IVS does not publish an open API. The workflow is: download the certified consultant roster from the IVS portal (as a chapter officer or sponsoring organization) or maintain a curated diaspora-network sheet. SleekRank reads a CSV path or Google Sheet URL and renders pages from whichever source you point at, refreshing on the cache cycle you set.

Yes. Add a region column (India, North America, UK, Australia) and a country column. The same /vastu-consultants/{slug}/ pattern renders all of them. Add a secondary page group at /vastu-consultants/{region}/{slug}/ if you want region-specific URLs, which helps for SEO when diaspora searchers prefer local results over India-based consultants.

Add a primaryTradition column for the main practice and a traditions array column for secondary practices. Use a tag mapping for the primary and a list mapping for the array. Many experienced consultants offer multiple traditions (classical Vedic plus modern adaptive is common) so showing both surfaces matters for higher-end bookings.

Add a consultationModes array (in-person, virtual, blueprint-review, on-site-visit, energy-mapping) and render with a list mapping. Virtual and blueprint review modes opened up the diaspora market significantly because consultants in India can serve clients globally without traveling, so surfacing this clearly drives bookings from diaspora seekers.

Yes. Store specialties as an array (residential, commercial, factory, retail, temple, hospital, school) and render with a list mapping. Commercial and factory Vastu consultations carry higher ticket values, so flagging consultants with that specialty drives higher-revenue bookings even though residential is the larger volume segment.

Add columns for consultationPriceRange (under-100, 100-300, 300-plus, contact-for-quote) and currency (USD, GBP, CAD, INR). Use a tag mapping for the price range badge. Most directories show a price band rather than an exact figure because consultation scope varies, and price-band filtering helps prospective clients shortlist quickly.

Add a certificationBody column (IVS, AIFAS, IIVA, Independent) and use a tag mapping for the credential badge. The directory can include non-IVS certified consultants with the credentialBody value driving the badge styling. Some highly regarded traditional practitioners do not hold modern IVS credentials, so including them with appropriate badging reflects the actual market.

SleekRank renders whatever Unicode is in the source row, so consultant names in Devanagari (e.g. पंडित आनंद शर्मा) display correctly on the page. For full multilingual sites with Hindi or Tamil content, pair with Polylang or WPML, which handle translation at the WordPress page level while SleekRank handles per-consultant data rendering.