About Us

GroomsOnline www.groomsonline.com

April 1999 marked the debut of GroomsOnline, an innovative wedding planning website developed by founder and creator, Mark Walerstein. In an industry teeming with sites targeting just the bride, GroomsOnline is at the forefront of an exciting new trend — offering an essential service to grooms that was previously difficult, if not impossible, to find. Servicing grooms with wedding planning advice they can relate to, the site is the Internet destination for grooms desperately searching for tips, pointers and timesaving hints designed to make the planning process more fun, relaxing and rewarding for the man.

The no-nonsense, masculine site is comfortable for any groom to peruse, but creator Mark Walerstein provides a personal touch that sets GroomsOnline apart. Drawing from his over 18 years of experience as a wedding disc jockey, Mark was inspired to create the website when he realized that there really were no wedding planning sites catering just to the groom. This was all the motivation he needed to spring into action and turn his unique idea into a reality.

From humble beginnings, GroomsOnline quickly made its mark as an invaluable resource for stressed-out grooms nationwide, growing to over 60,000 visitors a month in three short years. Featuring a full-service online gift shop, wedding day checklists, honeymoon planning tools, attire pointers, bachelor party information, first song selections and more, GroomsOnline showcases the freshest ideas in planning and advice that is specifically designed for the groom.

In 2000, Mark incorporated GroomsOnlineGifts into the site, an online gift shop featuring over 100 unique gifts for the best man and wedding party. GroomsOnline Gifts was an immediate success with grooms looking for no nonsense, masculine gifts for their groomsmen, and soon became known for one of its signature pieces — the personalized Louisville Slugger Bat. The shop also offers personalized beer mugs and pilsner glasses, flasks and bar accessories, money clips and cuff links, utility tools, cigars, travelling accessories, pens, keepsake boxes and more. With GroomsOnlineGifts's collection of products suitable for grooms, the best man, groomsmen and dads, Mark's uncanny knack for finding the freshest ideas for male wedding party gift giving is teamed with free engraving and fast shipping capabilities. Generous on-hand inventories of all products are stocked in a California warehouse for immediate shipment around the globe. Yahoo! has also awarded the store with the Top Service Star.

Another fun and popular area on the site is the monthly Cigar Photo Contest, where grooms and groomsmen can submit a picture of their favorite stogie moment from the wedding day. A winning picture is selected each month and featured on the website, and the winner is also awarded with their very own cigar travel humidifier. Interested grooms and groomsmen can e-mail their photo to: Stogieman@groomsonline.com.

Intentionally straying away from the overtly fluffy bridal sites, GroomsOnline offers a refreshing new alternative for men. According to Mark, “Contrary to popular belief, planning a wedding is a difficult task for the groom. The groom does have responsibilities, but since we usually don't envision our wedding day since we were kids, we are really in the dark about what to do. Groom's Online is invaluable to the groom because it gives him the specific information and resources he needs to be prepared for his big day.”

And this is just the beginning for this enterprising, one-of-a-kind website. GroomsOnline can be found on the Internet at: www.groomsonline.com.

For additional press information, please contact:

Mark Walerstein

mark@groomsonline.com