Shaadi.com

The world's largest matrimonial service

Link: www.shaadi.com

Rating: 4,5

Shaadi.com is one of the best online matrimonial services that we've come across. Since 1996 Shaadi is the leader in this kind of dating service for the Indian community, with over 2 million success stories.

The website is very modern, stylish, easy to use and it's one of the few that is asking for feedback from their users in order to improve it even more.

You have easy access to the different laguages and castes like Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam,...But you can also access directly the Shaadi UK site if you prefer.

You can use the "Smart search" to filter your search through 24 criteria and you also get some possible matches sent to your email and in your profile.

Shaadi.com is the world's first matrimonial website with ISO 9001:2008 Certification. This means that Shaadi.com has quality systems and processes in place to listen to you, understand your requirements and address them.

One of the possible inconviniences for some people will be the fact that you have to introduce your phone or landline number when you register (you can choose who views your number, though). They use this to verify new members so users can be sure they are looking at real people. And, as they state there, Shaadi.com does not share any personal details with third parties.

They also offer a mobile experience, where you can use either SMS, Voice, WAP or Mobile Application to stay connected.

Shaadi.com is so sure that you'll get contacts and matches, that if you don't have at least 1 accepted member in the first month, they will refund your entire premium membership fee.

So, there's nothing to lose and a lot to gain!. Why not give it a try?

Costs:
You can create your profile, search matches and express interest in members for free. For full communication they offer 6 premium services from €84/3 months.

Asiansinglesolution.com

Dating for British Asians

Link: www.asiansinglesolution.com

Rating: 4

Since 2002 AsianSingleSolution.com has been the largest events and dating website for single British born Indian Asian professionals, with over 30,000 single Asians using the site every month. Their members are Hindu, Sikh and Muslim singles who are 2nd or 3rd generation British.

One of the AsianSingleSolution's leading services is the event dating. You can even hide your profile from the Online Dating service, if you are primarily interested in the events.

You can also use the messaging system to contact other members for free if you've been to an event and want to contact via web that single.

AsianSingleSolution.com has a pretty unique system that allows you to send reply paid messages so the recipients of your messages can read and reply to your message for free, that is, regardless of their membership.

Costs:
You can register and search for free.

Full access to all of features, and to enjoy discounts to the events for you and friends cost from £11.67/month. You can also pay as you go: 50 credits = £30. Most events have a maximum price in the order of £25.

Jeevansathi.com

Indian matrimonials - We match better

Link: www.jeevansathi.com

Rating: 3,5

Jeevansathi.com is another one of the largest dating sites focusing in Indian matrimonials and arranged marriages, although they seem to be much bigger in India than in the UK. The majority of the members are located in India but you can still find a couple thousands in UK.

Jeevansathi.com has a similar web structure to the one at Shaadi.com, but not so nicely presented.

The site offers verified phone number and photo protection features as well.

One of the things that stands out at Jeevansathi.com is their approach to customer service: they have live chat and toll-free phone numbers (only in India) placed very prominently on the page.

Costs:
Full communication and use of the site cost from 417 Rs/month (price is just showed in Rupee) plus other costs if you want even more features.

Indiancupid.com

Indian dating & singles

Link: www.indiancupid.com

Rating: 3

Cupid Media is a market leader in many of its international markets, being one of them the Indian dating market.

Modern, user-friendly design, with multi-lingual interface and translation services and tools that break-down barriers enabling you to find love, whether locally in UK or in India.

You can browse many Non Resident Indian (NRI) singles profiles and communicate with them via chat, email, video or instant messaging.

On your profile page you get possible matches according to your criteria. One thing we find outstanding is that they try to educate members about scammers and how to protect themselves against them.

A possible inconvinient though, is that many profiles don't have a picture.

Costs:
Create profile and search for free. Full membership costs from £7.50/month.