A house party, planned · summer 2026
Have people
over again
Send one link. Nobody makes an account — not you, not a single guest.
Then, for $9, we tell you exactly what to buy for your guest count and your budget, when to start cooking, and who is bringing the ice.
Free, and open now. The page takes about a minute to make.
14 people, $54.20, nobody ran out of ice
3 bags. Claimed.
No app·No account·No feed·No guest fees·No subscription·Invites free forever
The 11pm group text
The party
isn’t the
hard part
You want 12 people over on Saturday. What you get is a thread where nobody knows the count and three people are bringing chips.
Partiful and Evite hand you a guest list and stop. Facebook tells 800 acquaintances. A $6 printable knows nothing about your date, your 14 people or your $60.
So the host does the math at 11pm, in their head, and either overspends or runs short on the one thing everyone wanted.
- Tysaturday at ours, 7ish
- Danaim in. what do you need
- Tyidk yet
- Regi can grab chips
- Niname too, chips
- Danawait how many are we
- Reg9? 14?
- Ninahow much soda for 14
- Danadid anyone tell Marcus
- Tytyping…
How it works
3 steps. The first 2 cost nothing, forever.
Make the link
Party name, date, where. Under a minute, nothing to sign up for.
Free forever
Text it to your people
Guests tap “I’m coming” and type a first name. No app, no phone number, nothing public.
Guests pay nothing
$9 buys the Box
The priced shopping list, the day-of timeline, the potluck split your guests claim from.
One payment, one party
The Box · $9 · one party
What $9
actually buys
Your guest count, your budget and your date, priced against real US grocery shelves. Here is a cookout for 14 people on $60.
Shopping list
$54.20
for 14 people · $5.80 under
- Chicken thighs6 lb$11.40
- Buns2 packs$5.98
- Ice3 bags$7.47
- Soda6 bottles$9.54
- Chips3 bags$8.97
- Paper plates, cups1 each$6.84
- Charcoal1 bag$4.00
Grouped by aisle in the real thing, with a running total that moves when you change a quantity.
Day-of timeline
Counted backward from the first knock.
- 3:00 pmStore run. Ice last, it melts.
- 5:15 pmChicken in the marinade. Fridge.
- 6:30 pmCoals lit. Table out, cups out.
- 7:00 pmFirst knock. Chicken goes on.
Potluck list · guests claim
- 3 bags of iceDanain my trunk
- 2 packs of bunsReg
- Soda, 6 bottlesNina
- Folding chairs, 4Unclaimed
Split for 14 people before you touch it. Guests check items off on the same page they answered on.
Cards night, 6
The Box also carries the 24-hour reminder email to everyone who said yes, printable signs, warm retro themes for your invite, and our name off your party page. One payment of $9, that party only. A cards night for 6 gets a different plan than a cookout for 14.
Host more than a couple of times a year? The Housewarming Pass is $29, paid once, and covers every party you ever make. Still no subscription, still nothing asked of your guests.
Where we draw the line
Four things
we won’t do
Your party is not content and your guests are not an audience. The link is the whole invitation.
- 1No public guest list. Your party is not browsable and never turns up in search.
- 2No account for guests. Not an email, not a phone number, not an app.
- 3No subscription. One honest price, shown once, paid once.
- 4No ads on a free party page. Not now, not at any size.
One link. One price. One party.
We’ll do
the math
The invitation is free forever. The plan is $9 when you want it. Nothing here asks your guests for anything.
Free to make · hosting is 18+ · guests never pay