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Marriage websites or online matrimonial sites are a variation of the normal dating sites, with a focus on those wanting marriage rather than simply dating. Typically, matrimonial sites are used by people who prefer arranged marriage over love marriage.

Matrimonial sites register users, after which they are able to upload their profile onto a searchable database maintained by the website. Those users looking to find suitors can search the database with customised searches that typically include nationality, age, gender, availability of photograph and often religion, geographic location and caste (mainly for websites based in India).

In India

India has always been rooted in tradition and religious beliefs. A marriage in India is more of a religious and social ceremony than a tying of souls together for life. Arranged marriages and marriages within the family has been the usual norm in Indian families. Love marriages are much less common. The essential marriage broker is a professional who used to be involved in most arranged marriages. In the last decade the print matrimonials gained an upper hand. With the internet boom in India, the picture of a marriage broker with a huge diary with tucked in photographs is slowly fazed, giving way to a gamut of online matrimonial sites. They have mushroomed like crazy. There is not a single state in India which does not have one or more matrimonial sites dedicated to serve the region. Apart from the big players who target the entire nation with the concept of the Indian wedding.

The matrimonial style of online dating is most prevalent in India, where many websites vie for clients^{[citation needed]} The larger websites have their own service centers around India. Indian marriage requirements can be very specific in religion, caste, language, and location, a need that suits Internet solutions well. For instance, there are 15 sections for different languages on the BharatMatrimony.com, Shaadi.com and on Merasathi.com. Potential brides and husbands can select from 10 different languages, 8 religions and 7 different countries. However, it should be noted that online dating and matrimonial sites have sometime fake profiles to attract the potential paid members.

In Ukraine

In Ukraine marriage websites are normally similar to mail-order bride services. Ukrainian women will sign up in order to meet and marry foreign men. Foreign men will pay for the service in order to find a potential wife from the Ukraine.^{[citation needed]} There are unscrupulous services who mis-describe women or put up details of women without their consent in order to encourage more men to subscribe.^{[citation needed]}

Female membership

The typical woman will begin joining matrimonial sites as soon as she graduates college around the age of 23. Female membership at these sites steadily increase from 18 through 26 years of age. At age 27, there is a considerable drop-off in membership as most women seek to get married by then. Women over 40 make up less than 3% of the enrollment.

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 India has always been rooted in tradition and religious beliefs. A marriage in India is more of a religious and social ceremony than a tying of souls together for life. Arranged marriages and marriages within the family has been the usual norm in Indian families. Love marriages are much less common. The essential marriage broker is a professional who used to be involved in most arranged marriages. In the last decade the print matrimonials gained an upper hand. With the internet boom in India, the picture of a marriage broker with a huge diary with tucked in photographs is slowly fazed, giving way to a gamut of online matrimonial sites. They have mushroomed like crazy. There is not a single state in India which does not have one or more matrimonial sites dedicated to serve the region. Apart from the big players who target the entire nation with the concept of the Indian wedding.