Wow.. Thanks for the insight here. I'll definitely take you up on some more advice as we get going. Like you, we're finding that largely vendors need to be rea

Wow.. Thanks for the insight here. I'll definitely take you up on some more advice as we get going. Like you, we're finding that largely vendors need to be reached out manually through phone calls. Our first phase is to focus in on vendor silos that can be largely iterated via chat/email/photos. We'd love to hear about what specifically failed when you introduced the bidding services. We're seeing that the pain we feel with on boarding vendors is the exact pain that couples go through over and over trying to iterate with vendors today. We're hoping that vendors that accept technology will be rewarded with more business. In terms of booking fast, we're considering running this auction with some sort of time limit, but that will likely only happen when we feel like there are enough vendors looking at the auctions. Re: Trusted Vendors - One surprising number we found was how few people actually use wedding planners (sub 20%). That means 80% of the time couples are going out there and having to make their own judgement on which vendors to trust for this one-time gig. It's pretty nerve wrecking for them. Similar to something like Airbnb hosts, we think that vendors need to reviewed, socially validated, and rated on response times. I'll definitely keep in touch as we get past this version 1.0. I'll drop you a line as we go. Thanks for your direction here!