Indiancupid.com is not as well known in the West like Shaadi.com but it still has a growing following. The theme of our reviews will be to cover some of the Indian dating sites that is having an impact here in the West as well as in their native countries. Let’s see how IndianCupid does well against it’s competition…

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The second step of the registration requires your basic details including your appearance like eye color, hair color, height, body type etc. you also need to give details about your lifestyle like smoking, drinking, marital status, occupation and about your background and cultural values.

I did not like that the site asks you questions about your father, mother, brothers, sisters and their marital status because this information may have been useful in a previous generation but now, it no longer applies.

The third and final step is to give information about your match followed by a confirmation email that contains your login details information.

Login & Customizing Profiles

It is disappointing to know that the site does not log you in automatically after sign up and you will need to go back to the site and login. Although not a big deal, these tiny details add to the whole users experience.

After you login you will see the user menu at the top which contains online members, mails, lists, search, my profile and settings.

Customization through the site is easy and you can edit your profile, my matches, personality, cupid tags interests and videos and you can also change your password and email notification settings.

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Searching is easy and you will enjoy using this feature to locate potential partners.

There is a basic search in which you have to give your gender, age range and location of the match with an advanced search which can be made by giving more details about your match.

The best thing I like about the searching feature is that you can make your search of the person by name if you are interested in a specific name.

You can also search by a member id number but for this you should be a regular user and have some members information already stored in your favorites or elsewhere.

Most popular searches can also be seen which displays all the popular searches made by other members of the site.

There is a cupid tag search in which you will see lots of tags and you can search by those tags.

In all searching is very well designed in Indiancupid.

Messaging

Messaging seems to be easy and you can send message to the members even if you are a free account user but for reading new messages, either the sender or receiver should be a paid member.

You can add the person to your favorites list and show an interest in them.

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You can make your profile status active or hidden and your online status as online or busy.

Photo Profile Section

You can upload photos from your computer only with up to 5 photographs to share with others.

There are simple rules for picture uploading which are the photo you upload must be of yourself and no other pictures will be entertained.

The site takes 48 for photo approval and you can only view them against your profile after this time period.

Browse & Search Feature

Browsing and searching is free but you will get to access more features if you pay and subscribe to the site.

You can view your inbox and sent mails in the ‘Mail’ section.

In the ‘lists’ you can view activities made by you or activities made towards you and search is the option from where you can do your search for your compatible match.

Whats new box is in the left corner from where you can see the new messages, interests, new profile views, new favorites and new IM’s.

There is a quick search and popular search box in the middle of the page.

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You can chat, send IM and more features that can be accessible to you after subscription to the gold and platinum account.

How Much It Costs

The site has two types of memberships, gold and platinum. You can buy  a subscription for $24.99, $49.99, $74.99, $99.99 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively.

Platinum membership costs a little more than this and it is available at $29.99, $459.99, $99.99, $119.99 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months.

You can save money by making one billing payment which is standard in most subscription based paid service.

Other Features

You can add your videos to this site.

Searching is well crafted on the site and you can filter your searches.

If you are serious about some person and trying to make a lifelong relationship then you can send money, flowers, time zone, travel information, visa information and women’s safety tips to your loved ones.

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