Rendezwho - Beta
p/rendezwho-beta
Match. Travel. Meet. You have one match-go and find them.
Candy Avila Baca
Rendezwho 2.0 — Connecting you with only one person anywhere in the world
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Candy Avila Baca
Hi! Rendezwho is an app that pairs you with only one person, ever. Randomly we pair you with anyone in the world; this person is then known as your rendezwho. You can't see them, you can't talk to them, you have to find them. While you look, answer the question of the day, or send them gifs and music. That is the only communication you have with your match until you meet in person. When you get close enough, the app opens up to allow you to pick a place and time and meet. Then, exchange a secret code, and you have Rendezwho'd! (yes we also made it a verb) What did we change? We had a small but very vocal beta, who expressed wanting a little preview of what their friend was like, and wanting more interaction in the app as they're making up their minds to meet their friend- That made us create the music and gif sharing feature as well as include the onboarding questions. We think it could really change the way people meet and travel.
Candy Avila Baca
So we just ran our stats and we now have users all the way from South Africa, Denmark, France, China, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Israel, Uruguay, UK, Canada, India, Singapore, The Philippines, Ireland, Belgium, Honk Kong and Australia!! So really you could match with anyone, anywhere. Eeek! Excited!
Osman Ahmed
Looks cool though the chances of getting partnered with a really creepy, old dude and not knowing sounds pretty high xD
Candy Avila Baca
@leafbomb So we get that question every now and then- As a creepy young woman I feel like the creepy old dudes get all the credit! I kid, in all seriousness, we just looked at our data and so far our average male user age is 31... median 28.. but don't worry if you match me, I'll bring the full creep! 😉
Kate
@candyab + @mich_alumni tell us about what made you create Rendezwho and what makes it so much better (in this new version)!
Mohammed Shammout
nice concept, hope it does well so that you make an android version.
Candy Avila Baca
@linkinmedo Yes! Yes! Yes! That is definitely the next step :)
Matt Johnston
I absolutely love the idea, though it has to be said, your lineup of charades partners is particularly cruel!
Candy Avila Baca
@heymatt_j It's one of those best of the worst kind of choices! We ask the tough questions ;)
Adil Ansari
A little more on the how the idea came to be Rendezwho came to me a few years ago, when thinking about chance meetings. Particularly those that turn into a really meaningful friendship, and you met — just randomly. I had travelled a lot the last 4-5 years and I realized that it wasn’t necessarily the destination that mattered, the experience itself was fulfilling. With that framework in mind I came up with Rendezwho. I realized this would be possible to recreate on mobile phones by just selecting two people anywhere and pairing them up.