A curated set of references to a matchmaker's own active profiles, put together for one family and shared privately or as a public link. Deleting an album never touches the underlying profiles. Albums guide →
Auto-Connect
A rule a matchmaker sets once so that matching profiles reach a family automatically the moment they appear — no manual sending each time. Auto-Connect guide →
B
Biodata
The one- or two-page marriage résumé a family shares — name, age, education, career, family background, community, and expectations. Matchdiary stores this as a structured profile instead of a photocopied sheet.
Bureau (marriage bureau)
A business that introduces prospective brides and grooms to each other for a fee, traditionally working from a paper register of client biodatas.
C
Compatibility score
A summary of how well two profiles line up on the criteria a family cares about — age, location, community, lifestyle, and stated preferences. Compatibility guide →
CRM (matchmaking CRM)
Customer-relationship-management software adapted to matchmaking: it holds every client profile, tracks who was introduced to whom, records interest and follow-ups, and keeps the whole pipeline in one place.
F
Field visibility
The per-album control over which profile fields a recipient can see. Date of birth is never shown — only an age.
L
Lead
An inquiry from a family about a specific profile, usually from a public album or a showcase page. Leads move through pending → contacted → accepted → completed and never grant album access on their own. Leads guide →
M
Magic link
A single-use sign-in link a matchmaker sends so a family can open what was shared with them without creating a password.
Matchmaker
A person who professionally introduces families for marriage — independently, through a bureau, or as part of a community network.
N
Network pool
A shared space where matchmakers in a trusted network can surface profiles to each other, widening the set of possible matches beyond one bureau's own register. Network Pool guide →
P
Profile
A client record in Matchdiary — the structured, searchable equivalent of a biodata sheet, owned by the matchmaker who added it.
R
Rishta / Proposal
A specific marriage proposal — one family being put forward to another. In Matchdiary this is a suggestion or an album entry rather than a phone call and a folder.
S
Seeker
A family or individual looking for a match, on the receiving end of a matchmaker's suggestions and albums.
Shaadi
Hindi/Urdu for "wedding" or "marriage"; often used as shorthand for the whole matchmaking process.
Showcase
A matchmaker's public page on Matchdiary, listing their public albums so families can browse and enquire. Browse showcases →
Suggestion
A profile a matchmaker hand-picks for one specific seeker, optionally with a private note, sent to that seeker's curated view. Suggestions guide →
See these in action
The guide shows how each feature works, step by step.