Unlike other social apps similar to Tinder, Hinge, and more, Let’s takes a focus on activities. On Let’s users create activities for which they would enjoy having company and specify certain preferences regarding the type of partner they would enjoy joining them. Eg.) The partners age, gender, etc.
Users can also choose to seek activities nearby to join in which case they are shown the listed activities and can show interest in joining those users by swiping left or right.
With Let's we believe we can facilitate fun and easy real life meets in short time frames that can result in networking, relationships, social enjoyment and overall fun.
Let's is currently in development and we aim to launch this summer. Ask anything, we enjoy questions, challenges and any constructive feedback. Thanks!
but I can see what you mean. Another name we played with was Friendify but seemed needy which is not really true about the audience.
This is the current logo, the red is used as the theme of the app is in red.
In the future I will make sure to put it in "Let's" quotes. ;)
1.) Some people said it would be awesome to use when they travel to meet up with people at conventions and or other tourist that are also traveling to go site-seeing or enjoy company together.
2.) Another person said, because she is 'single' and most of her friends are in a relationship it is often bothersome for her to go on third wheel or fifth wheel outings and she doesn't really have any friends that are not in a relationship in her circle.
3.) An answer we heard often was from people that just moved to a new place and/or got a new job they said it would be an great tool for them to get to meet people and or enjoy company during their lunch breaks.
Right now many of them did say that they were using other social apps to meet people mainly Tinder. At the same time they all felt that Tinder was not made for this purpose but they did not know of a better tool.
Also, one trick to make sure people in interviews are being honest with you is to get them to commit to a concrete action. It can be as simple as getting their e-mail address and then sending them an e-mail with a fake link just to see if they click on it, or as hardcore as asking 20$ in advance for a "premium access to the finished app". This way you'll see if they REALLY need what you are building.
This moves in the direction of more intensity bc you aren't just swiping but, in some sense, agreeing to meet. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - and it may be good because it can absorb some of the Tinder backlash - but I think you need to understand the space and your niche and potential users incredibly deeply.
So, how will you get users?
User acquisition is always a little daunting and considering this is a user driven app it is always very important.
My game plan is to: 1.) Target the specific market above via Facebook and other advertising means, primarily people that have moved recently. (Targeting as a social app, not dating as Facebook restricts this)
2) Social Validation - I intend on getting bloggers with long reach in the travel, dating and social genres in our launch cities to talk about the app and give their opinion in order to reach their followers. I expect high conversions in a short time frame from this. (This can go both ways I understand that)
3) I plan to start launching city by city in order to acquire users rapidly in a single market. This is to avoid churn from having a location based app in which users are unable to find enough people near them.
4) I would like to take large communities and target them specifically; for example large corporations, universities and the like. I intend to target them because these potential users are usually going to spend a significant amount of time close to one another and will have a level of comfort with each other which can help drive high activity on the app and organic growth.
If you have any suggestions I would appreciate your input as user acquisition will play a key roll in my success and it will be challenging.
See my other comment how to gauge if user interest in interviews is real or hypothetical. Hope this helps!
We have not done extensive researched on liability the company might face due to an undesirable outcome from use of the service. Likewise we have not looked at any coverage options as of yet.
We will definitely do so before launching but my opinions are as below: For companies like Tinder, Uber, Care.com etc to exist there must me some solution to this, it is a matter of formalizing it for us. We are building the app so that it does not set you up on a meet but rather gives you options and both users initiate and confirm the meet themselves. I feel this can assist in limiting the liability as we are just facilitating users. The last thing we intend to do is have a very straight forward Terms of Service to add some protection and have notifications to the user, that if its your first meet we recommend a public area etc etc.
Have you had had to deal with something along these lines? Is there any recommendations you can give?
I also agree the software is not the biggest challenge, anyone can build applications and it really does not cost as much as people want you to believe.
I agree also that its the marketing and viral effect. * that being said do you have any recommendations and tips regarding marketing strategy?
However as it is focuses on 1-on-1 meets I do see it being somewhere in the middle of the two. We are not trying to be a dating platform, but I do see it possibly being used as such by some users.
