Does Badoo Require Photo Verification?

Badoo's help pages describe verification as something you start yourself, through a prompt on your own page or under Edit, then Get verified. Some things on the app depend on it, though, and Badoo can ask for an ID check separately. For a man the practical answer is to do it, because it costs a minute and tells a woman that the man on your profile is real.

Open your own page and look under your picture. If Badoo wants you verified, a prompt sits there. If you do not see one, tap Edit, then Get verified. Both routes lead to the same check.

Members who pass get a blue checkmark. That badge is the visible result, and it is the part other people see. A text code sent to your phone is a different thing, and this article is only about the selfie check.

Badoo shows you an example photo of a person making a gesture. You take a selfie that copies it. Badoo then checks your selfie against the photos on your page, using automated review and human review together.

Notice what that means. The check is not asking whether you are good looking. It is asking whether the man in the selfie is the man in the photos. A plain, honest set of photos passes. A set that was edited hard, or taken years ago, is the one that causes trouble.

Starting a chat from the Discover tab with the speech bubble icon needs two things: you have to be verified, and you need Credits. So if you like browsing Discover and writing first, verification is a requirement for that route.

Badoo works that way in general. The app lets you sit in Encounters and vote without much fuss, and the extras sit behind small steps. Verification is one of those steps, and it is the cheapest one, since it asks for a selfie and no money.

Badoo may also ask a member to verify with a government ID and a live selfie. This is about confirming age, and Badoo can ask again if it suspects a member is under 18.

Do not confuse the two. The photo check proves your photos match your face. The ID check proves you are old enough to be there. Passing one does not mean the other will never come up, so keep a clear photo of your ID in mind if Badoo asks. Our guide on why Badoo asks for ID covers that side in full.

Badoo says a member who fails photo verification and uses all the attempts may be unable to get into the account. That is a real cost, and it is the reason to prepare before you start.

If it happens, contact Badoo support. Do not make a new account at once and hope for a different result. A fresh account with the same weak photos will fail in the same way, and you will have lost the matches and chats you built.

a dating coach's view is that photos are the first thing a woman sees, and that if the first one turns her off she never reads the rest. Verification adds a second test on top of that: your photos have to look like the person who shows up.

Before you start, take the selfie in daylight. Face a window or stand outside, so your face is clear and not in shadow. Take off the hat and the sunglasses. Copy the gesture in the example exactly, not roughly.

Then look at your own set. If you are clean shaven now and every photo shows a full beard, or the photos are several years old, the check is likely to struggle. Replace the oldest ones first. Pick shots that look like you on an ordinary good day.

For almost every man, yes. You give up a minute for a badge that stays on your page, works on every woman who opens it, and removes one reason for her to hesitate before you have said a word.

coach talks about catfish accounts and fake profiles as one of the things that makes online dating tiring for women. A verified man stands out from that crowd. The badge does not make anyone attracted to you. It makes the next step easier for the woman who already is.

The only man who should hold off is the one whose photos no longer look like him. Fix that first, then verify. Do it in that order and the check becomes a quick win instead of a locked account.