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Free resources for wedding vendors
Guides about money and time, written for caterers, photographers, decorators, mehndi artists, venues and everyone else who makes a South Asian wedding happen.
Wedding vendors tend to lose time in the same three places: pricing, replying to enquiries and keeping track of dates. These free guides cover each one, with templates you can copy and a season calendar you can plan around.
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Why Nodus publishes these
Nodus works on commission only, so we do well when you take more bookings. You pay nothing to apply and nothing monthly, and commission is taken from each payment you receive through Nodus: 3% for founding vendors for their first 24 months, then the standard 8%. Couples pay you directly into your own Stripe account.
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Yes. Every guide is free to read, and you do not need to be on Nodus to use them.
No. The pricing template, reply templates and pricing guide work wherever enquiries reach you. On Nodus, the same ideas map onto your storefront, packages and quotes as those features arrive.
There is no subscription and no cost to apply. Commission is taken from each payment you receive through Nodus: 3% for founding vendors for their first 24 months, then the standard 8%. Founding places are limited.
The availability calendar is coming to the app. Once it is live, couples will be able to filter vendors by their wedding date, so a current calendar means more enquiries you can actually take.
- Free resourceEnquiry reply templates for wedding vendorsSix reply templates for the enquiries South Asian wedding vendors get most: a bare 'how much?', a full enquiry for a free date, a multi-ceremony request, a date you cannot do, a budget below your prices, and a follow-up when a couple goes quiet. Each one answers first, asks only what you need, and ends with one clear next step.
- Free resourceWedding package pricing templateA free, printable template that walks wedding vendors through pricing: work out what one event really costs you, set a floor price, build two to four packages plus piece-by-piece extras, bundle several ceremonies, and write your deposit and balance terms. It works for any category and maps straight onto a Nodus storefront.
- Free resourceHow to price your wedding packagesPrice wedding packages from your real costs per event, not from competitors' Instagram. Offer a few clear packages, a list of piece-by-piece services, and multi-ceremony bundles for the mehndi, wedding and walima or reception. Show a total or 'from' price that includes VAT and every mandatory charge, as UK price transparency rules expect.
- Free resourceSetting up your availability calendarCouples start with a date. When the Nodus availability calendar launches, couples will be able to filter vendors by their wedding date, so an up-to-date calendar puts you in front of the right families and keeps away enquiries you cannot take. Mark each date as available, on hold or blocked, and check it every week.
- Free resourceSouth Asian wedding season calendar 2027In 2027 Ramadan is expected from about 8 February to 8 March, Eid al-Fitr on 9 or 10 March and Eid al-Adha on 16 or 17 May, all subject to moon sighting. Vaisakhi is 14 April, Diwali is 28 October in London, and Chaturmas runs 14 July to 9 November. August is the busiest month for weddings nationally.
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Where next
- Vendor resourceWedding package pricing templateA free, printable template for South Asian wedding vendors: cost each event, build packages and extras, bundle ceremonies and set your deposit terms.
- For vendorsHow Nodus works for wedding vendorsApply, have a 20-minute call, then take enquiries, quotes, written bookings and Stripe payments in one place. What's live and coming.
- For vendorsA better way to run your wedding business.Join Nodus as a founding vendor. No subscription, no listing fee: commission only on payments you receive through Nodus. Apply for a founding place today.
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