Your Wedding Gift Registry

Not long ago, I reviewed the portfolio website and wedding website of Jason Gurley. At the end of the entry, I said that I’d like to discuss a new opportunity many might not have noticed happening around the Internet.

Though the opportunist might not agree so much about the idea implemented here because it’ll question ‘asian culture’ but I think other Malaysians today are becoming more modern and tech-savvy on their own.

After all, wouldn’t an online method be great to lessen the worries of a couples already stressing woes about choosing wedding locations, restaurants, photographers, guests and etc?

Jason and Susan are using the Amazon.com Wedding gift registry service. Amazon as usual done it with simplicity in mind and it’s easy to look up anyone’s gift registry by name, event date and state. If you viewed the list of items Jason and Susan made up – anyone’s allowed to buy the item for them as long you have an Amazon account and credit card.

The couple already selected items with the assumed quantity they’d need and Amazon does the rest by presenting the information needed for anyone to buy them those available items. It’s not only that but you’ll also find a dropdown menu that allows you to arrange the items by Product Category, Price (low to high) or likewise, Priority and Purchase Status.

The Purchase Status is a little confusing though because what it means is that it arranges the items from the most quantity requested to the least.

The other part I find Amazon could’ve done better though is the presentation of its listed items when sorted by Product Category – it’s the default selection. If you see Jason and Susan’s list, it might be merely a few products but because all the categories are on a single page, scrolling is a little tiresome even for a friend to see what items should be bought.

Anyway, the wedding services offered online now are increasing from hiring a photographer to guest list confirmation and to a wedding registry. Though a wedding website might be simple in its aspiration, the Internet convenience is there to take some stress of any loving couple.

But what do you think?

Is the old still better than the new?

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