Graze - Video first social networking for dating & meeting friends

Hey Everyone! 👋 Makers Heather Hopkins & Joshua Corb here. Joshua was an early engineer at Myspace and has been creating viral SaaS companies for decades. I have been in the dating space since 2017 providing advice, sharing my experiences, and helping others live their best single life. I very much take the no BS approach to dating. That led me to the personal frustrations I was experiencing with dating apps— which I later found through my audience that I was not alone. I was so sick of my time being wasted. Messaging back and forth only for nothing to come of it, or worse— finally going on the date and realizing they are nothing like you thought. All the apps on the market are chat based meaning that after you match, you message. But here’s the thing…it’s nearly impossible to determine relationship chemistry through messaging. Our solution? We take the Video First approach. After matching, you’ll have a 5 minute live video chat as your first encounter and then have the option to message once you know you have chemistry. We love video at Graze. We’re all about making dating feel natural again using video; you’ll see so many cool parts weaved throughout the experience where we really lean into that. We’re here to connect people over smiles, not smile emojis. If you’re sick of your time being wasted and want to actually have a real conversation with someone, you’ll love Graze. Try it and let us know what you think! Oh and PS— we have Friends Mode too. So if you’re in a relationship, no problem— The Graze Method works to meet cool new people too."

Interesting concept. Thanks for sharing!

VIDEO FIRST is definitely the way forward. Authenticity can also be easily managed. Congratulation on your launch ?makers !

It makes so much sense to do this on video! On the side note, how would you combat against ppl who may have lewd behavior on video?

This seems very interesting. I am curious on what your traction has been like so far.

Video change everything, pretty cool product. Thanks for sharing !

This is fantastic! Love that you can also meet friends on this app. I think now more than ever there are so many people feeling alone and I can imagine this would be a great way to start having some kind of interactions again. When you sign up, can you chose whether you are searching for dating or friendship or is it open to both?

Video is absolutely the future of online dating, no doubt about it and I'm excited to help scale Graze!

I always wanted to create a dating app with video introduction but never acted on it and today I see it in reality! I wonder how it took that long for someone to bring this idea to life. Dating industry definitely needs a new direction and hope Graze changes things and matches dating to 2021 standards!!! Congrats on the launch guys! I'm signing up for your ambassador program right away!

Upvote! Great idea. Wish you good luck on lunch in product hunt!

"Video killed the radio star" ! Good job guys!

Interesting!

Brilliant! I was just talking with my friend about when will people integrate video with a dating site the other day. My company has worked with many dating sites to do data labeling, content moderation (image, text, and video ) to help prevent harmful, violent, and sexual content. Would love to work with the team and take Graze to the next level.

The reasoning behind every app is crucial and Graze has nailed it. Making it more humanly makes it special. Come to India soon 🇮🇳

This seems similar to Ohi. Still cool and looks clean congratulations on launching :).

Tbh, I wasn't excited until I watched video and read more...I think this has some true potential. So simple...Good luck with it

Brilliant! Congrats on the launch :)

Looking good! 👍

Looks great!! I love the idea!

Really cool @heather_hopkins! Loved everything about user onboarding process. Would be easier if I could import photos from IG/FB ;)