Help for couples

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About Setnayan

  • What is Setnayan?

    Setnayan (SET-na-yan, from Tagalog "Set na 'yan." — "that's all set.") is the Philippines-first wedding platform, built to grow into a life-events collection — one place to plan each celebration, capture it, and keep it for life. It leads with weddings; as event types unlock (debut, birthday, christening, anniversary, and more), the same tools carry across them. Couples start free on the planning workspace; verified Filipino wedding vendors list with 0% commission on bookings; and everything a couple creates gathers into one living memory (Alaala) they keep.

  • How much does Setnayan cost?

    Couples start free (planning workspace: schedule, budget, guest list, seat plan, mood board, plus marketplace browse with a match preview). The paid planner is Setnayan AI, a one-time purchase that unlocks the full planner with access through your wedding day. Individual services and the Setnayan AI rate are listed on the Pricing page. Vendor side: Verified is free during launch, with Pro and Enterprise subscription tiers billed per 28-day prepaid block. 0% commission on vendor bookings — Setnayan never takes a cut. See setnayan.com/pricing for current rates.

  • Is Setnayan free for couples?

    Starting is free — schedule, budget, guest list, seat plan, and mood board are free with every account, plus marketplace browse and a preview of your vendor matches. Premium tools like Setnayan AI (a one-time purchase with access through your wedding day), the Event Website, and premium RSVP are optional paid software. You only pay for what you choose to add. Current rates are on setnayan.com/pricing.

  • Does Setnayan take commission on vendor bookings?

    No. 0% commission on every vendor booking, every tier. Setnayan never touches money between couples and vendors. Revenue comes from software purchases by couples (planning tiers plus services like Papic, Live Studio, and the Editorial Website) and vendor subscriptions (Pro and Enterprise, 28-day or annual).

  • What is Setnayan AI?

    Setnayan's assisted-planning tier — a one-time purchase that unlocks the full planner with access through your event date (current rate on setnayan.com/pricing). Matches, sorts, and cross-references vendors against your date, budget, venue, guest count, religion, and reviews — and walks you through every decision from venue lock through thank-you cards, with religion-adaptive guidance and hard-floor deadlines specific to Filipino weddings (Pre-Cana, marriage license validity windows, sponsor coordination, etc.).

  • Does Setnayan support Filipino wedding customs?

    Yes. Supports seven ceremony types (Catholic, Civil, INC, Christian, Muslim, Cultural, Mixed) and seven venue settings (banquet hall, garden, beach, destination, heritage, outdoor tent, civil registrar). 20 Filipino wedding role tiers in the guest list including principal sponsors, candle/veil/cord/coin sponsors, ninang, ninong, and bearers. Multi-faith vendor compatibility tagging across a deep tree of vendor sub-categories.

  • What languages does Setnayan support?

    English (primary across the marketing site and dashboards). Tagalog (TL) on dashboard surfaces. Cebuano (CEB) localization on the marketing site is on the V1.1 roadmap.

  • Where does Setnayan operate?

    Philippines — Metro Manila (Quezon City, Makati, Pasig, Taguig, Manila), Cebu, Davao, Tagaytay, Iloilo, Baguio, Pampanga, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Bulacan, and any city where Filipino wedding vendors serve.

  • Does Setnayan have a mobile app?

    Web-first responsive site that works on iOS Safari and Chrome Android. Native iOS and Android shells via Expo are on the V1.5 roadmap.

  • How are vendors verified on Setnayan?

    Vendors complete a business-legitimacy check plus a short video call with a Setnayan admin. Verification is free during launch — no listing fee and no badge fee.

  • What is Pakanta?

    A custom Filipino-style song written for the couple — a one-time per-event purchase (current price on setnayan.com/pricing). Setnayan's music team writes original lyrics around the couple's love story, records the track, and delivers it for the ceremony or reception.

  • What is Papic?

    Candid photo (and short-video) capture for your event. A few friends you pick — your photo crew — shoot freely from their phones, and you can also let every guest snap photos too. Everyone opens a simple camera from a QR link (no app to install); every shot lands in your private gallery in real time and is matched to the right guests, so each person gets the photos they're in — and untagged photos still land (Papic never drops one). Clips run up to 10 seconds, and optional face-matching (only with each guest's consent) auto-sorts photos to the people in them. Your gallery stays online — keep the originals by downloading them or syncing to your own Google Drive. There's a free tier to try it; current prices are on setnayan.com/pricing.

  • What is Live Studio?

    Live streaming for your wedding, embedded directly on your event website — priced per day (current rate on setnayan.com/pricing). Guests and family who couldn't attend in person can watch the ceremony and reception live without leaving Setnayan.

  • What is Pakulay?

    The visual mood board for your wedding — included free with every couple account. Three pillars: palette (colors), location feel (venue look + atmosphere), and dress codes (attire direction by role tier). Pakulay finalizes once and downstream services (catering, florals, attire, stationery) pull from the same locked vision.

  • How does Setnayan handle my privacy?

    RA 10173 (Data Privacy Act of the Philippines) compliant. Guest list and event details are never publicly shared without your explicit opt-in. Real-wedding editorials publish 30 days post-event only with explicit couple consent. National Privacy Commission registration in progress. DPO contact at iscasasolaii@gmail.com.

  • How do I contact Setnayan support?

    Send a message via the contact form below on this page — pick your role (couple, vendor, guest, or admin) and we'll route it to the right team. Response within 24 hours during business days. Privacy-related requests reach the DPO directly at iscasasolaii@gmail.com.

  • When does Setnayan launch?

    Setnayan is rolling out in phases — a pilot with a small family + friends cohort exercising the full payment cycle on real weddings, followed by public launch alongside the founder's own wedding, the first event shipped through the platform end-to-end. See setnayan.com for the latest launch status.

Getting started

  • Sign up as a couple

    On the sign-up page, pick "Couple" as your account type, enter your email, and choose a password (≥ 8 characters). You'll land on the dashboard immediately — V1 auto-confirms accounts so you don't need to wait on a confirmation email. Once Resend SMTP is wired, real email verification returns.

  • Sign up as a vendor

    Same form, pick "Vendor" instead. You'll land on /vendor-dashboard with a profile editor. Fill in your business name, services, and contact email — couples find you by the contact email you set there.

  • Create your event

    From /dashboard, click "Create event". Pick the event type (Weddings only in V1), enter a display name (this is what guests + vendors see), and the date. You can edit everything later from the Invitation tab.

  • Event ID vs slug

    Every event has a Setnayan ID like S89E-AB12CD3456 (used internally) and a public slug like maria-and-juan (used in your invitation URL). The slug is editable on the Invitation tab. Old slugs auto-redirect for 2 years, so links and QR codes already printed keep working.

Guest list

  • Filipino wedding roles

    V1 ships 18 canonical roles: maid/matron of honor, best man, bridesmaids, groomsmen, principal sponsors, candle/veil/cord/coin sponsors, ring/bible/coin bearers, flower girl, officiant, lectors, soloists, and generic guest. Each is assignable from the Add Guest form.

  • How plus-ones work

    When you tick "Allow plus-one" on a guest, Setnayan creates a second guest row linked to the primary. The +1 has its own QR code and can RSVP independently. If the +1 is TBA, the primary names them on first scan via the welcome flow.

  • Import guests from CSV

    On the Guests page, hit "Import CSV". Paste your spreadsheet (max 200 rows per import). Required columns: first_name, last_name. Optional: side, role, group_category, email, mobile, meal_preference, plus_one_allowed. Bad rows are flagged; valid rows insert atomically.

Invitation site

  • What's the invitation site?

    The public URL at setnayan.com/[your-slug] is where every invitation goes. Guests land here when they tap their personal link or scan their QR. The site shows your event details, an RSVP form, countdown, venue map, dress code, and more.

  • Customize the QR monogram

    From the Invitation tab → Branding section. The monogram is the text in the center of every guest's QR code (default: first letter of each side joined by &, e.g. "M & J"). Override the text and pick an accent color. Every guest's QR rebuilds instantly.

  • Re-issue a guest's QR code

    If a guest loses their link or shares it, you can invalidate the old token. On the Invitation admin, find the guest row → "Re-issue token". Old QR stops working immediately; new QR is ready to share.

Vendors & budget

  • Track a vendor

    On the Vendors page, click Add a vendor. Pick a category from the 28 standard options (or pick "Miscellaneous" for anything off-list). Set a total cost + deposit if you have them. Vendors move through a 6-stage flow: considering → shortlisted → contracted → deposit paid → delivered → complete.

  • Budget line items

    On the Budget page, each vendor card has two columns. Left: itemized line items (Deposit, Balance, Tip, etc.) with optional due dates. Right: actual payments you've logged. Stats at the top roll up total budget, paid, remaining, and what's due in the next 30 days.

  • Export budget due dates to your calendar

    On the Budget page header, click "Export upcoming dates (.ics)". You get an RFC 5545 calendar file with one event per unpaid line-item due date. Import to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook — any standard ICS-aware app.

Mood Board

  • Palette tiers

    Mood Board groups your palettes into three families: Venue (Ceremony 1-3 colors, Reception 3-6 with dominant/supporting/accent slots), Couple (Bride 1-3, Groom 1-3), and Roles (Wedding Party 3-6, Sponsors 1-3 each, Plain guests 3-6). Role palettes only show when you have guests in that role.

  • How the palette shows up in the guest list

    Each role chip in the Guest List grows a small colored dot when you've set a palette for that role. The dot shows the first color of the palette as a visual signal — see the full palette on the Mood Board page.

Messaging

  • Start a thread with a vendor

    On the Messages tab, type the vendor's contact email. If they have a Setnayan vendor profile with that email, Setnayan creates a thread between you both. Re-opening a thread between the same event + vendor resumes the existing conversation — no duplicates. Only couples can open new threads — vendors reply to threads couples started.

  • Vendors don't see your email

    When a vendor opens a thread, they see only your event's display name and date — never your email or personal name. You control how you're identified by the display_name you set on your event. This is locked behavior in V1.

  • Vendors: how the reply-only inbox works

    Your /vendor-dashboard/messages inbox lists every thread a couple has opened with you. You can reply to any thread, attach files, and share quotes. You cannot start a thread cold — couples have to reach out first. This protects them from unsolicited DMs.

Orders & payments

  • How to order a Setnayan service

    Open the Orders tile from Home. Hit "New order", describe what you need, and propose a budget. The Setnayan team reviews and confirms the price; you receive a notification with the confirmed total and a reference code.

  • How payments work

    Once your order is quoted, the order detail page shows payment instructions. Send the amount via BDO or GCash (merchant details emailed once your order is confirmed). Always include the reference code in transfer notes so we can match it automatically. Then log the payment on the same order page with the bank reference + a screenshot URL.

  • Reference codes

    Every order has a short reference code (looks like SNAB12CD34). It's how Setnayan matches your bank transfer to your order. Paste it into the transfer notes — bank statements ingest it automatically and admin reconciles within one business day.

Account & privacy

  • Switch your dashboard theme

    On Profile, pick one of five themes — Setnayan Default (burgundy), Victorian, Classy, iOS, Forest & Champagne Gold. The whole dashboard re-skins instantly. Public invitation site stays on Setnayan Default regardless.

  • Export your data

    On Profile → Privacy & data → "Download .json". You get a JSON file with your profile, event memberships, vendor profile (if any), and every chat message you authored. Audit log, R2 media, and payment records aren't in V1 (flagged in the export).

  • Delete your account

    On Profile → Privacy & data → expand the Delete my account block → type DELETE to confirm. We soft-delete the account and sign you out. Internal admins can restore within 30 days; after that, deletion becomes permanent. RA 10173 right-to-erasure compliant.

Papic — candid photos

  • What is Papic?

    Papic turns the phones at your wedding into candid cameras. You get one pot of shots for the whole event, and any guest can shoot from it — they scan your event QR and start, with no limit on how many phones join in. Every wedding starts with 50 shots free, so you can try it before deciding to add any. If you want to be sure someone in particular never runs out, you can set aside some of your shots for their camera alone, where nobody else can spend them; when those run out, that camera simply carries on from the shared pot. Cameras themselves are free and you can make as many as you like. Every shot lands in your private gallery, each guest can find the photos they're in, and there's no app to install — it all runs in the browser.

  • How do I turn on Papic and hand out cameras?

    Open your dashboard → Studio → Papic. It's already on: every wedding starts with a free pool of shots plus one free camera of its own, so there is nothing to buy before you try it. To let guests shoot, share your event QR — any phone that scans it shoots from the shared pool, and there's no limit on how many join. To give one person their own camera, hand them that camera's link (or QR) from the same page; their shots come out of that camera's own balance, not the shared pool, so they can't be used up by anyone else. You can hand a camera to someone else at any time, and top up either the shared pool or a single camera whenever you want — current prices are on setnayan.com/pricing.

  • How do my photos get matched to the right guests?

    Two ways, both automatic. (1) Face matching: guests who add a selfie are recognized in candid shots, and those photos appear in their 'Photos of you'. (2) QR scan: your crew can scan a guest's invitation QR or a table sign to mark who's in a shot. Either way, every photo reaches your gallery — tagged or not. Face matching is private and per-wedding: a guest's face data is never shared or reused across events, and it only works with the guest's consent.

  • Where do I find and download all my Papic photos?

    Dashboard → Studio → Papic → Gallery. Every candid from your crew and guests is there — filter by 'Photos of us', videos, or untagged. Save any photo to your phone with one tap, or use 'Download all' to pull the whole gallery as a zip. You can also connect Google Drive to auto-sync everything to your own Drive.

  • Guest: how do I take candid photos for the couple?

    If the couple turned on guest cameras, open your invitation link and tap 'Be a candid camera'. Point and shoot — every photo lands straight in the couple's gallery in real time. No sign-in, no app. You have a set number of shots; the counter shows how many you have left. After a shot you can also tell the couple the story behind it.

  • Guest: how do I make sure I get my photos? (add your face)

    When you RSVP, tap 'Add your photo' and take one selfie (you'll be asked to agree first — it's optional). That lets the candid photos of you find their way to you automatically, under 'Photos of you' on your page. On the wedding day you can also add it from the 'Add your face' card if you skipped it. No selfie? You'll still get any photo where the crew scans your invitation QR.

  • Guest: where do I find the photos I'm in?

    On the wedding day (from about an hour before it starts), open your personal invitation page and look for 'Photos of you — so far'. As the crew and guests shoot, the photos you're in collect there through the day — and they're yours to keep afterward. You show up there once you've added a selfie, or once someone scans your invitation QR onto a photo.

  • Crew: I was asked to shoot — how does it work?

    The couple sent you a camera link. Open it on your phone and tap to claim it — your phone is now a candid camera for their wedding. Shoot photos and clips of up to 10 seconds; everything uploads to their gallery automatically. Your camera shows how many shots it has left, and the couple can top it up. To mark who's in a shot, tap 'Tag who's in it' and hold a guest's place-card QR or a table sign in frame — no typing. If you don't tag, the photo still reaches the couple.

  • How do I make sure one person never runs out of shots?

    Set some of your shots aside for their camera. Everything you buy goes into one pot that every guest shoots from, which is usually what you want — but a few enthusiastic guests can spend a lot of it, and you might have someone in mind who you'd rather not have run dry: the cousin who actually frames a photo, or your maid of honour. On your Papic page, find their camera and type how many shots are theirs alone. Those leave the shared pot and nobody else can touch them. If they don't use them all, you can take the unused ones back at any time — just type a smaller number. And if they DO use them all, their camera doesn't stop: it carries on from the shared pot like everyone else's. So setting shots aside is a guarantee, never a limit. Cameras are free and you can make as many as you like, so there's no cost to giving several people their own.

  • How do shots work, and how do I add more?

    Everything Papic captures is counted in shots. 1 photo = 1 pt, and 10-second clip = 8 pts — a clip costs more because it is a lot more to keep. They come out of one purse, so there's no separate photo and video allowance to juggle: shoot more clips and you'll get fewer photos out of the same balance, which is why we don't promise you an exact number of each. Every wedding starts with a free pool of shots plus one free camera that has its own. When something runs low, top it up from your dashboard → Studio → Papic: add to the shared pool for the whole celebration, or reload one camera on its own. Top-ups stack on whatever your wedding already holds — they never replace it — and current prices are on setnayan.com/pricing. Guests can also top up the pool or their own camera themselves from the camera screen, if you'd rather not.

Reach the team

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