Indianfriendfinder.com is an offshoot of the FriendFinder.com based in USA and they seem to be rolling out sites like never before. Tapping into the burgeoning Indian online dating market come this offering and we look under the hood and see what it really has to offer. It is a paid only dating site.

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Login & Customizing Profiles

For login you need your username and password provided by the site.

The site will send you an email immediately after registration and you use this for login.

Customization has lots of options as you can edit your profile, photos, update your personality type and add/edit topics.

The site also gives you the facility of recording your video introduction.

Photo Profile Section

Photos can be uploaded from your hard drive or you can take a photo from your web cam and then add it this way.

The webcam feature is an inbuilt feature on the website and facebook has a similar online application when you register to their site.

You can add as many photos as you want.

The site also allows you to share some videos of yourself and as expected you can upload the video directly from your computer or record a live video and add to the site.

The site does not show any rules or limitations for uploading photos as well as videos to the site, this is likely due to the FriendFinder’s relaxed policy in this area as witnessed by the other affiliated websites.

There are only some useful tips that you should follow to make you picture better and you should avoid blurred images and group photos altogether.

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Browse & Search Feature

You will see the user menu at your homepage with the menu contains options such as inbox, search, browse, my lists, activities, friends and video.

You can browse some section for free but for more access you will need to upgrade your account.

You can view your inbox and the sent mails.

‘My lists’ is the section where you can view your hotlist, favorites and winks and emails sent or received by you.

Main friends network, new invites, view and invite more friends can be done in the ‘Friend’ section.

You can also add/edit your albums and view your friend’s albums in this section.

The ‘Video’ section contains a video manager and videos by popular members or the latest members and upload video and main video options are also here.

Searching is easy and you will see some featured members who are online, members with a photo gallery and also members with videos.

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Searching has plenty of options and you will love using the search feature on this website.

New search can be, made in which you need to give the age range, gender and country of the person you are looking for.

You can also search by online members, new matches, matches near to you, popular members and popular members with videos and photo albums.

For viewing a full profile of the person you should be a premium member of the site.

Messaging

Messaging is an important feature of any dating site.

Users will be glad to know that this site gives you all the features that is expected of a good messaging system for dating and matrimonial sites.

Here you can start a flirt with the other members by sending them hugs, kisses, smiles, waves and winks and you ou can also send mails, invite them and mark them in your hotlist.

Chat is also available but unfortunately, being a paid site, only subscription paid members can access these features.

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How Much It Costs

The site offers gold and silver premium membership plans with Gold membership charges are $29.99 for 1 month and you will get 3+1 month free at only $15 if you billed at $59.99.

Silver membership costs less and you have to pay only $19.99 for 1 month and $11.99 for 3 months if you billed at $35.97.

For highlighting your listing in all search results and emails you need to pay $9.99 for 1 month and $26.97 for 3 months.

Other Features

If you click on the ‘Browse’ section you will get Indian friend finders list across the world and here you can browse these Indian friend finder listings.

Groups, blogs, articles and advice lines all near you can also be viewed. You can post a bulletin or view all bulletins on the site.

The thing that may concern you while browsing is that there are many advertisements on the site which could be a bit distracting. It seems that even paid dating sites these days now want a slice of the advertising revenue as well as subscriptions from it’s clients.

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