Yated Shidduch Forum 4/9/21: Should We Be Paying Shadchanim A Whole Lot More Money?
Question:
I recently worked hard and made a shidduch, and each side paid me $1,100. While I know that that’s a lot of money, in my opinion it’s not enough to get me to continue to make more shidduchim. Is it perhaps time, in the year 2021, to up the shadchan’s money to $2,500 from each side? $1,100 is what people were paying 25 years ago.
Perhaps, then, more people will try to make shidduchim. It can only help. Everyone is complaining that shadchanim are overloaded and that there are not enough shadchanim, so maybe we should pay a little more. Money talks. And don’t tell me that people have no money. There is plenty of money for other things. There will be money for this, as well.