How Adaeze & Tunde planned a 284-guest Lagos wedding with rsvpbloom
One link. ₦3.4M in gifts. 124 asoebi orders. 38 hotel rooms booked. ₦480K saved versus hiring separate vendors for website, asoebi tracking, and guest management.
284
Guests invited
217
RSVPs confirmed
₦3.4M
Total gifts received
124
Asoebi orders
₦480K
Budget saved
38
Hotel rooms booked
The challenge
Adaeze and Tunde were planning a traditional + white wedding in Lekki, Lagos. Like most Nigerian couples, they faced the usual chaos: asoebi orders scattered across WhatsApp DMs, a Google Sheet guest list that three family members were editing simultaneously, and no way to track who had actually paid for what.
They had quotes from a separate wedding website vendor (₦150K), an asoebi coordinator (₦200K), and were about to hire someone just to manage RSVPs. Total overhead before the actual wedding: over ₦480K.
The solution
They created a single event on rsvpbloom and shared one link — rsvpbloom.com/e/ada-and-tunde — via WhatsApp. That one link handled everything: the event website, RSVP form, gift registry, asoebi store, and hotel recommendations. No separate vendors needed.
The timeline
6 months out
Setup & budget
Created the event on rsvpbloom, picked the "Elegant" theme, and used the Smart Budget Engine. The auto-split suggested 45% venue, 20% catering, 15% outfits, 10% decor, 10% other — which they tweaked to match Lagos vendor quotes. Total budget: ₦8.2M.
4 months out
Asoebi store launched
Uploaded 3 fabric options (Aso-Oke, Lace, Ankara) with 8 sizes each. Shared the link on WhatsApp — orders started coming in within hours. 124 orders totalling ₦1.8M were fulfilled with Paystack split payments going directly to their tailor.
3 months out
Gift registry & cash gifts
Set up a honeymoon fund (target ₦2M) and a physical registry with 24 items. Diaspora guests in London and Toronto sent gifts in GBP and CAD. Cash gifts hit ₦1.2M; physical gifts covered ₦400K of the registry.
2 months out
Guest list & RSVPs
Imported 284 guests from a spreadsheet. Shared the RSVP link via WhatsApp — 217 confirmed within 2 weeks. Meal preferences auto-aggregated: 180 jollof, 22 fried rice, 15 vegetarian. No more chasing replies in group chats.
1 month out
Accommodation & seating
Listed 3 hotels near the Lekki venue with negotiated group rates. 38 rooms booked by out-of-town guests. Seating chart placed 217 guests across 27 tables, with dietary tags auto-flagging the 15 vegetarian guests.
Day of
Check-in & celebration
QR code check-in at the gate. Live dashboard on Adaeze's phone showed 198 guests arrived by 2pm. The coordinator used the runsheet to track vendor arrivals. Zero surprises.
The results
Revenue through the platform
- Cash gifts: ₦1,200,000
- Registry gifts: ₦400,000
- Asoebi sales: ₦1,800,000
Total: ₦3,400,000
Cost savings vs. traditional approach
- Wedding website vendor: ₦150,000 saved
- Asoebi coordinator: ₦200,000 saved
- RSVP management: ₦130,000 saved
Total saved: ₦480,000
We saved ₦480k vs. hiring separate asoebi and website vendors. And guests loved that everything lived on one link.
Adaeze & Tunde
Wedding, Lagos, 2026
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