Launching soonHyderabad firstBuilt by Kliqon Technologiesmyshootmate.com

Photography,
booked properly

India books photographers over Instagram DMs and hope. We are building the alternative: verified photographers and studios, real portfolios, all-in prices, and an advance that is held safe until the photos are actually in your hands.

Join as a photographer How it works

Free to join · 10% only on confirmed bookings

Payment split

50/50

Half to confirm, half after the photos land.

Platform fee

10%

Photographers keep 90%. Nothing added to the customer's price.

Studios waitlisted

50+

Signed up before we opened a single booking.

Shoot categories

Weddings to product catalogues, each with its own packages.

WeddingPre-weddingEngagementMaternityNewbornBirthdayPortraitModel portfolioFashionProductCorporateEventOtherWeddingPre-weddingEngagementMaternityNewbornBirthdayPortraitModel portfolioFashionProductCorporateEventOther

01Why this exists

Still a leap of faith

Booking a photographer in India means paying a stranger and hoping. There is no organised marketplace, no accountability, and no one standing between the money and the work.

Booking happens in DMs

Instagram, WhatsApp and word of mouth. No record, no receipt, no way to compare two photographers side by side before you commit.

Nobody holds the risk

You pay an advance to a stranger and hope. If the shoot is missed or the photos never arrive, there is no one to escalate to.

Prices are a negotiation

The same shoot gets three different quotes. Nothing tells you what is included, how long delivery takes, or what happens if you cancel.

Good photographers stay invisible

Skill does not translate into bookings. A studio with a full calendar and one with an empty one look identical from outside.

02What MyShootMate is

The platform holds the risk

Two sides, one system. Customers discover, compare and book. Photographers and studios get exposure, a real calendar, and guaranteed payment. Every rupee moves through the platform, which is the only reason any guarantee is worth anything.

For customers

Find the right photographer, fast

Browse without an account, ranked by KLIQS Score. Compare real portfolios, all-in package prices, delivery windows and live availability side by side. Book a slot, pay half, and the rest only once the photos are delivered.

The customer journey, step by step

For photographers & studios

Fill your calendar

Publish your packages once. Set your own working days and slots. Bookings arrive already paid for in part, and the balance is collected for you. You keep 90% and you cannot be double-booked.

What you get

03The customer side

Eight steps, all visible up front

Nothing here is hidden behind a login or an enquiry form.

Browse without signing in

Pick your city and occasion. Every photographer and studio is a real, verified profile with their own work on it.

Compare like for like

Sort by KLIQS Score, filter by price band and occasion. Each card carries the portfolio, the KLIQS Score, distance from you, years of experience and a starting price.

Read the whole profile

Photos first, then who they are, then itemised packages: what is included, how many edited images, and how many days delivery takes.

Pick a date and a slot

Choose the date, the time slot and the location. Your slot is held for you while you pay.

Pay 50% to confirm

A half advance confirms the booking. It is held by the platform, not handed to the photographer.

The shoot happens

Outdoor packages mean the photographer travels to you, included. Indoor means you visit the studio — with directions on the page.

Photos are delivered

Edited images arrive in the app, within the delivery window the package promised.

Confirm, pay the balance, review

You confirm receipt, pay the remaining 50%, and the photographer gets paid. Then you can leave a review.

Each step has more to it — holds, reschedules, signed delivery links, disputes.

Read the detail

04The photographer side

Six steps to go live

Onboarding is saved as you go. Individuals skip the crew step. Studios add their team, and everything — calendars, scores, bookings — runs per crew member from there.

Your details

Individual or studio, your name, base location, years of experience, and a short bio. This is the profile customers meet.

KYC and payout account

Identity and bank details, submitted once and reviewed by our team. Approval is what unlocks going live — and what customers are trusting when they book.

03Studios only

Crew

Studios add each photographer on the team, with their role and specialities. Bookings and calendars run per crew member.

Portfolio

Upload your actual work. This is the first and largest thing on your profile — photos lead, everything else follows.

Packages

Name each package, set the occasion, the price, the duration, indoor or outdoor, and an itemised list of deliverables with a delivery window.

Availability

Set your working days and slots once as a recurring schedule; we generate 60 days of real bookable slots from it. Studios set this per crew member.

You get paid. Full stop.

The customer's 50% advance is collected before the shoot is confirmed and held by the platform. You are never shooting on a promise.

Keep 90%

A flat 10% platform fee on confirmed bookings. No listing fee, no monthly fee, no charge for a profile that is not booking.

Discovery you cannot buy

Ranking comes from your KLIQS Score — ratings, on-time delivery, low cancellations, completed volume. There is no ad auction to outbid you.

05The money

Where every rupee sits

This is the part most platforms are vague about, so here it is in full — at every moment of a booking.

At booking

50%

Customer pays an advance. It confirms the slot and is held by the platform — it does not reach the photographer yet.

After delivery

50%

The customer confirms the photos and pays the balance. Only then does the booking complete.

Platform fee

10%

Carved out of the total on payout. It is already inside the price the customer saw, so nothing is added at checkout.

Photographer keeps

90%

Released to the photographer's linked account once the booking completes. Every movement is recorded.

Cancellations, refunds, reschedules and disputes all follow published rules rather than a negotiation.

Pricing & trust

06The KLIQS Score

Earned, never bought

A single number out of 100 on every photographer and every crew member. The higher the KLIQS Score, the better the photographer — and it cannot be bought.

You will see this mark on every card and every profile. Recomputed automatically the moment a booking completes or a review lands — never set by hand, by anyone.

40%

Average rating

From reviews that can only be written by a customer whose booking actually completed.

25%

On-time delivery

Did the photos land inside the delivery window the package promised.

20%

Low cancellations

The share of bookings the photographer cancelled themselves.

15%

Completed volume

How much finished work is behind the record, capped so a large studio cannot simply out-scale a great small one.

No promoted placement. No boosted listings. No ad auction. The photographers at the top of your results are simply the ones with the best record.

How to read it

07Two kinds of vendor

One shooter, or ten

A solo photographer and a ten-person studio need different things, and both are first-class here. Pick the one you are when you sign up — the rest of the product reshapes around it.

Individual

You shoot, you deliver, you get paid.

OnboardingDetails → KYC → portfolio → packages → availability
CalendarOne calendar, yours
PackagesPriced per occasion
KLIQS ScoreOne score, on your profile
PayoutsStraight to your linked account

Studio

A team, a shared brand, one operating system.

OnboardingStudio details → KYC → crew → portfolio → packages → availability
CalendarPer crew member, filterable
PackagesPriced per occasion, with eligible crew roles
KLIQS ScoreStudio score, plus one per crew member
PayoutsTo the studio's linked account

08Categories

Every kind of shoot

Photographers price and describe each occasion separately, so a wedding quote never gets stretched to cover a product shoot.

Wedding

Full-day and multi-day coverage

Pre-wedding

Location shoots and concept sets

Engagement

Ceremony and candid coverage

Maternity

Studio and outdoor

Newborn

Props, safety-trained shooters

Birthday

Kids, milestones, parties

Portrait

Personal and professional

Model portfolio

Multi-look, retouched sets

Fashion

Lookbooks and campaigns

Product

E-commerce and catalogue

Corporate

Headshots, offices, conferences

Event

Launches, concerts, functions