. The Premium registry uses payment links to your own Monzo, PayPal, Revolut, Wise or bank account, so guests pay you directly. We never handle the money and take no cut of it.
How long will my wedding website stay online?
Paid When Will You Marry sites are guaranteed to stay online for at least 24 months after your wedding date, with no renewal fee. If the service ever closed, we would give at least 90 days' notice and a full export of your guest data.
Can I put a password on my wedding website?
Yes, on Standard and Premium. You can set an optional guest password that covers the whole site, including the RSVP form, and guests stay unlocked in their browser for 30 days after entering it. Sites are also unlisted and hidden from search engines by default.
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