A MOA Profile That Gets Found: City, Services, Fee and COA

Clients find you in MOA's Architects and Interior Designers directories with two filters: a city and a budget. The city filter reads the cities in About > Company, and the budget filter reads your consultation fee, so those two fields decide whether you appear at all. The other About sections (General, Services, COA and Social) decide what a client thinks once they open your profile. This guide walks through all five, screen by screen.

About this guide: every screen and rule here was checked against memberofarchitecture.com on 21 Oct 2026. If the site changes, the site is right. The writing tips are our guidance, not MOA rules, and MOA does not promise any number of views, enquiries or clients.

If you have not made a profile yet, start with our guide to creating a winning MOA profile, which covers signing up. The screenshots come from the profile of MOA's founder, Saahil Khattri (13 Designs Studio), with personal details blurred.

How a client searches the directory

A homeowner looking for an architect opens Architects; one looking for an interior designer opens Interior Designers. Each page lists every member with that role and offers two boxes above the cards.

• Enter Location: the client picks one or more cities. The list narrows to members who have at least one of those cities on their profile.

• Enter Budget: the client types an amount in rupees. The list keeps members whose consultation fee is the same as that amount or lower.

That is all the directory filters on. There is no style filter and no filter by service. Results run newest member first, shuffled within each page, 24 cards to a page. Each card shows your photo, name, studio name and cities, and a "◆ Pro" badge if you are on MOA Pro. Pro does not move a studio up the directory, so a complete profile on the free plan sits in the same list on the same terms.

The Architects directory, with the two filters a client can use: Enter Location and Enter Budget. Screenshot: MOA

The diagram maps which About field feeds which part of that search.

Each About field and where it counts. Only cities and the consultation fee feed the directory filters; the rest is what a client reads once they open your profile. Diagram: MOA

Where to edit your About sections

Sign in, open your own profile (memberofarchitecture.com/user/your-name) and choose the About tab. A side menu lists General, Company, Services, COA, Social and Subscription; this post covers the first five, and Subscription is where you manage MOA Pro. Each form has its own Save button, so save before moving on.

Step 1: General (name and bio)

Screen: your profile > About > General.

This form holds your full name, email, contact number and a bio box headed "Tell the world about yourself", which suggests up to 500 words.

• Full name appears on your directory card and at the top of your About tab.

• Email and contact number are for MOA and your account. They are not shown on your public profile or your directory card, so clients reach you through Get a quote, which opens a conversation on MOA.

• Bio appears under "About the Architect" or "About the Interior Designer". If it is empty, visitors see "No bio provided".

A bio does not affect the filters, but clients read it. Our suggestion, in four short paragraphs or fewer:

1. What you design and for whom: "Homes and small offices in Jaipur and Delhi NCR."

2. The kind of project you are best at, with one concrete example from your portfolio.

3. How you work: site visits, who handles execution, how you share drawings.

4. Your qualifications in a line, and, for architects, that you are registered with the Council of Architecture.

Step 2: Company (cities, fee, studio)

Screen: your profile > About > Company. This is the section that decides whether you appear in a filtered search, so do it carefully.

About > Company on the profile of MOA's founder: studio name, projects completed, cities and the consultation fee per sq ft. Screenshot: MOA

List every city you take work in

The field is labelled "Which city is your office in?", but it takes several cities, shown as tags. The directory's location filter matches any city on your list, so a studio with New Delhi and Jaipur appears both when a client picks New Delhi and when a client picks Jaipur. A city you leave off is a search you do not appear in.

• Add your office city first, then every city where you genuinely take projects and can visit site.

• Think about the way clients search. Someone in Gurugram or Noida may pick their own city rather than New Delhi. If you work there, list them.

• Do not list cities you would turn down. MOA's terms ask members to give accurate professional information, and a client who finds you under a city you do not serve is a wasted conversation for both of you.

Your cities also appear on your directory card and under "Office in" on your About tab, so a client can see where you work at a glance.

Set your consultation fee

The fee field reads "Mention your consultation fees {per/sq. feet}" and takes a number in rupees per sq ft. Your About tab shows it as, for example, "₹300 / sq.feet". When a client types an amount in Enter Budget, the directory compares that number with your fee and keeps you if your fee is the same or lower.

• Enter the rate you actually quote, per sq ft, as a plain number. If you usually charge a percentage or a lump sum, work out a typical per sq ft equivalent for the projects you want. Our post on fees per sq ft, percentage or lump sum helps with that.

• If you leave it empty, your About tab says "Not specified". A client comparing studios then has nothing to go on, and the first enquiry turns into a question about price.

Studio name and projects completed

Firm/Studio Name sits under your name on the directory card. Use the same name as on Instagram, Google and your visiting card, so a client who heard of you elsewhere recognises you. How many projects have you completed? shows on your About tab as "Total Projects Completed". Count real, finished projects.

Step 3: Services

Screen: your profile > About > Services.

About > Services: the services you offer sit on top, and the ones you can add are listed below. Screenshot: MOA

The top row, Current Services, is what you offer now; each card has a Remove button. Below it, Add new services lists the rest, such as Interior Designing, Turn-Key Projects, Liaison, Construction Drawings and Plan Approvals, each with an Add button.

The directory does not filter by service, but services still count in two places:

• Your About tab lists them under Services Offered. If you add none, it says "No services specified".

• MOA builds the short description of your profile page from details including your role, cities, services and COA status. Search engines and link previews can show that text, but they decide: Google says it only sometimes uses the meta description.

When a client sends you an enquiry with Get a quote, they pick up to two services they want to hire for. Listing the services you really offer lets them check that before they write. Add every service you deliver, and remove any you have stopped offering, such as Plan Approvals if you no longer handle liaison yourself.

Step 4: COA (architects)

Screen: your profile > About > COA.

About > COA, where an architect adds a COA number. This account's number is blurred and shows as Verified. Screenshot: MOA

If you are an architect, add your COA number in About > COA and press Save. The form shows your status beside the Save button: "Verified" with a green tick, or "Not Verified" with a red cross. Visitors see the same thing on your profile as a COA Verified (green) or COA Not Verified (red) badge. MOA verifies COA numbers itself.

Why it matters: under section 37 of the Architects Act, 1972, only a registered architect or a firm of architects may use the title "architect". Careful clients check, and the Council of Architecture runs a public Online Directory of Architects that can be searched by name, registration number, state or city. A green badge on your profile saves a careful client that step. Our COA guide explains registration from the client's side.

Interior designers show an "Interior Designer" badge instead, and do not need a COA number.

Step 5: Social

Screen: your profile > About > Social. The form is headed "Add Social Profile Links" and has seven fields: Website, LinkedIn, Behance, Medium, ArchDaily, Instagram and Twitter. Paste the full address of each one you use.

Only the links you fill in appear on your About tab, so an empty field does no harm. Add the places where a client can see more of your work: your website, an Instagram feed of finished projects, any project on ArchDaily.

A ten-minute check before you finish

1. Company: every city you take work in is listed, and none you would refuse.

2. Company: the consultation fee is filled in as a per sq ft number you would actually quote.

3. Services: everything you deliver is under Current Services, and nothing you have stopped doing.

4. COA (architects): your COA number is saved.

5. General: your bio says what you design, for whom and where.

6. Sign out, open your profile as a visitor would, and read the About tab top to bottom. Then open the directory, pick one of your cities, find your card and check that the name, studio and cities read correctly.

Free vs Pro: every field in this guide is free, and the directory treats free and Pro profiles the same way. What Pro adds on top is described in our MOA Pro explainer.

FAQ

How do I show up in the MOA directory for my city?

Add the city in About > Company under "Which city is your office in?" and press Save. The location filter shows members who have the chosen city anywhere in their list, so add every city you take work in.

What does the budget filter on MOA use?

Your consultation fee from About > Company. When a client types an amount in Enter Budget, the directory keeps members whose fee is the same as that amount or lower.

Does MOA Pro put my profile higher in the directory?

No. The directory runs newest member first, shuffled within each page, for free and Pro members alike. Pro profiles carry a Pro badge on the card.

How do I get the COA Verified badge on MOA?

Add your COA number in About > COA and save it. MOA verifies the number, and your profile then shows COA Verified in green.

Fill in your About sections today: create your free MOA profile. With MOA Pro, the cities you list also decide in which states you can be featured to signed-in visitors on their home page.

Sources

• MOA: Architects directory, Enter Location and Enter Budget filters (accessed 21 Oct 2026)

• MOA: Interior Designers directory (accessed 21 Oct 2026)

• MOA: MOA Pro, features and Free vs Pro table (accessed 21 Oct 2026)

• MOA: Terms and Conditions, sections 2 and 3 on accurate account and professional information (accessed 21 Oct 2026)

• Council of Architecture: The Architects Act, 1972 (section 37, use of the title architect) (accessed 21 Oct 2026)

• Council of Architecture: Online Directory of Architects (accessed 21 Oct 2026)