Advantages of Matrimonial sites such as Shadi.com, JeevanSathi.com

1. Advantages of Matrimonial
sites
By Nitish

2. Index
• Introduction
• History of Matrimonial Websites
• How Does it Work?
• Pros of Matrimonial Sites
• Some Facts About Online Marriage

3. Introduction
• According to the Veda, marriage is a union between a masculine and feminine
entity with commitments to pursue Dharma, Artha (possessions), Kama (physical
and other desires) and Moksha (the liberation) in unison.
• If you’re from South East Asia, the general brown category, you probably know the
pride and hassle people take in finding the right partner for marriage. People hold
marriages in very high regard and consider it once in a lifetime seal over one’s
future.
• There’s no compromises or liberty as parents are far more concerned about their
children’s life partner than what they actually want.
• Generally, it is believed that fates are intertwined and all these marital
relationships are god created

4. History of Matrimonial Websites
• Now, Matrimonial websites sound a lot like tinder.
• The first-ever online dating website was Match, released in
1995 and not soon after, the first Indian matrimonial site called,
“Bharatmatrimony.com” started in 1997 through a Tamil portal.
• Whereas the famous online dating app now, tinder was just
released in September 2012.

5. How did it work?
• Matrimonial websites are basically LinkedIn, but for marriage.
You fill out all the required basic fields and some extensive
fields with your preferences for people.
• You get a separate field for any additional needs you need in
your partner and the algorithm shows you a couple of potential
partners and you’re good to go.
• Meet them, chat with them or approach their parents, all of
these are taken formally.

6. Pros of Matrimonial Sites
• Saves Cost and Time
• Saves You From the Awkwardness of Knowing People
• Privacy
• Career Preferences
• Connectivity

7. Saves Cost and Time
• Matrimonial Sites do not require any cost in general.
• They are there to help you and you shouldn’t be feeling obliged
to try one out.
• Neither do they ask for any account details or take up much of
precious time.
• You can easily eagle-view your matches or go specifically into
details if you feel like it.
• Either way, You save up a lot of filtration process to find that
one perfect match for you.

8. Saves You From the Awkwardness of
Knowing People
• There have been multiple situations when you fall in love with
someone but your families might just not accept who they are or
because of their background.
• In South-Asia, this is the main reason for people breaking up
because some priests decided their fates should be met by their
caste.
• Even if this system was created to avoid any incest
relationships, there are some absurd cases that might leave you
astonished.

9. Privacy
• Imagine yourself telling everyone that you need a perfect groom
or a bride and asking them for a list of possible candidates. This
is an embarrassing move to some.
• But, with matrimonial sites, you could do it on your own.

10. Career Preferences
• People have different preferences and when it comes to career,
it is very vital that you choose what you really feel. But what
about your forthcoming life partner? What do you want them to
be?
• Someone in any particular field might want someone in their
own niche, some might not. Well, matrimonial sites set you up
with your sets of preferences and all of this is very professional
and very normal.

11. Connectivity
• Matrimonial Sites have no geographical boundaries.
• One can easily connect to profiles from all over the world.
• You can easily communicate with the match through online chat
services.
• This helps to know more about them.

12. Some Facts About Online Marriage
• About 60 million people are looking for life-partners at any given
time in India of which some 10 to 12 million people get married
a year, that means 24 million couples.
• Leading players in the trade — BhartMatrimony and
Shaadi.com — say they have witnessed at least a 30%
increase in profile acquisitions and interaction between existing
members.
• BharatMatrimony leads the country’s organised online
matchmaking sector with a 60% market share, Shaadi.com has
30% while Jeevansathi holds 10%. In addition to these, there
are a hundreds of regional, language/community-based
websites and portals.