Frequently Asked Questions

Click Create account and sign up with your email address or your Google account. If you use email, confirm it with the link we send you, and you'll land on your dashboard.

Yes. Creating a profile, searching, sending interests and chatting are free.

Two steps are required: your personal details (name, birth details, gender and height) and at least one photo. Everything else — cultural background, location, education, family, lifestyle and partner preferences — is optional, but complete profiles get noticed more often. Your profile stays hidden from search until you publish it.

Of course. Each setup step is saved as you go. Your dashboard shows your progress and takes you straight back to the next step whenever you're ready.

Yes, many families create and manage profiles together. Please make sure the person the profile is about knows and agrees, and that every detail is accurate.

Verification builds trust. Verified members get a badge, appear first in search, and can send interests, shortlist profiles, chat and view full profile details.

Go to Settings → Account verification, enter your mobile number and tap Send code. Enter the 6-digit code we text you, and you're done.

In Settings → Account verification, choose Send verification link, open the link in the email we send (check your spam folder), then come back and confirm.

Open their profile and use the Report or Block buttons. Reports go straight to our moderation team, who can suspend accounts that break our rules.

• Keep conversations on ShaadiTaiyari until you're comfortable.
• Never send money or share passwords, OTPs or bank details.
• Meet in a public place for the first time, ideally with family.

Use Find Matches to search by age, religion, location, education, occupation, diet and more, or press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) to search from anywhere. Your dashboard also suggests profiles for you.

It limits results to members who have confirmed both their email address and phone number.

Tap Express Interest on a profile you like. The member can accept or decline it, and you'll get a notification when it's accepted. From then on, you can chat.

Your shortlist is a private list of profiles you want to come back to. Nobody is notified when you shortlist them.

You can chat with members once one of you has accepted the other's interest.

Messages, photos and your location. You'll see when the other person is typing and when they've read your messages.

Yes — from an open chat, if the other member allows calls. You can turn voice and video calls on or off any time in Settings → Calls.

Open Edit profile from the sidebar. Each section saves separately, so you can update one part without touching the rest.

Up to 10 photos in JPEG, PNG or WebP format, each up to 5 MB. Choose one as your primary photo — it's the first thing other members see.

You decide in Settings → Profile visibility: Everyone, Members only (signed-in members), or Hidden (only you). Full details and photos are shown to verified members, and you can hide your income too.

Email privacy@shaaditaiyari.com from the address on your account and we'll delete it within 30 days. If you only need a break, set your profile to Hidden instead.

It compares two horoscopes using the traditional Ashtakoot Guna Milan system and scores compatibility out of 36 points. A score of 18 or more is traditionally considered favourable.

Both members need their date, time and place of birth on their profiles. Open a profile and choose Match Kundali.

No. It's an optional tool for families who value it, and it's meant as guidance — not a substitute for a qualified astrologer.