Shaadi Review October 2024

Signing up for Shaadi.com takes longer than the usual dating site, a testament to the thoroughness of its algorithm’s considerations. The registration process takes into account not only the user’s biodata, but as well as location and residency, educational background, career and yearly income, race, faith, as well as lifestyle and physique. For your profile, you will be asked to type out a short description of yourself. Here, it features a helpful tool that generates a basic paragraph based on the previous info you provided. Another important note about the sign-up process is that it allows you to create profiles for someone else so that you can find matches for the people in your life. Though this may sound like a one-way ticket to a pool of fake accounts, Shaadi.com has a strict verification process that requires you to enter a one-time password that will be sent to your phone number. After that, it will require you to upload certain legal documents to confirm your identity. Finally, you can connect your social networking accounts and upload photos. However, the photos you upload will be temporarily unavailable to the public until the Shaadi.com team screens and verifies it. The lengthy registration process of the website is probably the most notable attribute of the website, ensuring the safety of its registered users.

Shaadi.com presents two simple mechanics for browsing through potential matches. First, you can easily find profiles by using the smart search bar that allows you to filter users based on certain criteria. The search tool has five modes that can filter 24+ criteria for search results. It also features a keyword search option. Second is its “Matches” option, which shows recommendation based on your preferences. You can also set parameters in the pool of recommended profiles by proximity, exactness to preferences, members whose criteria you meet, among others. After you’ve found the profiles you like, you can shortlist them or show interest in them so you can possibly match with them. The caveat in Shaadi.com, however, is that only premium members can send direct messages to other users. Free accounts can respond to messages initiated by premium members, though. In any event, the interface uses the typical inbox and instant chat features. It also lets you set an online/offline/invisible status. For paid members, if chats go well they may directly contact their match through other means (SMS/email). Shaadi.com is not exactly the best at connecting its members because of the prerequisite of having a paid membership before being able to strike up conversations, which is an integral process in dating.

The profiles at Shaadi.com are extensive, thanks to its thorough registration process. Good thing about this is all this information is available for free, except for contact information which is reserved only for premium members. The profiles show data about the user’s physique, educational background, career, annual income, age, location, faith, and astrological signs. There is also a photo gallery you can browse through, which have been screened prior to upload. Additionally, there is a “hidden photos” feature that is only accessible to premium members. An important note about Shaadi.com is that it has been reported several times for creating fake accounts that are indistinguishable from real ones, which is curious since there are so many safeguards set in place to ensure that the identities of registered users are authentic. In the event that you may encounter a fake profile, you can check the verification icons to make sure. More action may be taken by reporting it to customer service so it can be taken down.

You can refund your premium membership within 30 days of purchase, granted that you've sent at least 10 Interests and you haven't had a single acceptance for chat.