Jing Gao and Eddie Levine first met at an Atlanta e-commerce conference in 2016, And now On Aug. 21, the couple tied the knot in Chicago. Their wedding reception was filled with Amazon theme. At the reception, guests were seated at tables designated by a ten-digit code used to look up products on Amazon’s website.
Wedding favors were also tiny Amazon packages, complete with barcodes and filled with treats, placed in miniature shopping carts.
Attendees posed for photos in front of a backdrop declaring “Jeddie Prime Day,” an homage to Amazon’s annual summer shopping bonanza. The couple was confident that some of their guests would understand them.
Levine said that e-commerce brought us together. If we have met you as a result of e-commerce, directly or indirectly. Both Levine and Gao have worked in e-commerce for more than a decade. Levine is president and co-founder of Hub Dub, which helps brands manage their businesses online. Gao runs an Amazon business and selling home decor products.
