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What cards cost, what to write, how many to order and when to send.
From Indian printers' own price lists: simple digital-print cards ₹10–50 each, mid-range foil or embossed cards ₹50–200, premium laser-cut or multi-insert sets ₹200–500 and boxed or luxury invitations ₹500–2,000 and more. Most families land at ₹15–40 a card; foil adds ₹15–40, embossing ₹20–50, and prices break at 500 cards.
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Five by seven inches, or A5, is the most common Indian wedding card, with a separate insert per function slipped inside the main card and envelope. Larger formats and boxed invitations are made to order. Printers price by size, paper weight (250–300 GSM for a card that stands up) and finish, so fix the size before the design.
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Printing clusters in a few places: Delhi's Chawri Bazar, Mumbai's Crawford Market lanes, Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu for bulk offset work, and online Indian invite platforms for designed cards delivered by courier. Allow three to four weeks for printing, longer for boxes and laser-cut work, and order to the printer's next slab of 100.
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Design one vertical card and one landscape card in a free design tool or an Indian invite platform, keep the couple's names, dates and venue readable at phone size, add a map link and a QR or link for RSVP, and export as a PDF under 16 MB for WhatsApp. Send it two to three months out with a reminder three weeks before.
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Templated videos from Indian platforms run ₹2,500–5,000 with a three-to-five-day turnaround; semi-custom edits ₹6,000–15,000 in seven to ten days; bespoke caricature or animated films ₹18,000–45,000 and above in two to three weeks. Many pre-wedding photographers bundle a 30–60-second invite into the shoot. Keep it vertical and under 16 MB for WhatsApp.
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The invocation line, the hosts' names, the couple's names with their parents, then one block per function with date, time and venue and a map link, a dress code if there is one, and an RSVP name and number or link. Keep it under 150 words, attach the card or video, and send it personally rather than in a broadcast list.
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Répondez s'il vous plaît, French for 'please reply'. On an Indian card it names the person and phone number guests should confirm with, and most families now take replies on WhatsApp. Set the deadline six to eight weeks before the wedding so rooming and plate counts can lock; expect to chase, because Indian guests rarely reply unprompted.
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In most Hindu families the first card is placed before Lord Ganesha or the family deity, often at the family temple, before any guest receives one; Sikh families take the first card to the gurdwara. After that, custom in most homes is to hand-deliver to the eldest relatives first, then the wider list.
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