To all our friends:
B"H we all have families and busy lives to keep us occupied. Unfortunately we also all have friends that would love to be in our position but are yet to find "the right one."
Every now and then we remember our friends and try to think of someone for them. Sometimes we really don't know anyone their type and sometimes it's just not the right time to pick up the phone and start making phone calls. Either way, they remain single.
We all spend at least ten minutes a day (if not more) in front of our computers just surfing and looking for things to do (matzav, onlysimchas, YWN, back to matzav, facebook, email, gap, back to YWN etc.). We would like to offer you something to do that we are sure you won't feel like you've wasted your time.
The idea we thought of really doesn't take much time and effort and if taken seriously, we believe has a lot of potential - iShadchan.
iShadchan is a website which has links to various spreadsheets. On these spreadsheets there are the initials of eligible boys and girls, along with their basic information. (You can see an example spreadsheet on the site.) These spreadsheets are not available for everyone to see, but only to the people who have an iShadchan account.*
The point of iShadchan is not to have one list of hundreds of names but rather to have many small lists shared by different groups of friends. The reason for that is, if you have one list with hundreds of names it may seem too overwhelming and you'll give up on making a shidduch.
The question you may have is how will you get to know more people other than the same names you have on your spreadsheet, if the lists are kept to a limit? The answer; once you start a spreadsheet with a group of friends, you gain access to all other spreadsheets on the site, and the creators of those spreadsheets get access to yours!
How many times have we said to ourselves after a friend gets engaged "I should have thought of that!" You don't need to know the whole world to make a shidduch!
The Schwartz's
iShadchan founders
*Please see Starting Your Own iShadchan further down this page for more information.
