I have been reading reviews regarding shaadi.com since the last few months; and I am sorry to state that people are so impatient and superficially inclined that they do not take the trouble to dig into the matter.
I will narrate my success story with regards to shaadi.com; hope of it to throw some light on certain unleashed facts.
*For the kind information of all of you, let me start with the basic fact that any one of the parties needs to be a paid member to be able to take the communication further.
If both the parties happen to be free members, then they cannot view each others’ contact details; be it on any website: jeevansathi.com; bharatmatrimony.com; etc.
Shaadi.com is not an exception to this rule.*
I signed up for shaadi.com in the last week of Jan 2013 . Its paid membership for 3 months is cheaper than Jeevansathi & Bharatmatrimony. You could look out for yourself. My’Gold Pack’ allowed me to view the contact details of 50 prospective grooms within the time-span of 3 months.
One needs to do smart work over here. The one who wants to get married should not start wasting his/her privilege of looking through 50 profiles in one go.
Profile details should be carefully looked into. If they are found apt, only then go ahead with contact details.
I used to have a look at at least 20 profiles a day; but did not end up contacting each of the 20 profiles at the same time. Some sorting needs to be done to meticulously use the paid service.
I shortlisted 13 profiles among 100s of them by March 8, 2013.and then started communicating with them one by one. Thereafter I zeroed on 2 profiles; and finally found my match:-)
My paid membership was to expire on April 30, 2013 but the purpose got served much before that.
Mind you, I am neither paid to write this review; nor am I shaadi.com’s brand ambassador.
I can disclose my identity to you on your personal email id; if you are keen to check out on its authenticity.
I just wanted to bring certain smart practices to the fore. If you truly want to get value for your hard-earned money, you need to do some ground work.
*FYI:
My’GOLD PACK’ did cost me Rs. 2990/- for 3 months(Jan 30, 2013 to Apr 30, 2013) with access to 50 profiles’ contact details.
As of now, they have enhanced their’GOLD PACK’ to Rs. 3290/- for the same period with access to 75 profiles’ contact details.*
All the best for your partner search:-)
P.S.: I have not availed their shaadi select service; so no comments in this regard.