Marriage Classifieds or Matrimonial ads in newspapers are very popular and page after page of such ads can be seen in popular newspapers throughout the country especially on Sundays. While the Generation Z is more inclined towards the internet and social media to date and find their match, meanwhile their parents and elders still trust the age old newspaper when it comes to arranged marriage. This confidence in newspapers for match-making service is a result of newspaper’s reach and circulation and antiquity of the method to find a good bride or groom.
The tradition of match-making through newspaper advertisement is very old and can be traced back to 1600s when the first news pamphlets came into existence in Europe. These one or two advertisements were actually from match-makers who facilitated a bachelor to search for his partner through ads in weekly newspapers. By the next hundred years, with the birth of the modern newspaper, the first matrimonial service was created. These were matrimonial agencies publishing ads in weeklies and dailies for people looking to find their husband or wife. At that time publishing matrimonial ads were frowned upon. Publishing a matrimonial advertisement in the newspaper was considered undignified and the last option for those unsuccessful men and women who have passed their age and were yet to find a partner.
Early matrimonial ads were usually from men looking for a bride and we see such ads for Brides in the newspapers of England and the U.S. By mid 19th Century, matrimonial ads were quite common in newspapers of Regency and Victorian period Britain. Placing a matrimonial advertisement in the newspaper was an alternative to traditional courtship. Also, it was helpful for those gentlemen who were new to an area without any family or social connection to get introduced to a suitable partner. The usual contact details in these matrimonial ads were always those of a third party who would negotiate between the advertiser and his/ her applicant to maintain secrecy.
With the progress of the 19th Century, matrimonial advertisements gained popularity and special matrimonial periodicals began to be published like Matrimonial News and the Matrimonial Intelligencer. These publications were fully dedicated to finding suitable matches.
Although, the concept of publishing matrimonial ads in newspapers did not originate in India but we have very well utilized this service for almost hundred years now. Indians, who traditionally relied upon family match-makers to find a suitable partner for their sons or daughters, began to publish newspaper matrimonial classifieds during the period of 1930s. These families were usually urban and educated working class. We can find examples of advertisements like: “Wanted beautiful gori girl” or “looking for a slim and fair girl from a cultured family” in 1930s and 1940s Hindustan Times and Times of India.
During the 1960s, popular requests in matrimonial ads in Indian newspapers were “required family with connections” and “grooms in government service”. Finding match within the same religion, caste or community has been an integral part of Indian matrimonial ads but in the 1980s and 1990s, social status began to be determined by education as there were high demands for doctors, engineers and NRIs.
With the advent of the age of the World Wide Web and by the year 2000, the internet became a household tool. E-commerce flourished and just like any other service, matrimonial advertisements became online. Various match-making services started their websites and various newspapers, mostly vernacular regional ones, went ahead and started providing matrimonial match-making services for the community. At one point, with the boom of e-services, the existence of newspaper matrimonial classifieds was threatened.
In 2009, releaseMyAd was conceived. It was an online platform to publish matrimonial classified ads in newspapers. Being an innovative concept, it was a successful union between the power of the internet and the traditional medium of finding matches in the newspaper through classified sections. Since then, it has served over 3 lakhs customers and because of its transparent matrimonial section rates of over 100 newspapers throughout India and hassle free booking system, releaseMyAd has become a leader in the industry.
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