Before the Groom

The stories he’ll never live down.

Old photos. Legendary stories. Questionable decisions. A private collection from the people who knew him before the ring.

Private link. His people need no account. You approve everything before he sees it.

The material

Everyone who had to vouch for him.

Ten people, three weeks, one link each. Photographs nobody has looked at since they were printed, the stories his brother tells at every table, and the things his father has never once said to his face. They answer separately and none of them see each other’s answers. You read all of it before he reads any of it.

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How it happens

Three steps. He is present for none of them.

  1. You start it without him.

    Name the day he gets it. Nothing reaches his phone until you say so: no email, no notification, no accidental preview from a cousin who cannot keep a secret.

  2. His people talk.

    One link goes out. They answer on their phones, in their own words, at two in the morning if that is when it comes back to them. You read everything first and can cut anything.

  3. He opens it once.

    The photographs first, then the stories, then the letters from the people who do not usually say any of this out loud. It is his to keep afterwards.

Create his experiencePrivate link. His people need no account. You approve everything before he sees it.

The reveal

The evidence first. The verdict last.

He opens it on his phone at the bachelor party, the rehearsal dinner, or the morning of. It starts with the haircut photos and the witness statements — and ends with the letters from his dad, his brother and the guy who’s known him since T-ball.

  • 01Guess who said it
  • 02Photo evidence
  • 03Nicknames & origin stories
  • 04Letters he’ll keep
  • 05One last exhibit

The sizes it comes in

How much of him goes on the record?

Enough room for everyone who ever vouched for him.

The Little Secret

One inside joke, filed properly.

$29

  • 3 contributors
  • Up to 10 photos or videos
  • The emotional reveal: stories, photos and letters
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The Full Files

The whole crew, on the record.

$59

  • 5 contributors
  • Up to 30 photos or videos
  • The full digital reveal: games, stories, letters
  • Room for the whole group
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The Whole Story

Everyone who ever vouched for him.

$99

  • Up to 10 contributors
  • Unlimited photos and video
  • The full digital reveal: games, stories, letters
  • First in line for the printed keepsake (planned)
Choose this

One-time payment. No subscription. Contributors always free.

Planned for launch: the printed book and the group gift fund. Neither is on sale yet; every price above is for the digital experience.

Afterwards

The night is digital. The photographs are not.

Turn everything they filed into a keepsake, designed from his reveal page by page.

  • Built from his actual reveal, exhibit by exhibit
  • Extra copies for the people who will ask — his dad will
  • Optional. The digital experience stands on its own

Planned for launch Not on sale yet. The digital experience stands on its own.

Optional group gift fund Planned for launch

The fund he has no idea about.

While his witnesses build the file, anyone who wants to can quietly add money too — in the story or not, as many people as you like — before he knows there’s a fund at all. It stays sealed until the reveal, when it lands as the final exhibit.

“This was the best (and worst) gift I’ve ever received.”
— Jake, the (fictional) groom in our example

He’ll wear the suit for a day. He’ll keep this forever.

Create his experience

Ready in minutes. Reveal it whenever you choose.

Before the Groom — His friends have receipts