At Banihal, we strive to make profile creation and verification a very easy process for you.
Profile Details
How do I create a profile on Banihal?
How many photos are allowed?
- You can upload upto 20 high quality photos to your profile
- Your photos are shown to other Banihal users only on approval
My profile is not showing in search results
- Only approved profiles are shown in search results
- You can view your profile status in your profile page
- If your profile stays pending for more than a day, please contact us
Profile Verification
What data do you verify in a profile?
- We verify email address, phone number, education, employment, and income details
- You can view your profile verification status on your profile page
What is profile endorsement?
- In addition to profile verification, we also support endorsements from your profile.
- You get to nominate your friends or family and we will take care of the rest to ask them to endorse your profile
- Profiles which have endorsements get more visibility
We have the best algorithms to pick ideal matches based on neuroscience
Smart Search
How is search different on Banihal?
- We pick the best possible matches using several socio economic factors such as education, employment, income etc.
- In addition to this, we also use proprietary algorithms based on neuroscience to find your life partner
- Our algorithms mimic closely the human behavior in making decisions to come up with the recommended matches
Some profiles are not shown in results. Why?
- Only approved profiles are shown in search results
Recommendations
What are recommendations based on?
- Recommendations are based on the information you provided while creating the profile. We also combine the information you provide while using the site. The algorithms are continuously being improved to make better recommendations.
How do I connect with a recommendation?
- You can message directly with your recommended profiles using send message option on the detailed profile view in the recommendations page.
Contact other Banihal members through messaging or voice call for free!
Real time chat
How do I send messages to my contacts?
- We support real time chat between you and your contacts on both browser and android application.
- You can access all your conversations and chats from messaging screen.
Are there any limits on instant messaging?
- We don't impose any restrictions on message length but use your judgement to keep conversations civil and responsible.
Voice call
How do I initiate phone call with my contact?
- From the call screen, you can initiate phone call as long as both you and your contact have enabled voice call support.
- At any time, you can revoke access to voice call from a contact.
Why can't I call all my contacts using voice feature?
- Currently voice call is only supported between two android devices
It is your profile. Share your way!
Share your profile
How do I share a profile?
- You can select share option from the profile page to share the profile via email.
- On mobile devices, you can also share the profile to installed social plugins such as facebook, whatsapp etc.
What happens when a profile is shared?
- If you are sharing a profile via email, we will send a brief summary of that profile to the email address you provided.
- Person who receives this email can view the public profile by following the link provided in the email.
Public profile link
What is a public profile link?
- Every profile in Banihal gets a unique public profile link.
- Example: Simran profile
Can I change my public profile link settings?
- Yes. You can enable/disable public profile link from your settings page.
