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Where it began…<\/h3>\n

Back in 2000, future bride and groom Matt and Katrina Butterworth sat down to plan their wedding. What should have been an easy process became a nightmare with nothing online to help make the planning process any easier.<\/p>\n

It was there in their lounge room that Easy Weddings was born! And bit by bit, night by night, Matt and Kat worked on the site to build the platform that would become Australia’s largest and most popular wedding website today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As it happened…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2000<\/td>\nThe Easy Weddings business plan is developed and the first version of EasyWeddings.com.au<\/a> goes online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nThe Articles, Music and Directory sections are introduced to the site<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nThe very first Victorian advertisers come online
\nWebsite design service begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nMatt and Kat go on their honeymoon travelling Australia, photographing garden locations and gaining new advertisers
\nEasy Weddings is featured nationally on TV on Channel Nine’s A Current Affair<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nNew interactive planning tools for couples are introduced<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nMatt and Kat both start working full time on Easy Weddings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe first Easy Weddings staff member is hired!
\nMatt and Kat develop WeddingPages.com.au<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nEasy Weddings reaches 1,000 suppliers in the Directory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nEasy Weddings becomes the No.1 wedding website in Australia \u2013 and has the celebration to match!
\nThe team moves into their first offices at Notting Hill, Victoria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nThe site now has 2,500 suppliers onboard
\nMatt and Kat develop WeddingVenues.com.au<\/a>
\nThe team develops an internal CRM and creates a dedicated client administration team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nEasy Weddings upsizes to Mulgrave to fit the now 18 staff members on board<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nEW is the winner of the Victorian Business of the Year award at the Telstra Business Awards
\nEW wins the MYOB Small Business award (Victoria)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nThe iPad and iPhone directory and planning apps are released in the iTunes App Store<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nThe Easy Weddings\u2019 Wedding Planner iPad App becomes one of the top wedding planning apps in the UK, USA and Australia
\nThe Android app is released on the Google Play Store
\nThe Real Weddings section of the site is re-launched
\nThe very first Wedding of the Year competition is launched<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\n4,000 suppliers are now listed on Australia\u2019s largest online wedding directory \u2013 EasyWeddings.com.au<\/a>!
\nThe site receives its biggest makeover of all time \u2013 with more awesome features on the way.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nEasy Weddings launches in the UK<\/a>
\nThe team moves to their current offices in Mulgrave to fit a growing team
\nEasy Weddings starts running wedding industry events for suppliers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nThe directory is re-launched and a direct enquiry system implemented
\nWeddingVenues.com.au<\/a> is re-launched
\nThe iPhone and Android apps are relaunched<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nEasy Weddings launches WedCRM<\/a>, a CRM powered by Easy Weddings
\nThe EW Pro-Edu Facebook group is born<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nThe EW couples Facebook group is launched
\nEasy Weddings UK undergoes its largest makeover yet
\nEasy Weddings now employs 50+ staff across Australia and the UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where it began… Back in 2000, future bride and groom Matt and Katrina Butterworth sat down to plan their wedding. What should have been an easy process became a nightmare with nothing online to help make the planning process any easier. It was there in their lounge room that Easy Weddings was born! And bit […]<\/p>\n

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