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For wedding planners and venues

Give one of your couples their love story, animated.

We run a short story giveaway for your booked couples. The winning couple gets a free 30-second animated save-the-date (The Short & Sweet, a $347 value), and you hand it over as your gift.

  • $0costs you nothing
  • 10 minof your time, one email
  • 20%on every couple you send
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The photo the Emma and Sean sample film was built from started as this
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Sample film · what your winner gets

Emma & Sean

The seat the alphabet assigned them

How the giveaway works

About ten minutes for you. We do the rest.

  1. You apply

    Two minutes, below. Stephen reviews every application within one business day.

  2. You get your link

    If approved, you get your personal link, your partner code and the email to send your couples.

  3. You send one email

    Paste the email we've already written and send it to your booked couples.

  4. Your couples enter

    They tell how they really met at your link. About five minutes each, and no photos needed to enter.

  5. The round runs 14 days

    It starts with the first entry. We email you at the first entry, at day 7 and when the round closes.

  6. Stephen picks the winner

    Within 3 days of the close, and every couple who entered hears from us either way.

  7. You hand over the film

    The winners send 3 or 4 photos plus their date and venue. The first draft arrives about three weeks later, and the finished film comes to you to give them.

Stephen, who makes the films, reads every story and chooses the winner. It's a judged pick, not a random draw.

The details

The fine print, up front.

The prize
One free 30-second film, The Short & Sweet ($347 value), for one of your couples, presented as your gift.
Your cost
Nothing. Your time is about ten minutes: you paste one email we've already written.
Your couples
They enter at your personal link in about five minutes, with no photos needed to enter.
The minimum
At least 5 eligible entries in the 14-day round. If the minimum isn't met, no film is awarded, but your link stays live and you keep earning commission.
Who can win
Couples whose wedding is at least 120 days after the round closes, living in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia or New Zealand. One entry per couple.
Your neighborhood
We work with one wedding pro per neighborhood at a time, so your couples only ever compete with each other. If your neighborhood is taken, you get first call on its next round.

The full giveaway rules are in our terms.

What you earn

20% on every couple you send.

20% of the money we collect on every order from a couple you send, add-ons included.

  • The Short & Sweet, $347about $69
  • The Full Story, $547about $109
  • The Premiere, $747about $149
  • The Venue Reel, $1,297about $259
  • The couple pays exactly the public price. Nothing to mark up or explain. No reselling and no marked-up line items, ever.
  • Paid on collected money only, once the couple's payment clears. A refunded order earns nothing.
  • Referral only: it covers the couples you personally send. Your link is how we credit them to you.

Can't accept commissions? Ask us about including films in your own packages.

What your couples get

A save-the-date their guests actually replay.

A short animated film of how they met, made from their photos and their real story.

The Short & Sweet

About 30 seconds

$347

The Full Story

About 60 seconds

$547

The Premiere

About 90 seconds

$747

Delivered in about 10 days. Love it, or every dollar back.
Watch the sample films

Apply to partner

Stephen reviews every application within one business day. If approved, you'll get your link, your partner code and the email to send your couples.

Please add your business name.

Please add your name.

Please choose what you do.

Please add an email we can reach you at.

Please add your website.

Please tell us where you work.

Please use a whole number, or leave it blank.

How would you like to be rewarded?

Please choose one.

If another wedding pro sent you, put their name here so they get the credit.

Thank you.

Stephen will be in touch within one business day.

Meanwhile, watch the sample films your couples could win.

Spread the word

Know a wedding pro whose couples would love this?

A planner, venue or photographer you trust? Send them this page.

Earn a bonus round

Every wedding pro you refer whose giveaway reaches the 5-entry minimum earns you a bonus round: another free-film giveaway for your own couples, run the same way.

One bonus round per partner per calendar quarter. Rewards are free films for your couples, never cash, and a bonus round follows the same rules as any round, including the 5-entry minimum.

Your link with your code credits you automatically. If they find us another way, ask them to put your name in "Who told you about us?" so the credit is clear.