jewishandworking22:
Certainly a shadchan that chases after a boy/girl wouldn’t expect to get paid when they get the boy/girl to listen to their suggestion. However I don’t know what planet you live on. The shadchanim I know whose phones ring incessantly by people begging for their attention and their help, ceratinly wouldn’t constitute chasing after those people.
oomis1105: It seems like you also are not with reality.
“I would love to see a truly GREAT shadchan refuse to take mroe than $500 for the shidduch. I am betting that she would get more people coming to her, and the others would be forced to lower their fees.”
Do you think shadchanim have a problem with poeple coming to them????? They wish they had fewer people hounding them. Why don’t you pay a visit to even a semi active shadchan and spend a day in their home. They are NOT looking for more people to work on. They by and large can’t say no when people beg them for help..
Bemused: Real Estate broker- bad analogy.
Real estate brokers make far more than 2,000 on a copmleted sale. Say on a 500,000 home 4% commision thats a nice $15,000. On a 1 million dollar home that’s $30,000. Surely if shadchanim received that on a average shidduch it would be worth more than their while for all the non succesful attempts.
However receiving a total of 2g-3g (high end) for a succesful shidduch creates a need to pay for the service not just the result.