{"id":36617,"date":"2023-10-20T14:45:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/this-sydney-startup-hopes-to-become-the-one-stop-shop-for-planning-a-wedding-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:45:13","slug":"this-sydney-startup-hopes-to-become-the-one-stop-shop-for-planning-a-wedding-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/this-sydney-startup-hopes-to-become-the-one-stop-shop-for-planning-a-wedding-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"This Sydney startup hopes to become the one-stop-shop for planning a wedding – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Sydney startup is looking to make it easier for couples to find their dream wedding venue. <\/p>\n

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Since launching in March this year, WedShed<\/a> has helped more than 26,000 people search for the right place to hold a wedding \u2013 whether it be in the Adelaide Hills or the Victorian high country.<\/p>\n

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The aim is to take the stress out of wedding planning and increase the visibility of wedding venues in regional areas that might otherwise miss out on much needed internet traffic.<\/p>\n

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Co-founder Amy Lucas told StartupSmart <\/i>the platform brings together unique venues so that couples can spend more time and energy on planning other aspects of their special day.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe realised a couple of years ago that finding wedding venues that weren\u2019t standard or easy to find on Google was incredibly hard,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen my business partner Mel and I got engaged [to our partners], it became even more important for us to bridge this gap as we saw there was a massive trend in the industry to find those unique spaces that you can style or reflect what the couple\u2019s all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The platform now has around 100 venues signed up to the platform, with the aim of snapping up many more.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think we expected it to be a harder sell, but the nice thing is that most of the venues we\u2019re talking to get the idea,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt resonates with them because they get couples saying they\u2019re struggling to find them online and it was through word of mouth that they came across them. A lot of them are already struggling to be on the front page of Google\u2026 they find it hard to get in front of couples.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As for what lies ahead for the startup, Lucas says the next sixth months will see her and her co-founder focus on a vendor directory to compliment the venues listed on the site.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of responses from vendors \u2013 photographers, stylists for example \u2013 that have approached us about how they can be involved,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had banner ads on the site, but we didn\u2019t think that was particularly forward thinking or much of a benefit to them. So if a vendor says I service NSW and this part of Victoria or lower Queensland, that will be entered into the [venue\u2019s] profile and it will be integrated in the backend\u2026 we want to become a one-stop shop.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lucas also called on the government to legalise same-sex marriage in order for Australian businesses to reap the economic benefits.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMore weddings can only mean good things from a professional standpoint, however that doesn’t really play on our agenda,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe just feel incredibly strongly personally that anyone should be able to marry who they want and that the time for equality is well and truly due. In fact, it’s late.\u201d<\/p>\n

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