Hi Product Hunt!
I’m Sonya, and I’m super excited to show you Neqtr. We’re a relationship app that connects socially conscious, health conscious people over positive shared causes & lifestyles - for love or friendship.
We’re different because we bring people together over what really matters. If you’re tired of apps that match you based on superficial, random factors that end in shallow meaningless connections, Neqtr is here to help you find deeper connections. As the Anti-Tinder, we’re a safe place to find love without the harassment of other apps. As a team of primarily women, we stand by that with flagging, blocking, and rating systems in place. With over 50+ non-profit partners, we help you date “for good”. A typical first date could involve helping animals at a shelter, cycling in the park, or balancing your chakras in a yoga class together! Even if there is no chemistry, a “bad date” can still feel good. Plus taking action speaks volumes about someone's character — much more than just dinner and drinks.
We're helping to redefine sexy for good, and we're using gamification with sexy points to aid in this — the more good you do on the app, the sexier you become.
I’d love to hear your questions & feedback, and of course I hope we can help you connect & feel more fulfilled.
xo Gratitude!
Great concept here and one I'm constantly telling the single women in my family about due to their almost unanimous disdain for the popular dating services. I've gotten great feedback from all of them. With this product the ability to match dating with socially responsible activities is probably one of the best filters there can be for quality. The person will spend meaningful time doing meaningful work. Even if the date doesn't work out romantically it still wasn't a waste of time due to the activity and the odds of a friendship forming are greater also.
@urbansonyarants Hey Sonya & all other makers of Neqtr!
I like the idea of social sexiness, shared causes & shared lifestyles a lot!
My remarks:
GET IT STARTED // I think you have to reach a critical mass, to build a successful product. The problem in all community based apps is, that there are not enough people signed up. I signed up, but now there is no one showing up. So I'm leaving the app. I try it three more times, then I quit. I think you see the problem. Maybe you have an idea how to tackle this challenge. You could try to integrate some feature, that I'm able to use alone, which already increases my points and which could help afterwards to get a better matching.
UX // I signed up, now the first screen I'm seeing is "Neqtr is more fun with friends. Use your code to spread the love and do some good." 1. Which code? Where is it? I don't see it anywhere, maybe I have to tap on "share", but there is no CTA/button on the screen where this is written. 2. I guess, that I'm seeing this message, because there is no other user, but I'm not sure. As a user I might wonder, what I'm having to do now. I might wonder, how many people are signed up in my area. If there is none, you have to tell the user. 3. Do I have any possibility to filter my results / suggestions? As a user I would wonder if there is any geographical filter or age filter I could apply and I would wonder, if you do some filtering automatically, as I'm seeing now no one.
SUPPORT // I like the idea of the "wing girl" as an assistant on the app. I would try to directly communicate with the user, as soon as he logged on or latest one day after he signed up, so he sees there's at least some activity, and be it only the makers who are communicating with me.
PRICING // Which model do you have in mind? How do you want to build a sustainable & profitable product? Investors? Crowdfunding? Ads? Let the user donate?
BUG // When signing up I was having trouble with the location input. I had to try around several times, until it worked. Only then I was able to sign up. At first I would make some fields optional, so that even if there's a bug, users are still able to sign up. Make the way to sign up as short as possible. Additional data can still be gathered afterwards!
It happened on: iPhone 6 running iOS 9.2 (13C75), Facebook Login. When tapping on "Tap here to get my location" nothing happened, no matter where I tapped on the field. I was only able to solve it, by getting into "Manual signup", where I was able to tap it, then going back to Facebook Login, trying to tap Location in there, and after tapping several times, it finally got my location.
FEATURE MY DATES // I like the idea of this feature! Looking forward on how you're going to implement it and if it's going to work nicely!
Best wishes & a lot of success with this product! I'd love to see it reach a critical mass!
Hi @dbleilevens! Thank you so much for your thorough feedback, it is incredibly helpful, and we greatly appreciate it. I'll go ahead and address your concerns + points:
1. Getting started: Chicken & egg problem - yes, right now we're primarily available in a couple of cities only, and working on expanding to the others. We have the most users in SD, SF, NY. People have tried signing up all over the world, but it hasn't been a great user experience. We have events in these areas where the user can see them in the "dates" area, and attend. We are working to implement individual RSVP + sexy points so the user can build up their own sexiness prior to connecting with others. Another dilemma is that many users sign up looking for friends, but then seem to shy away from actually swiping on friends -- who they could go to these events with and gain the points right off the bat. Another feature we're implementing is a donation platform w/ our partner Givkwik, which will help the user gain sexy points + fulfillment as well.
2. UX: You're absolutely right about changing the copy on the Find Matches page to reflect that there are no users in that person's area, rather than saying "more fun with friends". We had a code implemented but did away with that. It was supposed to have been removed from the copy on iOS last week, but thank you for letting me know that it is still visible on your phone. We will remove asap. Great call out! Re: filter - yes, you can filter your results by age, location, preferences, etc, in settings currently. We are in the process of building out more filters for the user as we speak.
3. Support: Most users talk to Sam first thing and ask her questions. I like your idea about having Sam make the first move, which is something we've discussed on our end as well. When sending out surveys we received a mixed bag on that, but it probably would be helpful with our app in the stage it's in.
4. Pricing: We will be implementing a premium features model as the main monetization strategy + donation platform. Native ads are another strategy we're considering. We are in talks with a couple of investors now.
5. Bugs: Thank you for letting us know about this bug. Wolfgang & Amy will look into this. I agree that the user should be able to get in regardless if bugs arise.
Overall, these were great points, and incredibly helpful. Thank you for taking the time to try out the app and provide the insights.
Gratitude!
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