Convoz - Connecting the world through collaborative conversations.

What's up Product Hunters? My name is Chamillionaire, but most people call me Cham for short. I know many of you might know me as a musician, but aside from being "that guy that sings that song Ridin' Dirty", I'm also a life-long entrepreneur, a startup investor, and the founder of a mobile video startup called Convoz. I would like to send a big salute to @rrhoover and the rest of the Product Hunt team for creating such an amazing community of people and curated tech content. I'm definitely a fan, and I have found a lot of useful products since the day I first bookmarked it, and now my Co-Founder Nsilo (@beatbullies) and I are glad that we finally have a chance to launch a product of our own. Convoz is a social video app that allows you to have face to face and collaborative conversations with others about current events. We are working to build a platform that greatly reduces the trolling, spamming, fake bots, abuse, and overall negativity that we've seen plaguing most social media platforms over the years. We are still very early in our journey, but we hope to be able to provide value to everyone who wants to meet new people, make new connections, learn new things, talk about interesting topics, or just have face to face interactions with people you admire. I've seen enough of these Product Hunt launches to know that this is the part where I'm supposed to dive into the comments and respond to as many people as I can, buuuuuuuuut since we are launching a communication app here today, I will try to respond (face-to-face) to as many people as I can if you send me a message in the Convoz app. Convoz is currently available in the IOS app store and will be released on Android at a later date. I'll try to answer a few questions here too, but you never know, it could be my start-up loving & social media savvy assistant who hacked into my account pretending to be me on Product Hunt! Covfefe J/k. Ha. PS - Long after we disappear into the start-up abyss of Slack notifications, Jira tickets, and Testflight builds, you can always feel free to reach out to us at admin@convoz.com. Your feedback is always appreciated. Thank you Product Hunters, check out Convoz and come join in on the conversations.

This seems similar in a lot of ways to what Casey Neistat was trying to do with Beme (and at CNN)—why do you think you will succeed where he failed? (I love the premise but it just seems really difficult to pull off).

Loved seeing your presentation with @snoopdogg at the Upfront Summit this year, @chamillionaire. I've been following Convoz a few months since its quiet release and have noticed some people get into heavy topics. What's the most surprising thing you've seen on Convoz so far, Cham?

You’ll find lots of engagement Convoz and it does become pretty addicting. I’m telling you your going to love it. I met some really cool people on Convoz, and I look forward to each and every Convoz that I participate in. Everyone on Convoz is very welcoming, and we always have new individuals joining the platform. The Convoz team is always working to make the app better and you’ll also get lots of engagement from the Convoz team. Convoz hands down is one of my favorite Apps to use.

Pros:

Great community, I love the conversations and it feels like one big family.

Cons:

Not being able to edit the title once you’ve created your Convoz.

The real conversations with real people! All the great people you meet from around the world. The live conversations and interaction is on a whole different level!

Pros:

Live interacting!

Cons:

Notifications up and down..

Great pitch. What many don't know is that @chamillionaire has been diligently building up to this (studying the space, connecting w vc's & founders, building networks, investing) for over a decade. I'm inspired by those who have the focus to play the long game in a world that begs us not to. Convoz looks cool. As convos w/ celebs seems to be part of Convoz core value prop, are there tools built into the platform (or plans to be built) that help the influencers/ celebs manage the thousands of inbound Convoz they'll be getting? I know that you mentioned how the trolls/ haters can easily be igged so nobody sees them. What about the thousands of legit fans who will be sending you or Snoop Convoz requests every single day once this really hits its stride? Can't wait to check an Android version out.

This is a great product!

Pros:

I love having real conversations with real people

Cons:

Easier to navigate topics or tangents within a conversation

I don't even use my other social media like in the past. I find myself addicted to what the next convo will be.

Pros:

social media done right

Cons:

needs lighting for night convoz

It’s currently my favorite and main go to for social media. The community is awesome. Really great group of people I always enjoy talking to. Unlike most pepole I don’t have an Instagram or Snapchat account so Convoz really fills a need and a void for me

Pros:

beat way to interact face to face with people and engage in discussions from thought provoking to entertaining

Cons:

Only native support for iOS at the moment

I like that I can control the comments that are being seen, so i can’t prevent from negative comments being posted on my convo (Post) Don’t miss out. Join this app NOW! It’s so much fun!!!

Pros:

Great way to communicate online. Face to face interaction makes the Communication more personal.

Cons:

None that I can think of

the time you get to record is perfect . Plenty of time to say what you need to say. Also, GETTING TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN THUMBNAIL IS A MAJOR BONUS!

Pros:

The interaction with real people,face to face. Tap feature to record, works great especially if you don’t want to constantly hold the button

Cons:

Can’t upload content from camara roll as of yet. Also with headphones the app still plays audio through the phone.

The presentation was epic 🔥 Looking forward to try it out when you launch on Android!

The product concept is an A+. The presentation is an A++++++++++ This looks incredible. Can't wait for Android. Nicely done @chamillionaire & @beatbullies 👏

I don't have an Apple device. Aspiring Entrepreneur, father of 5, top notch business plan..need help to grow....please release on Android for low income folk

I Love ❤️ It

Congrats on the launch @chamillionaire !! Actually one of our product is pretty similar (Lifeslice.io), although it has become less a focus for us today. I love the mission and truly believe collaboration in social media is amazing and eventually someone will figure out the right way to do it. Would love to chat if you ever have time.

When will you roll out on Android?

This is great! Though I'd urge the Convoz team to learn from the AskWhale team about their lessons learned.

Convoz is a positive platform. I really enjoy the fact that everything is easy to use. You can engage with people and join conversations of your choice. It’s just something you have to experience ! Download the app now and see for yourself.. you will be hooked!!!

Pros:

Positive, Real, awesome!

Cons:

None

Hi @chamillionaire @beatbullies Just completed watching your presentation. Sorry that I had never heard your songs but I must say - you are amazingly inspiring!!! The presentation should be treated as a template for those who want to excel in 'pitch perfection'. So, thank you for this. I loved the concept and vision behind Convoz but sadly I couldn't try it since the Android version isn't available yet ( any ETA? ) So, since I can't give any feedback for the App, here are some feedback for the Convoz web landing page http://convoz.com 1. SSL certificate is must for any serious webapp or tool after December 2017, not just for security or credibility but also since, Google has made it mandatory now. Sadly, the convoz landing page doesn't have SSL installed on it and hence it looks very ordinary and non-appealing. Let's encrypt provides free SSL and can be set up easily on this landing page. 2. No favicon on the page - https://cl.ly/pzuo . Again makes it look very casual and ordinary. 3. The font size of the footer navigation menu or text is very small and hence not easily readable. - https://cl.ly/pzUJ 4. Writing 'Mailing list' is so 90s, caption it 'Get updates' or 'Subscribe' - https://cl.ly/pzUJ on the top right. If you need any help in understanding or implementing any of the issues that I have raised above, I would love to help you with each of them for free. :) Best wishes. Keep hustling. Keep inspiring. Cheers, Nitesh