One shortlist. The whole household.
Most matrimony products are built for one person scrolling alone with a phone. A Sourashtra alliance has never been that. The Family Council is a shared shortlist that lets up to eight named members — both sides of a family if you want — see the same candidates and rate them together.
The WhatsApp thread that disappears in a week.
Before Weddoo, here's how a household evaluated alliances: someone takes screenshots of a profile. Forwards them to a family group. Six people react with emoji. Someone says “let's discuss tomorrow”. Next week the thread has scrolled past a wedding card, two cousin updates and four good-morning messages. The candidate is buried.
By the time you get to “what did appa think of the engineer from Salem?”, appa has forgotten too. The shortlist lives in your head, scattered across screenshots.
The same household. An entirely different conversation.
Same people, same candidates, same time of day — what changes is whether the shortlist is structured, attached, and persistent. It turns out that change matters more than the AI brief.
Before · WhatsApp + screenshots
Distributed, lossy, forgettable.
- Profiles are forwarded as screenshots, so context decays each hop.
- Comments scroll past in 24 hours and are unrecoverable thereafter.
- Ratings are private emoji — you never see the household view.
- Anyone can paste anything; no verified identity behind a comment.
- Six weeks in, you can't remember which candidate appa preferred.
On Weddoo · The Family Council
One list, named people, everything attached.
- Up to eight family members, each with a verified login and a named role.
- Comments stay attached to the candidate. Six months later, still findable.
- Private ratings; aggregated household view shows the consensus.
- Permissions per member — Amma can shortlist, the cousin can only view.
- Council-priority alerts when both families star the same candidate.
Four roles, each with their own permissions.
A Council can have up to eight members on Gold; up to four on Free. The roles below describe what each person can see and do — owners can change these per member, anytime.
You
The Council is anchored to your profile. You control the member list, can dismiss anyone, and ultimately accept or decline an alliance.
- Full access
- Add and remove members
- Accept or decline alliances
Parent / Elder
Full participation. Sees every shortlisted candidate, rates, comments, and gets priority alerts. The default seat for parents.
- Shortlist, rate, comment
- View horoscope & family details
- Can't accept on your behalf
Trusted Advisor
An older sibling, an uncle, a family friend whose blessing matters. Sees everything Elder sees, but you can scope it down.
- Rate & comment
- Can be marked observer-only
- Won't see private notes
Viewer
Read-only. Useful for the cousin you trust to weigh in but not vote, or the friend helping you think out loud. No write access.
- View shortlisted candidates
- Can't comment or rate
- Can't see ratings of others
The Council is included on every plan, starting with Free.
Up to four members on Free, eight on Gold, unlimited on Diamond. Start the household conversation as soon as your profile is verified.