Grow your wedding business on South Africa's wedding platform
Be one of the founding vendors reaching couples actively planning their dream wedding
Founding pricing
Locked in for life
All nine provinces
Now onboarding nationwide
Be first
In your category, in your city
Get started in minutes
Four steps from signup to your first booking.
01
Create your profile
Sign up and build your professional listing in minutes
02
Showcase your work
Upload your best photos, set pricing, and describe your services
03
Receive enquiries
Couples discover you and reach out directly through the platform
04
Get booked
Confirm bookings and grow your wedding business
Everything you need to grow
Reach more couples
Get discovered by couples actively searching for wedding services across South Africa
Verified reviews
Build trust with authentic reviews from real couples who've experienced your services
Powerful analytics
Track listing views, enquiry rates, and conversion metrics with your dashboard
Enquiry management
Respond to leads, manage your pipeline, and never miss an opportunity
Professional portfolio
Showcase your best work with beautiful high-resolution photo galleries
Founding-member showcase
As a founding member, you are among the first suppliers couples meet in your category while the platform grows
Simple, transparent pricing
Choose the model that fits how you work. No hidden fees.
Pick your category to see your exact rate.
Join as a founding supplier and lock in 50% off the annual fee for life, your founding rate from day one, for as long as you stay with us. Pick the model that suits how you work.
Annual subscription
Founding rate, locked for life
R 1 500/yr
50% off the standard R 2 999/yr, locked for as long as you stay
One flat yearly fee, zero commission. Best when you book steadily through Once and want predictable costs.
- Zero commission on every booking
- One predictable annual fee
- Keep 100% of what you charge
- Best when bookings flow steadily
Commission only
10%
per booking, no annual fee
No yearly fee. Choose it now and you only pay when Once delivers a booking. The zero-risk way to start.
- No annual fee, ever
- You only pay 10% per booking
- Pay nothing until Once books you
- The zero-risk way to start
Hybrid
Founding rate, locked for life
R 750/yr
50% off the standard R 1 499/yr, locked for as long as you stay
A lower yearly fee plus a smaller commission. The middle ground once the enquiries are flowing.
- A lower annual fee
- Plus a reduced 5% per booking
- The middle ground as enquiries grow
- Balance predictability with low upfront cost
Your founding rate covers what’s coming
Your locked founding rate isn’t only today’s listing. As we roll out the tools to run your whole business on Once, founding suppliers keep the same 50%-off founding price on those too, locked from the day you join.
- Coming soon
Business add-on
All suppliers
Lead pipeline, quotes and contracts, pay links, and a shared client hub: one place to run your bookings end to end.
R 1 249/yrR 2 499founding rate - Coming soon
Studio galleries
Photo & video
Deliver client galleries with favourites, downloads and print orders, landing straight in the couple’s dashboard.
R 999/yrR 1 999founding rate
These tools ship after launch, nothing extra to pay today. Join now and your 50%-off founding rate is locked to them from the day you join, for as long as you stay with us.
The annual fee is paid upfront when you subscribe. Commission is charged per booking, so you are never charged commission before Once books you.
| Feature | Annual subscription | Commission only | Hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual fee | R 1 500/yr founding rate | None | R 750/yr founding rate |
| Commission per booking | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| Keep 100% of every booking | Included | Not included | Not included |
| No upfront cost | Not included | Included | Not included |
| Upfront annual fee | Included | Not included | Not included |
Annual subscription
- Annual feeR 1 500/yr founding rate
- Commission per booking0%
- Keep 100% of every bookingIncluded
- No upfront costNot included
- Upfront annual feeIncluded
Commission only
- Annual feeNone
- Commission per booking10%
- Keep 100% of every bookingNot included
- No upfront costIncluded
- Upfront annual feeNot included
Hybrid
- Annual feeR 750/yr founding rate
- Commission per booking5%
- Keep 100% of every bookingNot included
- No upfront costNot included
- Upfront annual feeNot included
Estimate your annual cost under each model. The cheapest at your volume is highlighted.
Annual subscription
R 1 500
cheapest at this volume
Commission only
R 18 000
total cost / year
Hybrid
R 9 750
total cost / year
At 12 bookings a year averaging R 15 000, the annual subscription model works out cheapest for you.
Figures use your founding rate (50% off, locked for life from day one). The annual fee is paid upfront when you subscribe. Commission is charged per booking, so you are never charged commission before Once books you.
Be one of our founding vendors
We're hand-picking the first vendors in every category. Founding vendors get the founding-member showcase, direct input into the product, and a founding rate locked for life, on today's listing and on every paid tool we roll out next.
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