When i decided to marry i wasn't very sure about matrimonial sites and still believed in traditional methods. But let me tell you after 4 months now since i started using Shaadi.com, this is the best and most authentic place to search for the life partner. I first tried as a free member on all 3 major matrimonial sites including Shaadi.com and got maximum responses from Shaadi.com. Its true that I got more profiles available on other sites in terms of numbers but i doubt there authenticity as there is no way i can check that. But in Shaadi.com the experience was entirely different. Most of the mails i sent were read and many of them got replied. The response rate on Shaadi.com was close to 60-70% while on other two sites it never crossed even 20% and there is nothing u can do about that. I suggest other people to become paid member as after this only things start moving in a positive direction seriously. I will urge the members to consider the fact that most of the profiles are posted by the parents who are not so tech savvy and don't check their mails regularly and many of them never check at all. These are those people who just made their profile once and never came back. Also those who came back don't believe the medium enough to become a paid member. So for people who are seriously into the partner search becoming a paid member is must to overcome these hinderances. After i went through medini's profile i tried to contact her through the mail but as i said earlier she wasn't checking her mails. Then after having waited for a while i decided to call the number which was of her parents and the process started. Our parents met each other and then we talked for a while to be sure to meet each other. Meanwhile both of us were mailing and calling other people through the site. But fortunately things moved positively beween us and now we are engaged to be married on 28th Feb 08.