NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vikki Ziegler, star of the hit Bravo television show “Untying the Knot” and one of the nation’s foremost experts on divorce, announced today the launch of Divorce Dating, a free downloadable app and multi-media platform devoted to the largely overlooked needs of divorced people.
One of the first relationship sites to be inspired by and led by a female, Divorce Dating provides a fun, sleek and relaxed setting to lean in, connect with people and start dating again. From its easy process for signing up; to its incisive questions, content and advice (called “Vikki-isms” on the site); to the depth and breadth of its membership, Divorce Dating is the only online dating platform that gives divorced people a confidence-building environment to communicate, connect and find friendship or love.
A child of divorce herself whose first marriage ended before she found love again, Vikki is a tireless advocate, voice and thought leader for the divorced community, with an understanding of the unique sensitivities and perspectives that those who have been previously married bring to dating life.
“When someone gets divorced, they don’t think of themselves as single. They are divorced, and that carries with it a set of experiences and emotions that only other divorced people can understand,” Vikki said. “Although divorce is never easy, you can use it as an opportunity to grow and figure out what you want in your next relationship. That’s my mission for Divorce Dating, to create a positive and uplifting relationship space that puts a bounce in the step of every divorcee. With Divorce Dating, it’s time to remember that feeling.”
Vikki is a nationally known and respected celebrity divorce attorney, law school professor, published author and television personality. Her show, Bravo’s “Untying the Knot,” debuted in 2014 and was an immediate hit, with the second season scheduled to begin on November 8th. The upcoming season marks a significant expansion from the first, as each episode is increasing from 30 to 60 minutes, and the total number of episodes from six to eight.
Divorce Dating is free and the perfect addition to any dating portfolio – combining a positive, sophisticated, supportive approach with the ease and efficiency that today’s online daters are looking for. The site’s clean interface and graphics, as well as its refined design, make it easy to join and navigate. Some of the unique features of Divorce Dating include:
- A series of fun and quick profile questions to help facilitate matches. The questions, culled from Vikki’s experience as a divorce attorney and her understanding of why marriages don’t always work out, range from the more serious (Why did you divorce? What has divorce taught you?) to the lighthearted (What movie best describes your divorce? Would you run naked in a rainstorm?)
- The Wingmen, exclusive to Divorce Dating, is an option that enables you to select up to three people to provide gut checks on your matches. Once you’ve made a match, you can share the profile with your Wingmen and invite one more of them to provide their trusted opinion. The idea behind Wingmen is that oftentimes our friends know us better than we know ourselves, and they can be crucial in helping to evaluate matches. Your wingmen can be anyone you choose and do not need to be actively participating on the app. They only need to have an account set up and can turn the “Discover” button Off in the Profile settings and set their profile in “Undiscovered” mode in the Profile Settings.
- Your profile Fabric is the section of Divorce Dating that offers a pictorial story of your lifestyle. These photos are answers to Divorce Dating’s unique “Vikki-isms” which are questions posed by Vikki to help reveal a lot about you using your best relevant photos. This way, you are providing potential matches with both a look at what you enjoy and surefire conversation starters. The Fabric lets photos do the talking.
The launch of Divorce Dating comes at a time when online dating continues to go mainstream and divorce, in particular, is increasingly the focus of pop culture and entertainment. Roughly one in five adults has experienced divorce (http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p70-97.pdf). There are 25 million divorced people in the United States (a number that is significantly higher when people who are separated are counted), and the pace of divorce is rapid. There is one every 13 seconds, 277 per hour, 6.646 per day, 46,523 per week, and over 2.4 million per year.
The Divorce Dating app is fully available initially in iOS version in the greater New York area (including New York City, Long Island, the lower Hudson Valley and parts of Connecticut and New Jersey) starting today, with additional markets and operating systems to be added in the coming months. If you live in the New York area and want to get started, go to the Divorce Dating app and download it. If you live in another region, you can still download the app and check it out and see profiles so you are ready when it becomes available in your area.
Divorce Dating, operated by Divorce Dating Group LLC, is a free downloadable app and one of the first online relationships sites devoted to the unique needs and interests of divorced people. Inspired and led by Vikki Ziegler, star of the hit Bravo television show “Untying the Knot” and one of the nation’s foremost experts on divorce, Divorce Dating provides a fun, sleek and relaxed setting to lean in, connect with people and start dating again. It is the only dating platform that gives divorced people a confidence-building environment to communicate, connect and find friendship or love. Divorce Dating launched in iOS version in the greater New York area in October 2015, with additional markets and operating systems to come. To download the app, click here, and for general information go to www.divorcedating.com.