Veil is a boutique wedding website studio. Couples get a private, password-protected wedding site with a one-time flat fee — no subscription, no platform cuts on registry gifts, and full ownership of their content and data.

How is Veil different from Zola or The Knot?

Unlike Zola or The Knot, Veil sites are private by default — guests need a secret passcode and email OTP to enter, with zero search engine exposure. Veil charges a one-time fee with no subscription and takes no cut of registry gifts. Couples own their data and can export it at any time.

Is there a monthly or annual subscription fee?

No. Veil charges a one-time flat fee — $499 for The Site or $799 for The Site + Operations. Hosting is included through one year after your wedding date. Optional renewal is $49/year if you want to keep the site live longer.

How quickly does the site go live after purchase?

Instantly. The moment payment clears, your site is automatically provisioned and a magic link is emailed to you — no password to create, no account setup, no waiting on anyone.

Can I use a custom domain like ameliajulian.com?

Yes. Custom domain setup is a $49 one-time add-on available on both tiers. You purchase the domain from any registrar (around $12 per year), and Veil handles the technical configuration. The domain is permanently yours — unaffected by expiry or cancellation.

Does Veil take a percentage of registry gifts?

No. Veil takes nothing from registry payments. Stripe's standard processing fee is passed through directly with no markup.

What is the Vault Gate?

The Vault Gate is Veil's privacy layer. Guests enter a secret passcode chosen by the couple, then verify with a 6-digit email OTP. No guest account creation required. The site has zero search engine exposure — it cannot be indexed or stumbled upon.

What happens to my site and data after the wedding?

Your site stays live through one year after your wedding date. You can export your full guest list as a CSV at any time. If you want to keep the site live after that, renew for $49/year. Data is never deleted without notice.

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What happens to my wedding website after the wedding?

The short answer: On most free platforms, your site stays live indefinitely, your guest data remains in the platform's database, and the RSVP form may still accept submissions years after the wedding. Nothing is automatically cleaned up. You have to act, and most couples don't.

This is the question couples almost never ask before signing up. The wedding is the immediate concern. What happens afterward — to the site, to the data, to the guest list — gets thought about later, if at all. By then, the data has been sitting in a platform's database for twelve to eighteen months.

What each major platform does

The Knot

Your site remains live indefinitely unless you delete your account. Your profile — including couple names and wedding date — is indexed and discoverable on The Knot's directory. Deleting your account removes your profile, but The Knot's data retention policies determine how long your information is kept internally.

Zola

Your site stays active after the wedding. Registry items and order history remain in your account. Zola does not automatically archive or delete sites. If you used Zola's guest list manager, those records remain in your account until you delete them or close your account.

Joy

Sites remain live after the wedding. Joy's post-wedding flow encourages continuing to use the platform for anniversary updates and memory-keeping, so there is no automatic expiration. Your guest data stays in the platform.

What data is sitting there

The data that remains in a platform after your wedding includes:

·Your full guest list — names, email addresses, mailing addresses
·RSVP responses, including meal choices, dietary restrictions, plus-one decisions
·Your wedding venue addresses and coordinates
·Your love story, photos, and any content you wrote
·Any financial transactions, if you used a registry

For most couples, none of this feels sensitive in isolation. But your guest list contains the personal contact information of everyone who attended — family members, close friends, colleagues. They did not consent to their data living in a wedding platform's database indefinitely. They consented to being on your invite list.

The RSVP form problem

On most platforms, your RSVP form remains active after the wedding unless you manually close it. This means:

·Anyone who finds your site URL can still submit an RSVP
·Notification emails may still be sent to you — months or years later
·Guest list totals and RSVP counts remain in your account, becoming stale

What to do before you close your account

Export your guest list

Most platforms offer a CSV export. Do this first, before deleting anything. This is your permanent record of who attended, their addresses, their RSVP responses.

Download your photos

If you uploaded photos to the platform, download originals. Platform compression varies; what you uploaded and what you can retrieve are sometimes different.

Screenshot your love story

If you wrote meaningful content on the site — your love story, your vows, your venue descriptions — save copies. Once the account is gone, it is gone.

Close RSVP submissions

If you are keeping the site live temporarily, disable the RSVP form so no new submissions come in after the wedding date.

Request data deletion

Under GDPR (if you are in the EU) or CCPA (if you are in California), you have a right to request deletion of your personal data. Most platforms have a process for this — look in your account settings or contact support.

A note on platform closure: Wedding platforms have shut down before. When they do, account access typically ends immediately and data recovery may not be possible. If you are using a free platform, treat your account as temporary — export everything important now, not when you decide to close it.

Veil has a clear expiration model.

Your site stays active for one year after your wedding date. At T−30 days, you get an email with a renewal option ($49/year). If you don't renew, the site goes offline — but your data is preserved for 12 more months so you can export it. After that it is deleted. There is no indefinite accumulation, no open RSVP form years later, and no ambiguity about when the relationship ends.

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