| Acquired by | Ticketmaster |
| Date | 3/01 |
| Website | evite.com |
| Blog | evite.typepad.com |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Employees |
Evite.com is an online personal party planning service. When party hosts log onto Evite.com they have access to a plethora of tools to help them during every step of the event planning process. This includes a checklist tool to keep track of party tasks, a budget estimator, customizable invitations, a drink calculator, eCards for after party thank-yous, and a “My Notebook” section to save ideas and other notes. Evite also helps hosts by offering party theme ideas, recipes, a wine-pairing chart and more.
The site has more than 15 million registered users and it facilitates more than 16 million invitations to more than 450,000 events each month. Evite was initially acquired by Ticketmaster in 2001, which was then acquired by IAC (NASDAQ: IACI) in 2003. They compete with a number of competitors in the same space including MyPunchBowl, SuggestLocal, Skobee, MadeIt, Socializr, Manvite, Zvents, Eventful, ImThere, and Renkoo.
