Unshaadi is a SCAM
I had the unfortunate experience of signing up with Unshaadi, which is why I'm writing this post. This is my first post ever on reddit, and I'm writing it so that others don't make the same mistake that I did.
- it's unsafe for women. their team will have access to all your information but you will not know the name of even one person in unshaadi. zero transparency. any other platform where you pay for premier membership, you are in touch with at least one person whose name you're aware of. they're shady af.
for a service that claims to be safe for women, this is a HUGE red flag
they claim to be an offline match making service, but they will set you up on zoom dates with people hundreds of miles away. for eg if you are in maharashtra, your ONLINE date will be from uttarakhand or tamil nadu. for anyone looking for a serious relationship or marriage or even attempting to get to know the person, distance is going to be a huge factor. i also want to point out this was my experience inspite of being from a major metro city.
their charges are exorbitant. there is NO REFUND. there is NO GUARANTEE. they will terminate the service as per their whims and fancies, without giving you any reasonable explanation. (here i'm referring to service guarantee, not guarantee to find a partner. they don't offer that either)
they will ask you to travel 40-50 kms for a date, and if you say that is not possible (difficult and unrealistic for anyone who is working, which is the only way you can afford their 'fees') they will get on a high horse and talk about how they're looking for people who are willing to navigate distance in pursuit of an exceptional connection. they don't tell you this while onboarding btw, they promise that the travel will be within a reasonable distance. again, i'm talking from the pov of a major metro city, where weekend traffic is horrendous.
the people they matched me up with were okay, but not remotely compatible. they claim they match people based on personality, interests blah blah blah during onboarding. it feels like they just randomly picked up one name from a list and assigned it to you.
the only thing i had in common with all my dates was they all felt scammed by unshaadi. one person got set up a coworker from the same office (this is after their so called screening and verification, which is clearly fake) another got set up with someone who was in the process of divorce and joined the service to add to their spouse's expenditure, not looking for a relationship. all of them had been set up with ONLINE dates from all over the country, with no scope of things going ahead. also all of them were reluctant to complain because they were concerned they would get thrown out of the program.
i got less than half of the dates promised. they promise a lot of things while onboarding and deliver hardly anything. they're available till you pay the money then they're unreachable.
no mentoring service actually done, something they promote heavily before onboarding. nothing, nada, nyet, nahi.
this whole experience has taught me not to trust any random service just because they advertise heavily on IG. its been a huge waste of time and money. i hope no one else makes this mistake like i did. also please know their team is overactive on social media and places like quora and reddit to put up glowing (false) reviews so please don't get ensnared.
on a personal note: it really sucked because after going through the whole arranged marriage headaches, dating apps drama (and possibly danger) i thought going through a paid service with verified people would be at least stress free and somewhat pleasant. i didn't go in with the expectation of finding someone, just with that of decent, professional service. this whole experience has left me more disheartened and disillusioned. genuinely hope no one else goes through this