Advice At The Tip Of Your Fingers: Textpert

Aug 17

Aug 17 Advice At The Tip Of Your Fingers: Textpert

The first time I met Ray I was more focused on sipping my margarita then the words coming out of his mouth. As far as I was concerned he was that guy, standing in the middle of a bar talking about an app he created.

“uh, huh”
*scans bar for friends to come save me*
“oh, cool”

He then said something that had me nearly choke on the salt from the rim of the glass, “we are 5 guys helping young women.” Ray now had my full attention.

Textpert is an app for one to receive anonymous advice when caught in a tricky situation. The idea sparked when Ray couldn’t land the third date with his then dream girl. After unanswered calls and text message he did what any wise sibling should do: asked his sister for advice. Ray’s sister took his phone, texted said dream girl and within 5 minutes she responded. Ray looked at his sister with his jaw on the floor and said, “DO IT AGAIN!” Another instant response. With a blown mind, Ray thought “This is it. Help on demand.”

Textpert was born.

After diving into the unknown world of the tech industry, the Textpert team created a business plan along with a prototype and were full speed ahead. With countless hours of hustle under their belt, Textpert quickly became the go to place to ask for advice while navigating through the wild and whindy road of dating. With a smirk on his face, Ray confessed that he originally thought the users would be male dominant and simply asking, “what do I say to her now?” but to his surprise, app users are an overwhelming amount of females who are seeking advice beyond the notion of, “help me create the perfect text.”

Since I'm the type of person who doesn't truly believe it until I see it, I chugged a water and downloaded Textpert myself to see what all the hype was about. Before I even realized it, there I was feverishly writing words of advice on this app. I looked up from my phone, let out a subtle laugh and looked at Ray with the "this is genius" look. My takeaway from using this app is that not only is perfect for those time when you are looking to receive unbiased advice but also for those days where your girlfriends are slacking and seem to be too busy to draft the perfect text response.