Matrimonial advertising is most common in Newspaper Classified Advertising. Hindustan Times itself is quite popular for matrimonial ads, in order to start booking your ad in the same, visit the HT Matrimonial Ad Rates page. On this page you must choose the preferred edition to proceed with the booking of the ad or you can also opt for the combo packages that suit your interests.

The process of booking classified ads in any newspaper is described in the Online ad Booking Tutorial. Once you choose the package or the edition, you can create your own classified ad in the Ad Compose section.  You can also highlight the ad if you like, with colour backgrounds, screen borders, ticks and letter emboldening. While booking a matrimonial ad, sub-category is quite crucial as you need to specify whether you need the ad to be published in the “Wanted Brides” or “Wanted Grooms” section.

Once you are done with the ad creation, you must confirm the ad release dates and then proceed to the payment options, which include both online and offline mediums which include the following:

Online Methods:

• Credit/Debit Cards
• Net Banking
• NEFT (Online Wire Transfer)

Offline Methods:

• Cash Deposit
• Cash Transfer
• Cash Collection
• Demand Draft
• Cheque Deposits

The ad needs to be booked 3 days in advance so that it is published on time.