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To learn more about Dive, head on over to our website or download it in the App Store.

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Why Create Dive?

We believe that throughout time, there have always been huge psychological barriers when it comes to meeting people while you’re out. For most people, it’s hard to just walk up to a stranger they’re attracted to & introduce themselves. Some are shy, some are nervous, and some are scared because it all comes down to that lingering question, “what if they reject me?”.

A big reason we set out to make this product is because we want rejection to be non existent. We want those psychological barriers of meeting people while you’re out to come down. It made us think, “if people already introduced themselves and expressed a liking towards each other in an app first, that would make it a lot easier for them to meet in person & not let that fear of rejection limit how much fun they have.” That’s why we created Dive.

Problems

The 3 main problems in the dating world that we aim to solve are:

Catfishing
The awkward situation of having to reject someone you don’t like.
And like we mentioned above, facing possible rejection when approaching someone you’re attracted to.

Solutions

Beware catfishers! We’re on to you!
Since your potential matches are already at the same place as you, you can verify if they look like their profile before even winking at them.

So long rejectors!
Now that you can easily meet people you’re actually interested in, you can avoid having to face that awkward situation of being approached by those you would reject.
Say goodbye to rejection! From now on, as long as you use Dive, you won’t be rejected anymore. Before you meet, you’ve already matched with each other. Therefore, you’ve already broken the ice and have gotten past that uncertain & dreadful stage.

How It Works

Step 1:

Find a bar, club, restaurant, etc. to go out to on your home feed. Venues are ordered by the number of potential matches you have who are currently there.

Step 2:

Check in once you arrive.

Step 3:

Browse through users to see who’s there & wink at potential matches you like.

Step 4:

Once you & a potential match wink at each other, it’s a match!

Step 5:

Meet instantly!

Pro Tips:

At the beginning of each day, you start with 5 free winks & 1 free kiss.
When you wink at someone, they need to wink back at you in order for you two to be a match.
You can’t message anyone until you’re matched with them, unless a kiss is sent.
A kiss is a wink + a one-time direct message that can be sent to anyone, even if you aren’t matched. However, you can’t go back and forth with a person until you’re matched.
To get more winks & kisses, you can either earn them by referring a friend or pay for them a la carte. We offer unlimited winks for the day if you refer a friend. We will also be rolling out monthly subscription options very soon, which will include unlimited winks and kisses.

Is there anything else like this on the market?

Nope! We are proud to be the 1st in-person dating app that focuses on meeting your match instantly while you’re already at the same place.

We wanted to get rid of all the useless messaging that comes with online dating apps. At this day and age, instant gratification is key. When you match with someone, it would be nice to meet them right then and there. You don’t need to figure out when to meet, what to do when you meet, or how you will dress up for when you meet. That’s all taken care before you even wink at each other.

Our goal is for you to have the night of your life when you go out. No more being catfished, no anxiety from having to walk up to a total stranger, and no more rejection.

What do I get if I pledge?

Great question! There are multiple assets you can get depending on the pledge.

$5 – The Insider

You get to be part of our “early backers” list! This means you get exclusive updates & voting rights for upcoming features.

$25 – The Month

Full subscription for 1 month. Unlimited winks & kisses during that time frame.
A Dive key chain bottle opener.

Exclusive updates & voting rights on upcoming features.

$50 – The 3 Month

Full subscription for 3 months. Unlimited winks & kisses during that time frame.
A Dive T-Shirt.

Exclusive updates & voting rights on upcoming features.

$100 – The 6 Month

Full subscription for 6 months. Unlimited winks & kisses during that time frame.
A Dive T-Shirt.

Exclusive updates & voting rights on upcoming features.

$250 – The 12 Month

Full subscription for 12 months. Unlimited winks & kisses during that time frame.
A Dive T-Shirt + a Dive key chain bottle opener!
Exclusive updates & voting rights on upcoming features.

$500 – The 24th Month & Big Bonus

Full subscription for 24 months. Unlimited winks & kisses during that time frame.
For 3 months, your profile will get top placement priority, meaning your potential matches will see your profile before others.
A Dive T-Shirt + a Dive key chain bottle opener!
Exclusive updates & voting rights on upcoming features.

$1,000 – The Lifetime & Big Bonus

Full subscription for the rest of your life. Unlimited winks & kisses during… the rest of your life!
For 6 months, your profile will get top placement priority, meaning your potential matches will see your profile before others.
A Dive T-Shirt + a Dive key chain bottle opener!
Exclusive updates & voting rights on upcoming features.

Where your pledge goes

We have just released our very first version of the app. Currently, we have the core functionality working, but we want to make improvements to the overall design and user experience.

As far as expanding our user base, we are only going to focus on 1 city to start, then once we optimize our growth strategies, just replicate everywhere as fast as we can. Although Dive can be used anywhere in the world, your pledge will help us saturate our initial markets & build momentum from there. The more users we have, the better your chances are of finding a match!

Timeline

We will be allocating most pledges to launching in our initial market: college students in the United States. Since we need to have a lot of users in a specific location for the app to be valuable, we will put all of our focus and energy in 1 city first.

Once we optimize our marketing strategies there, we will replicate them in subsequent cities everywhere. We are thinking our first college, Florida State University, will take about 3-6 weeks time to achieve full saturation (50% of all college singles using the app), which will get us to about 20,000 – 25,000 users. Each college after that should take about ⅓ of the time because most of the time at FSU will be used for perfecting our strategies.

We will also allocate some of the funds to bringing on a designer and tweaking the design even more. Once that is done, we will implement the finished designs so the user experience is a lot better for all of you. We plan on having that done within 4 weeks from the start of this campaign.

Credits:

Thank you so much to the amazing Dive team for putting in long hours to get this project finished! To our users and backers, we love you.

Need help? We’re here for you.

If you have any questions during or after the campaign has closed, you can always reach us at info@diveapp.us.