Aven Wedding Vendor

A couple might discover a vendor on Instagram, enquire through WhatsApp, receive a package over email, sign a PDF contract and pay their deposit through a bank transfer.

Then, for the next twelve months, changes continue through chat.

The problem isn't any one of these tools. It's that the conversation, contract and payments are disconnected.

As we build Aven, one platform we think is interesting to learn from is Fiverr.

Not because weddings should work like freelance gigs, but because Fiverr does something particularly well: turning a conversation about a custom service into a structured agreement.

On Aven, starting a chat with a vendor shouldn't mean you've booked them.

A couple and vendor should first be able to discuss the wedding, availability, packages and requirements.

When both sides are ready, the vendor could send a structured offer containing:

• Services and deliverables
• Wedding date
• Total price
• Deposit
• Payment schedule
• Important terms

The journey becomes:

Enquiry → Discussion → Custom Offer → Contract → Deposit → Confirmed Booking

There is now a clear moment where we're talking about working together becomes this is what we've agreed to.

Wedding bookings can last more than a year, so the original agreement isn't always the final agreement.

Imagine a couple books 10 hours of photography for S$4,800. Six months later, they decide to add another two hours for S$600.

Instead of that agreement disappearing into a WhatsApp conversation, the vendor could propose an amendment through Aven.

Original booking: S$4,800

Added: 2 hours of photography

New total: S$5,400

Once accepted, the booking updates while keeping a record of what changed.

This turns the contract from a PDF sitting somewhere in an inbox into a living record of the booking.

The bigger opportunity is to connect the contract with everything that happens afterwards.

A couple opening their booking should immediately be able to answer:

• What did we book?
• How much does it cost?
• How much have we paid?
• When is our next payment?
• What has changed since we booked?
• What happens next?

For vendors, the same record provides a clear view of the services they have committed to providing and the payments attached to them.

Package + Contract + Amendments + Payments + Booking Details

One booking. One source of truth.

We don't want Aven to turn wedding services into an online shopping cart.

Choosing a photographer, makeup artist, planner or florist is personal. Conversations still matter.

What Fiverr demonstrates is that once two people agree to work together, the agreement itself can be much more structured.

Aven can take that principle and design it around weddings: long booking periods, deposits, instalments, changing requirements and event-specific details.

The goal is simple.

Keep the human conversation. Make everything that comes after it clearer.