For anniversary parties
All the years, all the stories, told by the people who were there.
Friends, kids and grandkids leave a toast, a memory or the secret to a long marriage, from the party or from across the country. We produce it into a radio special the couple can play again and again.
No app for guests. They record in their phone’s browser, or on the dedicated phone line just for the anniversary.
The Love Story Special from $149, one-time · no app for guests · remade or refunded if you don’t love it
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- Live in minutesGuest link + QR sign right after you sign up
- No app for guestsThey record in their phone’s browser
- 24–72 hoursYour produced special after you press Produce
- Up to 3 remakesUntil you’re happy with your show
The problem
The stories are in the room. For one night.
- The best stories come out at the party, then they’re gone.
- The relatives who can’t travel get left out.
- A card says “Happy 50th.” A voice says what fifty years actually meant.
Good Reception fixes that: a produced show of everyone who loves them, telling the story of their marriage in their own voices.
How it works
Three simple steps.
- 1
Start in about 3 minutes
Tell us the occasion and the date. You get a guest link and a QR sign right away, made in your colors. Guests can also call a number.
- 2
Guests leave messages
They scan, tap record and talk, before, during or after the event. No app. Every message appears on your private dashboard.
- 3
We produce your special
Press Produce when you’re ready. We clean up the audio, put the messages in order and add a host between them. It usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours.
The offer
The Love Story Special: every voice, produced, for $149.
- Dream outcomeA produced show of the people who matter, in their own voices, that you can replay for decades.
- Proof before you payLeave a free test message and hear a sample. Then our remake guarantee: up to three remakes after messages are in, or a full refund if we fail to deliver.
- Ready in 24–72 hoursYour link and QR sign go live in about three minutes. After you press Produce, your special usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours.
- No effortNo app for guests, nothing to rent or ship back. Guests use the phone in their pocket; you press one button.
The Love Story Special
Everything below, one price
- Private guest link + printable QR signIncludedLive minutes after you sign up, in your colors. Print it, frame it, text it.
- A call-in numberIncludedFor guests who’d rather dial: a recorded greeting, then the tone.
- Your produced specialIncludedUp to ~15 minutes featuring up to 50 messages, with a host between them. Every voice cleaned up, never re-worded.
- The Full CollectionIncludedEvery message on its own, filed by name, plus every original file. Yours to download, kept online for 12 months after your event.
- Bonus: The Highlight ReelBonusA 3–4 minute best-of, made for sharing.
- Bonus: 3 production stylesBonusRadio Special, Story Episode or Love Letter, same price.
- Bonus: you choose the orderBonusHide any message, and pick which one opens and closes the show, before you press Produce.
- Bonus: free test messageBonusTry it free before you buy, no sign-up.
$149One-time. No subscription. Need more room? Premium ($249) features up to 150 messages in ~30 min.
Start their love storyCheckout opens soon. Start now to save your date, and we’ll email you the moment it opens.
Remake guarantee: cancel before the first guest message for a full refund; after that, up to three remakes. If we fail to deliver, we refund you in full.
Examples
What guests say, and what you get back.
Ideas to put on your sign or in your text
- “Tell the story of how you first met them as a couple.”
- “What have they taught you about love?”
- “Your favorite memory of the two of them.”
- “Their secret to staying together, in your opinion.”
Host (AI voice)Fifty years. Ruth and Walter, this is your anniversary show.
Host (AI voice)Your kids, your grandkids, and your best man. First, a favorite memory. Here’s Karen.
Karen, their daughter (fictional guest) · Favorite memoryHi Mom, hi Dad, it’s Karen. Um, favorite memory. Okay. Every Friday Dad brought home those little grocery store carnations. Like, forty years. And Mom acted surprised every single time. (laughs) Okay. Love you.
An illustration of how a special flows. Yours uses your guests’ real words, never rewritten.
Hear a 83-second sample
Ruth & Walter: 50th Anniversary Special · in this sample: Favorite memory · Advice for lasting love · Other: The '79 road trip
Sample made with AI voices and fictional guests. In your special, the host is an AI voice and every guest message is a real recording, cleaned up but never re-worded.
Read the transcript
[Theme song: “Ruth and Walter, here’s to you”]
Host (AI voice)Fifty years. Ruth and Walter, this is your anniversary show.
Host (AI voice)Your kids, your grandkids, and your best man. First, a favorite memory. Here’s Karen.
Favorite memory · Karen, their daughter (fictional guest)Hi Mom, hi Dad, it’s Karen. Um, favorite memory. Okay. Every Friday Dad brought home those little grocery store carnations. Like, forty years. And Mom acted surprised every single time. (laughs) Okay. Love you.
Host (AI voice)Advice for lasting love, from your best man. Earl.
Advice for lasting love · Earl, Walter’s best man (fictional guest)Walt, it’s Earl. Advice for lasting love… I don’t know. Let her pick the restaurant. (laughs) No. You two just… you showed up for each other. That’s all it is. Fifty years. Good for you.
Host (AI voice)And your grandson made his own category. The seventy-nine road trip.
Other: The '79 road trip · Tyler, their grandson (fictional guest)Hey Grandpa, Grandma, it’s Tyler. So, the road trip one. When the station wagon broke down in Kansas and you guys slept in a cornfield? (laughs) Grandma says she still has the motel receipt. Bring it to Thanksgiving. Okay, bye.
Host (AI voice)We’d like to see that receipt too, honestly.
Host (AI voice)Happy fiftieth, you two.
[Theme song returns]
Want to see the private page you’d get? Open a sample listening page (fictional couple).
Packages
Two plans. Video in both.
- Step 1
Standard
$149
- Video included: a video show featuring up to 50 guest videos
- Produced special up to ~15 min
- Features up to 50 messages
- Guest link + printable QR sign
- A call-in number guests can dial
- The Full Collection + Highlight Reel
- Your choice of 3 production styles
- Print-ready QR signage PDF
- iPad kiosk mode included
- Step 2Recommended
Premium
$249
- Everything in Standard
- A longer video show featuring up to 150 guest videos
- Extended special up to ~30 min, featuring up to 150 messages
- A printed Event Kit shipped to you: a stand-up sign with your names and QR code
Want a phone guestbook too?
Use a recommended recorder phone you buy yourself (our tested pick and link are coming soon). After the event, plug it into your computer and use Import from your phone on your dashboard: the recordings join your guestbook and your show. Premium also ships a printed Event Kit, a stand-up sign with your names and QR code, after you approve a proof. Order Premium at least 2 weeks before your event for the kit to arrive.
Our remake guarantee.
Cancel before your first guest message and we refund you in full. Once messages are in, we remake your special and video show up to three times until you’re happy. If we fail to deliver, we refund you in full. Downloads unlock when you approve your show, or automatically 14 days after delivery.
The printed Event Kit is made to order. Once you approve the proof it can’t be refunded, but we reprint any kit that arrives damaged. Full details in our terms.
Questions
Before you start
Same price for any anniversary?
Yes, 1st to 60th and beyond.
Can family who aren’t at the party take part?
Yes. The guest link works from anywhere in the world, weeks before or after the party.
Do guests need an app?
No. They scan the QR code or tap your link and record right in their phone’s browser, on iPhone or Android. Guests can also call a phone number and leave a message after the tone.
Do you change what guests said?
No. We trim dead air, even out the volume and put the messages in order. Every guest voice stays real and is never re-worded or re-voiced. The host between messages is an AI voice that doesn’t imitate anyone.
When can guests leave a message?
From the day you sign up. Your guestbook stays open until 14 days after your event, and you can change the dates on your dashboard (up to 28 days after).
How fast do we get it?
Your link and sign go live in about three minutes. After the event, press Produce: your special usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours, and we email you when it’s ready. Press Make my video show for your video show; it usually arrives in 24 to 72 hours too.
Can I leave messages out?
Yes. Hide any message from the special on your dashboard before you press Produce. It stays in your Full Collection, and you choose which message opens and which closes the show.
Do we own the recordings?
Yes. They’re yours. You can stream a preview as soon as the show is ready. Downloads unlock when you approve your show, or automatically 14 days after delivery. Your guestbook stays online for 12 months after your event; we email reminders at 10 and 11 months, then delete it. You can extend hosting for $29 a year.
Who can hear it?
Only you and anyone you share your private dashboard or listening link with.
Can we try it first?
Yes. Leave a free test message and hear it come back as a short produced clip. No sign-up, and your recording stays on your device.
Anything else? Email hello@getgoodreception.com.
Give them the gift of every memory, told by the people who were there.
Set it up in about three minutes. From $149, remade or refunded if you don’t love it.
Checkout opens soon. Start now to save your date, and we’ll email you the moment it opens.