Top 10 reasons why you should use PurpleTrail to plan your event


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10. Choose from 100s of themes to create your personalized invite. - - - All the events we do together are special to us, whether they are a well planned birthday party, or a casual movie on the weekend. You can personalize your invite using 100s of themes, photos videos and widgets from YouTube, Flickr, Slide etc.
9. Extensive invite management, status tracking and reporting features. - - - From invite delivery status, to tracking when someone opened their invite, to sending reminders, to creating a recurring event - PurpleTrail has the most comprehensive set of features to help you create and manage your event.
8. Easy address book with automatic duplicate detection and removal. - - - Using our SmartAddressbookTM technology, inviting your friends is a snap. SmartAddressbookTM lets you easily manage and combine all your address books (including from Evite and your mobile phone) into one. To make it really easy, duplicates are automatically detected and removed.
7. Easily build consensus for your event and decide on a place and time. - - - Great consensus building tools allow the event organizer to specify how much freedom the event members have in helping decide things like event time and event place.
6. Rich after event experience including upload and download of photos in original size. - - - Most digital cameras today take high resolution photos where each is of at least 2-3 MB in size. Sending them as attachments over email is a slow and laborious process. PurpleTrail allows you to upload your photos in original resolution and others can download them from the event page itself.
5. Turn-off those annoying advertisements. - - - Not all of us like to see ads on our invites. PurpleTrail gives you the ability to have ad free invites for a minimal fee.
4. Rich desktop application. - - - No reason to start the browser and go to the site to check if someone has responded. Receive real-time event updates and messages using our desktop application.
3. Always stay connected using your mobile phone. - - - As an event organizer you can be in complete control of your event, even when on the go. Visit m.purpletrail.com on your mobile phone to be able to create or manage your events. You can also download a mobile application for your phone that gives you a fast, easy to use experience.
2. Talk with event members in real-time over the web, your desktop or your mobile phone. - - - There is no substitute for real conversation when you are busy planning a party, and that is why group communication is at the heart of PurpleTrail. You can chat in real time with other event members or have a private conversation with the organizers.
1. Works hard to address your needs. - - - We realize that your events are important to you and we work hard to make them successful. You don't see a theme you like? No problem! Just send us an email and we will make themes to your specifications. Don't see a feature you want? Again, just let us know and we will make it available as soon as possible. Have questions you need answered? No problem! Chat with one of us directly using our Talk to us, Live! widget. To borrow a famous quote, "We try harder because we are not #1".

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