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Video guest messages: the deliverable clients didn't know to ask for

Clients know to ask for photos. The more switched-on ones ask about a voice guestbook. Almost none think to ask for video messages from guests -- which is exactly what makes it a quiet differentiator for a professional who offers it unprompted. A short video clip from a guest carries something neither a photo nor an audio note quite does: a face and a voice together, a wave, a toast raised to camera, a child's giddy hello. Suggesting it is the kind of detail that makes you look like the expert in the room.

Video rides the same QR flow as photos and voice on Gathmo -- guests scan once and choose to record a clip in their browser, no app required. Clips are typically short (a guest filming a quick message on a phone), and the length allowance scales with the plan you run. Everything lands in the same branded album alongside the photos and voice notes, so video is not a separate service to manage but one more thing the single gallery captures. We make the case for that consolidation in photo + video + voice in one branded gallery.

As a deliverable, video messages are emotionally powerful and very shareable -- a montage of guest clips is the kind of thing a couple posts and rewatches. For the event on the wedding side it is becoming a signature moment; for corporate and milestone events it is a fresh way to capture a room. Because few competitors foreground it and most clients have not thought to ask, leading with it positions you as ahead of the curve.

Commercially it behaves like the rest of the gallery: near-zero marginal cost, captured in the same flow, brandable on your own domain, and yours to package however converts best. Offer it as part of an all-in-one 'capture everything' album or as a premium layer alongside voice. To frame and price it, see what guests say in a voice guestbook for the emotional angle and book a demo to see the capture flow.

Most clients ask for photos and maybe a voice guestbook -- few think to ask for video messages from guests. That makes it a quiet differentiator you can offer. Here is what video guest messages add and how to sell them.
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Frequently asked

Short video clips that guests record for the host -- a spoken message, a toast to camera, a wave -- captured at the event. On Gathmo they ride the same QR flow as photos and voice: a guest scans once and records a clip in their phone's browser, with no app, and it lands in the same branded album. They are emotionally powerful and shareable, and because few clients think to ask for them, offering video unprompted is a quiet differentiator for a professional.

No. Guests scan the same QR code used for photos and voice, and the capture screen lets them record a video clip directly in the browser -- no app, no account. This keeps participation high, because there is no install friction. Everything they record, whether a photo, a voice note or a video, uploads to the same album in real time, so video is just one more option in a single frictionless flow.

Clips are typically short -- a guest filming a quick message on a phone -- and the maximum length scales with the plan you run, with higher tiers allowing longer videos. In practice most guest messages are well within the limits. The clips land in the branded album alongside photos and voice and are included in the original-quality export, so you deliver them as part of the complete gallery.

Precisely because they don't. Suggesting video messages unprompted positions you as the expert and adds a deliverable competitors rarely foreground. A montage of guest video clips is something clients treasure and share, and it costs you nothing extra to capture since it rides the same QR flow as photos and voice. Leading with a feature clients hadn't considered is a reliable way to differentiate your offering and justify a premium.

It is part of the same single gallery, not a separate service. Photos, video and voice are independent toggles on one event and share the same QR upload flow, so guests scan once and choose what to contribute, and everything lands in one branded album. For a reseller this means you can offer a cohesive 'capture everything' product rather than stitching together separate tools -- easier to sell and to deliver.

Yes. While wedding video guestbooks are increasingly popular, video messages work well for milestone birthdays, retirements, corporate milestones, conferences and farewells -- any event where a spoken, on-camera message adds value. For corporate clients especially, a collection of short team or attendee clips is a fresh, engaging deliverable. The same frictionless browser capture applies, so it is easy to offer across the events you already serve.

Yes. On the Agency plan (€149/month) the entire experience, including video capture and the album, is white-labelled on your own custom domain with no vendor trace; the Studio plan (€59/month) includes one custom domain with light branding. So the video messages your guests record, and the album you deliver them in, carry your brand -- presenting video as a deliberate, premium part of your offering rather than a generic add-on.