No marriage agency will give you a 100% guarantee that your money and time will not be wasted. This is especially true for metropolitan marriage offices. They charge money here, and a lot of it, for literally everything: for entering into the database, consultations, services of tarot readers and stylists, photo shoots.
On average, prices start from 20,000 rubles - for this amount you will be added to the agency’s database and organized from 1 to 3 dates. The VIP package and individual service will cost from 100,000 to 200,000 rubles.
There are also special offers. Thus, the marriage agency "1+1" is ready to offer discounts, but only to pensioners: they are ready to find a couple for 10,000 rubles. For younger candidates, services start at 20,000 rubles, and a photo shoot costs another 10,000 rubles. The company "Tete-a-tete" enters into a six-month contract for 30,000 rubles, which already includes a photo session. The Family Happiness agency concludes a standard contract for 6 months for 50,000 - this includes an active and passive search, a photo shoot, consultations with an astrologer-numerologist and a personal consultant, and a date. They say that the average time to find a couple is 4 months, but if you are particularly picky, then it is better to sign an annual contract for 100,000 rubles.
The marriage agency "Vizavi" has the most flexible services: girls of model appearance up to 25 years old, if such stupidity occurs to them - to look for a couple through acquaintances and for money - are placed in the database for 5,000 rubles. Individual comprehensive program provides three levels of complexity and intensity, cost - from 45,000 to 150,000 rubles.
But for this money you can only be guaranteed a conscientious matchmaker’s work: selection of worthy candidates, efficient consultations. Or they may not even do this. For example, the marriage office of the country's most famous matchmaker, Roza Syabitova, has been involved in legal proceedings more than once. Clients who paid 200,000 rubles or more for the opportunity to meet successful men were never able to find their happiness and considered the matchmaker’s work a fraud. Complaints and accusations of deception are pouring in from a cornucopia of other agencies.
Uncomfortable "Comfort" or 3 dates for 50 thousand
Who is right and who is wrong, I decided to find out myself. To do this, I turned to the marriage firm "Classics of Relations", which is located in an old mansion almost in the center of Moscow. The only pity is that the room itself is quite modest. Women in white greet me - either the agency's management is hinting at an imminent wedding, or that all clients need emergency (albeit not medical) help. I fill out the form, including items about my financial situation. I express my wishes: I want a prince! I don't see any point in paying for less.
The matchmaker notices that most women come for wealthy men. Meetings with such clients can be organized, but whether the groom will like me is unknown. Rich men also have inflated demands. Everyone wants young, beautiful and rich, and the matchmaker’s job is to adjust these wishes and find two people, even if they don’t fit the list of requirements, but who match into a harmonious couple. This is aerobatics, but in order to connect these two, you have to wade through the thorns of prejudice, snobbery and selfishness.
Finally we get to the specifics: simple placement in the database - from 50 thousand rubles, individual work- 200,000 rubles. For the first amount I am guaranteed 3 dates. But individual work, which includes consultations with a matchmaker, convincing the groom that this is the woman he needs, analysis and correction of behavior, can cost the same 200,000 rubles.
The matchmaker advises not to get hung up on one candidate, but to sign a “Comfort” package, which guarantees active work with suitors and 3 dates. I’m already interested in looking at all these princes. I agree.
Over the course of several days, men call me, but they either mumble something awkward or are simply not sure that they need a date with me, but the matchmaker persuades me that I am their ideal. I agree to meet with Vladimir: on the phone he has the most courageous and cheerful voice. Judging by the photo, he is quite handsome: athletic, smiling, besides, he surfs and has small business. And the matchmaker assures me that he is exactly what I need. Although... Vladimir himself has doubts; he was looking for a girl with other parameters.
We met in a restaurant, the man paid. We chatted cheerfully, and then Vladimir went on a business trip. As the matchmaker stated, he still doubts whether I am suitable for him as an ideal wife, but he asked me not to look for new candidates for him yet... And this, according to the matchmaker, is an encouraging result. As you can see, there are no guarantees, but there is a ghostly chance...
Prices in regions
The cost of marriage services in the regions is tens of times lower than in the capital, just like the requests of those wishing to build a family. At the same time, the effectiveness is much higher: according to matchmakers, with their help, from 40 to 80% of applicants finally find their soulmate. This also affects the specifics of the work: some agencies promise to work with clients until the bitter end, promising a free preparation of a marriage contract as a gift, others guarantee a refund in case of failure. In Moscow, the impossibility of returning the amount spent is already stated in the contract.
The services of marriage agencies and dating clubs start at 300–500 rubles - exactly the cost of placing a profile in the database. Some matchmakers promise a free first consultation, others charge 1000 rubles for the first appointment. On average, placing a profile with a reputable agency also costs 1,000 rubles. And then, depending on the services, you will have to pay from 3,000 to 30,000 rubles for the individual selection of a partner.
In Sochi, the marriage agency “31 Kana and Oleg” promises to use “digital technologies”: couples are selected by birth dates, and then clients choose based on photographs. The price for preparing one date is 470 rubles.
From free services to dating for children
The specifics of the regions and the mentality of the residents are also reflected in the work of marriage offices. For example, in Vladivostok, where prices for services are higher than the national average, some agencies offer beautiful girls under 35 years of age completely free paid services with wealthy businessmen. The only “but”: these are entrepreneurs from China who dream of a blond wife of European appearance. On the website of the company "Delicate Question" they promise to organize completely free meetings with Chinese businessmen in a restaurant in the presence of a translator and a representative of a marriage agency.
In Kazan, many agencies also agree to work for free with young girls, especially if the latter have retained their virginity.
Most of the grooms in such offices make strict demands on their future wife: they want her not to smoke, to behave modestly and to be chaste.
There are other unique services here. For example, the agency "Kazanskoe" (Kazan) promises that for its expensive services (about 20,000 rubles) you will receive a consultation with a "psychologist and astrologer from God", communication with whom you will "remember all your life." As a bonus for the high cost of services, they promise to treat clients “like their children” and accompany them on dates.
The Novosibirsk Marriage Agency OSD is lucky for pensioners: they are given a first date for free, while full price The package for everyone else will cost 15,000 rubles. Many other companies also offer services for seniors. For example, the Rostov dating salon "Semerida" offers the "Find a friend for your parent" package. To prevent relatives from facing old age alone, they offer a whole entertainment program for those aged 60 to 70: evenings, excursions, visits to the theater. The cost of the service is 2500 rubles. The club also took care of Rostov villagers - a special program for them costs 1,500 rubles. If you can’t wait for your children’s weddings and grandchildren, then there is a “Mother Matchmaker” for you - bring photos of your children, fill out a form for them, pay 3,500 and wait for the agency to find a match for your offspring. If you are worried about your single friends, you can give them a certificate for dating for 4,500 rubles. For young people, dating will cost 4,700, for adults - almost twice as much.
"Young, beautiful and rich"
Youth and beauty are perishable goods. This is well known in the "elite dating agency for successful people"with the strange name "Noblewoman". On the very first page of the site there are photographs of models, including "Miss Eurasia". The agency specializes in "dating models and rich men". At least, honestly. The services are also listed honestly on the site, they only pay here "wealthy gentlemen."
Truly beautiful girls (or just girls with beautiful photos) placement in the database is free. If your photos are slightly less than perfect, you will have to pay an additional 1000 rubles. The agency representative honestly warns that the prices for paid services are unlimited, but if the amount is several times higher than the minimum cost, then your chances of getting acquainted are extremely low. “However, we, like everyone, can make mistakes, so if your intentions remain valid, you can accommodate under the terms we offer,” the site notes. In a private conversation, a representative of Dvoryanka said that the agency does not have the task of making money from girls; the main income comes from men.
Having examined my photographs, the agent - also a lady of model appearance - noted that I could count on the minimum tariff - 1000 rubles - and that I had a chance of finding a worthy man. Since not all creditworthy clients of the agency have the resources to interest girls posted for free.
Access to girls' profiles also costs 1,000 rubles, but it only allows you to watch and drool. And in order to chat with one of the girls, you need to pay something like a deposit of 15,000 rubles. Funds will be debited from this amount for each successful contact with a girl - the attention of a model costs on average from 3,000 to 5,000 rubles. But no one guarantees you a meeting after the conversation - everything is at the discretion of the girl. Of course, as soon as the funds run out, you will have to deposit again. As a bonus, you can now review profiles forever and absolutely free of charge.
If a man wants to not only communicate, but also build relationships, he will have to make an advance payment for services to obtain VIP client status - 75,000 rubles. For this money, contacts will be unlimited, and an individual search will be added to this.
Is it really possible to buy family happiness?
“No amount of money can make a leg small or a heart big,” the characters in the movie “Cinderella” said something like that, and we have to agree with them. No amount of money will help you find personal happiness if you are not ready for it. Well, if only for very, very big money. But even then, marriage can be arranged for you, but not love from the chosen one. If, due to your character or some other characteristics, you have not found your prince before the age of 40 on your own, then it is unlikely that a marriage agency will cope with this task.
Many desperate people come to matchmakers at the age of 40 and expect that now a wonderful aunt will find them a bride or groom. But it doesn’t happen like that, - p says former marriage agency employee Yulia Preobrazhenskaya. - If you are not married before the age of 40, you first need to understand what your problem is, solve it, and then look for a couple. It is possible to correct behavior, but it will definitely not be done by a matchmaker. For example, I went to trainings, read books, understood myself, and only then met my husband.
Have you noticed that the same women get married? Surely in your circle there are unremarkable ladies who are walking down the aisle for the third, or even the fifth time. But there are women whom no one wants as a wife. And this is a reason to think, to start working on yourself,” states women’s coach Evgenia Frolova.
That is why many marriage agencies employ psychologists, while others offer to first attend seminars and women’s behavior correction trainings. But without a woman’s desire to change, it will not be possible to change the scenery of her personal life.
Marriage agency VIP class
What is the difference between a VIP marriage agency and a regular agency or dating site?
Most people who ask such questions do so out of curiosity, and not out of a desire to order the services of such an agency. Therefore, this article is intended to answer your question in detail.
The status of a VIP marriage agency sounds a little comical, but at the same time, such an agency takes on additional obligations, for example, to provide a higher quality set of services. After all, providing low-quality services to even one client can mark an unprofessional enterprise for many years. Such an agency, of course, has its advantages.
Firstly, girls of extraordinary beauty and excellent upbringing!
Of course, all girls are good and beautiful. But in this subtext we are talking about certain habits and character traits that emphasize in a girl her individuality, elegance and intelligence. For example:
- Well-groomed. All the girls in the agency are not overweight, know how to present themselves beautifully and do not show their “ego” to a man. After all, we know from childhood that a man loves to be in charge, and an intelligent woman, or rather a cunning and wise woman, submits to his will. This does not mean being a slave to your master, it means giving a man a chance to lead and be in his place.
- Professional photos. Every girl wants to be beautiful not only in everyday life, but also in a photo or portrait. That's why our girls post only fresh and high-quality photos. This requires very little time and naturally good photographer. If you don’t have such a friend, you have the opportunity to use the services of a full-time photographer at a marriage agency who will take life-like and unsurpassed photos.
- Interesting hobby. Each of us is passionate about something, and if you achieve success in your hobby, it’s generally wonderful. The girls at the marriage agency have a variety of hobbies, from sports to crocheting. Each of them is individual, and each of them is interesting in its own way.
What kind of men are girls looking for?
You can speak more directly with men. Therefore, if a man is purposeful, if he has greater demands from life than other representatives of the stronger sex, then such a man will sooner or later become successful and accomplished. It is precisely these men that almost every girl on our planet is looking for. And especially girls who fit the above criteria. A girl who spends a lot of time on her external and internal world expects something similar from her companion. And that's quite normal. The services of a VIP marriage agency are not cheap, but their quality is much higher.
Men of such an agency can be described as:
- Successful in life. At least in the material world, such men have achieved some success. This is not the main thing, but this criterion indicates a person’s determination.
- Laconic and attentive listeners. Selfishness in business is only a hindrance, so such men are more polite, careful and well-mannered. And most importantly, such men don’t give up.
- There are few such men. According to statistics, such men make up only less than 2% of the total population of the planet. There are many beautiful girls, but few worthy men. This is not a banal saying, it is a truth of life that you just have to accept. These men know their worth and do not chase girls. This is explained by the fact that they have no problems choosing a girl. But there is a significant problem - a large amount of work and lack of sufficient free time. That's why main task VIP class marriage agency to save already expensive time.
We also save the girl time. Thanks to the agency, she can quickly meet a man who is not from her social circle. At the same time, the girl can continue the search for her betrothed on her own, if there is such a desire. All you need to do is submit a profile so that the agency has the opportunity to invite her on a date with a man as soon as there is interest in her profile.
Such an agency is aimed at creating strong couples, so if you do not like the selected candidate, the agency will continue the search until final result. This is not an escort agency! It does not deal with one-time meetings, but is aimed at creating strong relationships.
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People of all age categories turn to the Moscow marriage agency. A marriage agency is an individual selection of a couple!
Most often these are successful business men, businessmen who do not have time to look for acquaintances for a serious relationship. In the profile database of the Moscow Marriage Dating Agency beautiful girls, stylish women and business ladies who trust professionals in finding a husband and life partner.
Age of girls and women: 18-30, 30-40, 40-50 years. A man can choose his companion and future wife, taking into account age preferences. Men have a chance to find a wife through a marriage agency at almost any age.
Meeting a decent person who, like you, wants to settle down and start a family is not so easy. If dates with friends of friends did not bring results, going to the club was boring, and dating on the Internet was disappointing, you can decide to take a drastic step and leave your destiny in the hands of professionals. the site found out how marriage agencies in Moscow work, who turns to them, why it is not customary to talk about it, how much matchmaker services cost and how not to become a victim of a scammer
Essentially, all marriage agencies are divided into three types:
- traditional agencies “for everyone” with a huge client base, psychological tests and photo albums, where you will be arranged dates with several suitable candidates;
- agencies “not for everyone” that create the illusion of a chance meeting with a potential life partner;
- agencies organizing dating parties with elements of games or speed dating
Who uses the services of marriage agencies?
The bulk of agency clients are women over 30 years old who were busy with their careers while others were flirting, dating, getting married and having children, and men over 30 years old too. For the most part, they are divided into two types: workaholics and businessmen who have no time to look for life partners; or people tired of the complexity, commercialism and psychological instability of the weaker sex (as they say, having been burned by milk, you ask a professional to find decent clean water).
The ratio of men to women in most agencies is 40 to 60 percent. Experts say that it is easier for women to join such organizations. “For a man to contact an agency and admit that he himself was unable to find someone is quite a feat,” said Olga Korneeva, a psychologist-consultant at the Vizavi agency.
At the same time, women are looking for accomplished, personally mature, socially successful men. But men like calm, gentle, understanding companions.
Usually women from “male” professions come to a marriage agency. They often occupy leadership positions: chief accountants, financiers, lawyers, attorneys. If at work they feel in their place, then in a relationship they do not. Because men don't like to be controlled. They value emotions, kindness, warmth. Most often, women write in their profiles “Kind, understanding, beautiful, well-groomed.”
Olga Korneeva
psychologist-consultant at the marriage agency "Visavi"
In short, clients often have to first be prepared for dates, explaining what a relationship is, how to behave, how to get rid of old wounds and believe in happiness, and only then can they be released into the world. Therefore, decent agencies usually employ psychologists or psychotherapists.
Most companies will offer you two types of services:
- access to the candidate database, where you can view client profiles and ask for their phone numbers (from 2 thousand rubles in a small modest agency to 55 thousand rubles in a company for VIP clients);
- individual search for a partner with specialist consultations, preparation and holding of meetings (from 7 thousand rubles for one trial meeting to 77 thousand rubles for a package of services with a search for candidates, the services of a stylist and psychologist, and so on).
Everything is clear about searching for people in the database; it proceeds approximately the same in all types of companies: a contract is concluded with the client (either fixed-term or without an expiration date), he is given access to the database, and his profile is posted. You can search for a suitable match, request a phone number, contact and make a date. Individual offline meetings are organized differently everywhere.
How does a traditional marriage agency work?
In a decent agency, they will check your documents, ask about the reasons for applying, ask you to undergo psychological tests and clearly indicate who you are looking for. Not everyone can sign a cooperation agreement. Married, mentally ill, seeking wealth and not ready to work on themselves will most likely fail the test.
If the first stage is completed successfully, a contract is drawn up with the client. Nobody gives a 100% guarantee of marriage. The agency only undertakes to provide a sufficient number of suitable candidates within a specified period (usually 2-6 months). Somewhere their clear number is written down, somewhere not.
Then the fun begins: finding partners and dating. Potential future spouses are shown photographs and told about each other's lives. If everything suits them, the man is given the girl’s phone number and he makes an appointment. Often clients are asked to hold several meetings with candidates at once and choose the right one. It is immediately stipulated that the initial meeting is not a date. You communicate with each other, compare goals, discuss pitfalls - something like an interview for the position of bride and groom with a probationary period.
After the meeting, clients call the curators and share their impressions.
"We recommend seeing the person again. I believe that only after the third meeting can we draw conclusions, because each person may have different circumstances. For example, we had a case where a man had a serious illness on the day of the meeting conflict situation At work. As a responsible and decent person, he still came, but he was all in his own thoughts. It seemed to the woman that he was not very interested in her, but in fact he was just having a hard day,” says Olga Korneeva, a psychologist-consultant at the Vizavi agency.
If everything went well and the couple worked out, clients still have the opportunity to use the agency’s services during the term of the contract. You can, for example, come to a consultation with a psychologist and get advice on creating relationships. Or ask to find a new party if the relationship broke up quickly.
Some agencies act differently, for example, creating profiles of clients on dating sites and corresponding with other users on their behalf. Or they make fake accounts, invite you on a date with a obviously unsuitable candidate, and then lure you in and offer to sign an agreement to find someone more decent.
You can stumble upon gigolos, money-hungry women, or mentally inadequate people.
Agencies are not for everyone
To find out how they search for a soul mate in an elite society, we went to a marriage agency targeted search, which works with executives and business owners, top managers and expats. Here, the technologies for finding a partner differ from ordinary marriage agencies and, moreover, are classified.
It is only known that candidates are found in business clubs, closed business communities and at closed social events, and, for example, data from recruitment agencies is used as information sources for the search.
An agreement is concluded with clients, which stipulates that they will be provided with many candidates for the role of life partner. It is valid for four months - this is exactly how long it takes on average to prepare a person for a meeting, find a couple and start a primary relationship.
Agreements, again, are not concluded with everyone. The stop list includes those who are focused only on money or are not ready to change to solve personal problems. “If an unkempt woman or an unkempt man comes to us, who flatly refuse the services of a stylist and are not ready to work on themselves, we cannot help them,” says Ekaterina Gushchina, project manager at the targeted search marriage agency Heart-Hunter.
Dating takes place at events in which up to 150-200 people take part; such meetings are held every week, sometimes more often.
Our clients select candidates and meet at a social event, without the candidate knowing that the meeting has been initiated and prepared. Often a man begins to court a woman, not suspecting that their meeting is not accidental.
Ekaterina Gushchina
project manager, targeted search marriage agency Heart-Hunter
It usually takes two to four events to find a mate. Some people develop friendly relationships, while others remain close to you as a loved one. As in marriage agencies, here clients prefer not to talk about how they met their life partner.
It is possible to find a match during the contract period in 85% of cases. Additional activities are carried out with other clients with the participation of psychologists and stylists.
Dating at parties
Another way to get acquainted is to go to a party, for example, speed dating. Speed dating takes place in clubs or restaurants, lasts several minutes, after which partners change. Entrance to the event costs from 500 rubles; mainly people from 35 to 45 years old participate; younger people are rare.
As Elena Korotaeva, director of the Seventh Heaven dating club, said, 25% of people manage to find a couple at a party.
Expert opinion
We use the practice of speed dating. If it's a club party, there may be game elements. For example, men are given keys, and women are given locks, or they have halves of a picture that need to be combined. The game helps people approach each other, sit down, and start communicating
Elena Korotaeva
Director of the dating club "Seventh Heaven"
According to Elena, in this business not all couples hide the way they met - many bring friends, send photos of children and even invite them to weddings.
Attention, scammers
When deciding to contact a marriage agency, you must always be on guard. Muscovites are increasingly complaining about unscrupulous marriage agencies. According to experts, every third client is dissatisfied with the level of such services.
The method of work of "black matchmakers" is almost the same. A person makes an advance payment, and then a marriage contract is concluded with him. Within a few days he is promised to find a suitable match. Time passes, but no appointments are made. When you call the organization, the consultant who concluded the contract, as a rule, is not on site.
To avoid getting scammed, remember these simple rules:
- Before contacting an agency, read reviews about its work on the Internet;
- be sure to ask for documents confirming legal status organizations;
- Most reputable agencies will offer you a free initial consultation;
- Be sure to keep receipts confirming payment for services. This may help you if the case goes to court.
Dating clubs are divided into types according to different criteria. According to the cost of services there are:
- Paid for all participants and actions (regardless of gender).
- Free for brides and paid for future grooms. A man will be able to use the site’s services only after entering membership fee, A additional features(writing a message, viewing profiles) will pay.
By location
- Russians who select couples only on Russian territory. Marriage agencies in Moscow most often aim to select candidates from the capital.
- International: they offer worthy men from developed countries.
As a rule, marriage clubs are not divided by age. Usually you just choose the age category of men or women that suits you.
The rating of marriage agencies helps you decide on the company you would like to cooperate with. We create a rating only of the most reliable and professional companies.
What are the advantages of marriage agencies for finding love?
For girls, matchmaker services provide such advantages
- you don’t need to waste time searching for a man and energy trying to attract him. After all, representatives of the stronger sex come to such companies with the firm intention of getting married, which means they are open to communication.
- In free clubs for brides, you do not need to pay for any actions.
- professional photo sessions (not in all companies), free services translator
- original meeting evenings where you can meet many interesting men, one of whom may become a husband in the future.
- various acquaintances, dates, gifts from fans.
Pros for men
- selection of candidates according to any criteria of a man (appearance, height, weight, education, hair color, eye color - you choose any criterion). A good matchmaker who understands female psychology and the needs of a man will do this without any problems.
- time saved on searching for a future wife, which can be spent on business development.
- reliable results and guarantees.
- original evenings of meetings that take place through live, relaxed communication and where you can find your future wife.
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