Style 1everyday · trucker mesh · the original
Classic Rope Trucker
Structured foam front, cream braided rope visor, black trucker mesh on the back. The everyday silhouette.
Reserve this style →You say hi.
The hello
you wear.
uSayHi is a hat you wear when you're open to meeting people in real life. A small hi. on the front and a subtle QR patch on the side. Someone scans it, sees your profile, and either messages you or just walks over and says it.
$10 — Kickstarter-style: applies toward your $39.99 hat — free shipping. Refunded in full if we don't hit 1,000.
$1 — not ready for a hat? One dollar backs the uSayHi app and locks in premium membership at launch: 12 months free for the first 1,000 backers (3 months after) · Compare both →
Targeting NFL opening day · ~Sept 10, 2026 · Vote for your city →
Why we're making this
Bring the hello back to real life.
Dating moved everyone onto apps and the rest of us stopped saying hi in public. uSayHi is one small, opt-in signal — worn on your head — that says I'm single and open to meeting someone right here, right now. Easier than a pickup line. Safer than a stranger guessing. Warmer than swiping at home alone.
The goal isn't a hat. The goal is to make meeting people in real life easy and low-pressure again — for everyone who'd rather find their person at a coffee shop than in a feed.
How it works
A wearable conversation starter.
uSayHi is a hat that quietly signals you're single and open to meeting people in real life — a small embroidered "hi." on the front and a woven QR patch on the side that opens your profile when someone scans it.
No swiping. No matching. Just a clearer way to say I'm open to a hello without saying a word. For everyone — single or not, just here for the bit or genuinely looking. Wear it to brunch, to the game, to opening day.
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Wear it.
Put on the hat when you're open to being said hi to. Take it off when you're not. It's a signal — fully in your hands.
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They scan.
Someone next to you in line scans the QR patch on the side. Your uSayHi profile opens. (They have to be signed in — no anonymous lookups, ever.)
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Say hi.
They either message you in the app or just walk over and say it in person. Real life, with a much friendlier opening line.
The lineup
Pick your style — we're building these.
Two founding silhouettes, both in clean black + cream rope, both with the subtle hi. up front and the small side QR patch. Reserve the one you'd actually wear — demand picks the winners. More styles (corduroy, suede) may follow for fall.
Style 2game-day · 5-panel · perforated
Performance Rope Hat
Sportier 5-panel 'golf' silhouette in perforated performance fabric with the cream rope visor. The current #1 best-seller in this category.
Reserve this style →- Front
- Subtle lowercase 'hi.' embroidered in cream thread — matching the rope, just above the brim.
- Side
- Small woven QR patch stitched onto the side panel.
- Back
- Small arched 'uSayHi' embroidered in cream over black trucker mesh.
- Color
- Launch colorway: clean black + cream. (City colors unlock at 10,000.)
How this actually works
From reserve to scan.
Kickstarter-style production. Your $10 is held, not spent — and refunded automatically if we don't hit the goal.
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Reserve with $10
Refundable deposit holds your hat at the founding price. Counts toward the $39.99 total — not on top.
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We hit 1,000 reservations
That's the green light: enough demand to produce the founding drop and open the uSayHi app.
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Balance of $29.99 charged
We charge the saved card and start production. Free shipping on every reservation.
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Ships by NFL opening day · ~Sept 10, 2026
Hats go out in time for opening day. You'll get tracking the moment yours leaves the warehouse.
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Scan your QR · activate your profile
Your hat's side-panel QR opens your uSayHi profile. You decide what's on it and who can reach you.
Refund policy
Your $10 is safe — always.
- · If we don't hit 1,000 reservations, every deposit is auto-refunded in full. No action required.
- · Change your mind before we hit the goal? Email hello@usayhi.com and we'll refund you.
- · See the full refund policy for details on the $29.99 balance, returns, and shipping issues.
How the deposit works · Kickstarter-style
$10 today. Goes toward your hat.
This works like Kickstarter: we only make the hats if enough people reserve. Your $10 holds your spot and counts toward the $39.99 price — it isn't an extra fee on top. You're not charged the rest unless we hit 1,000 reservations. Don't get there? Every deposit is refunded in full, automatically.
Targeting NFL opening day · ~Sept 10, 2026. Reserve now and wear yours to opening day.
Your pricing, plain
- $10
$10 today
Fully refundable deposit. Goes toward your hat — not on top of it.
- $29.99
$29.99 later
Remaining balance — charged only if we hit 1,000 reservations. Then we produce and ship.
- $39.99
= $39.99 total
Founding price for the hat — and shipping is free, always.
Don't hit 1,000?
Your $10 is refunded in full, automatically. No emails, no forms, no risk.
What every reservation includes
The founding hat — free shipping
Your black + cream signature rope trucker at the $39.99 founding price. Shipping is on us, always — no separate charge.
Free premium app membership at launch
When the uSayHi app drops, founders get a paid-tier membership free — more visibility and fewer limits than the free tier (think the paid side of Hinge or Bumble).
Founding beta tester
Help shape a brand-new kind of dating — merging meeting online with meeting in real life. First in, first to be found.
Founding price, locked
Reserve now and your price never goes up, no matter what the hat sells for later.
- Secured by Stripe
- $10 fully refundable
- A real US company — Nice Supply, LLC
- hello@usayhi.com
Two ways to join
Pick your way in.
Reserve the hat and you're a founding member. Not ready for that? Back the movement for a dollar. Either way, you're in early.
The main goal · reserve a hat
$10refundable deposit
Counts toward your $39.99 hat — not on top. We charge the $29.99 balance only if we hit 1,000. If we don't, you're refunded in full.
- The founding rope trucker — free shipping
- Free premium app membership at launch
- Founding beta tester · price locked
- Fully refundable until we hit 1,000
Love the idea?
$1one-time
Not ready for a hat but love where this is going? Chip in a dollar to help us build the app — and lock in premium membership for when it launches.
- First 1,000 supporters: 12 months premium free
- Everyone after: 3 months premium free
- Leave a message on the founders' wall
- One-time, non-refundable
Reserve yours
Lock your hat. $10 refundable.
Kickstarter-style: your $10 holds your hat and counts toward the $39.99 price — not on top of it. We charge the $29.99 balance only once we hit 1,000 reservations. If we don't, every deposit is refunded — no questions.
- · $10 today · applied to your hat
- · $29.99 later · only if we hit 1,000
- · = $39.99 total · free shipping, always
- · Black + cream rope signature colorway
- · Free premium uSayHi app membership at launch (founding member)
- · Founding beta tester · price locked
- · Targeting NFL opening day · ~Sept 10, 2026
Secured by Stripe
Back the movement
Not ready for a hat? Back us for $1.
Love the idea but not ready to reserve? Chip in $1 to help us get the uSayHi app built — and lock in premium membership for when it launches. The first 1,000 supporters get 12 months free (everyone after gets 3 months). One-time, non-refundable.
1,000 of the first 1,000 spots left · 12 months premium
Vote for your city
Football colorways unlock at 10,000.
The signature drops first. When we hit 10,000 reservations, we unlock football-team color-palette editions — tri-tones inspired by where you live, never using a team name or logo. Pick your city so we know yours is covered.
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Pick your city
All 30 NFL markets, each with its color palette. Cities only — no team names or logos.
Don't see your city?
Write in any metro — we'll track demand for cities without an NFL team. (0 write-ins so far)
Leading cities
Top 8 so far. Yours might be one tap away.
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- Buffalo0 · 0%
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Color palettes only — never team names, logos, or trademarks.
Approachable, on your terms · your profile, your rules
Saying hi should feel good — and feel safe.
uSayHi is for anyone who wants to openly signal they're single and approachable in real life. The person wearing the hat is in charge: you decide who can reach you, what's on your profile, and when your signal is on. We built those controls with women's safety in mind, so anyone — women included — can wear it knowing exactly what it says: an open invitation, on your terms.
You're in charge.
In the app, the person who gets scanned decides who can reach them. No one gets bombarded with messages, and same-sex connections work the same way. You always see who said hi — name, photo, profile — before you decide to reply.
You control your visibility.
Signal on for the bar, off for the grocery run. One tap. The QR shows a friendly placeholder when you're off, so the hat is still just a great hat.
An open invitation.
Wearing it is a clear, knowing signal that you're single and happy to be approached. No mixed signals, no guessing — first name only by default, 18+, and mute/block/report are one tap away.
Built women-first · help us design it
A hat isn't for everyone. Help us design the women's signal.
A hat broadcasts to everyone behind you, and not every woman wants that. If there were a subtler, fully-in-your-control way to show you're open to a hello — and one you could put away the instant you don't want it on — what would you actually wear? On when you want to be seen, gone when you don't.
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Bracelet / wristband
Slips on and off — gone in a second.
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Bag charm / keychain
Unclip it anytime and drop it in your bag.
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Tote or crossbody bag
Set it down or turn it around when you're done.
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Enamel pin or patch
Pin it on, take it off, stash it in a pocket.
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Necklace / pendant
Tuck it under your shirt when you want it gone.
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Other — tell us
Tell us what you'd actually wear — and put away.
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We read every write-in. The signal that wins gets designed next.
Momentum
0/ 1,000have said hi.
The mission unlocks at 1,000: we make the first hats and open the app so the real-life hello can actually happen. Everything beyond is a bonus drop. Don't hit 1,000? Every $10 is refunded in full, automatically.
Next up · 1,000 · We make the first hats — and the movement starts.
Tier 1
1,000
We make the first hats — and the movement starts.
The whole point: enough people reserve, we produce the founding drop for opening day, open the uSayHi app so members can build a profile and start saying hi (in-app and IRL), and the real-life hello is back.
Tier 2
10,000
Bonus drop · football city colors.
A fun expansion for fans: city-color editions in time for football season. Color palettes only — never team names or logos.
Tier 3
100,000
Bonus drop · college + postseason colors.
More color editions for college towns and baseball postseason cities. Still just palettes.
Tier 4
1,000,000
Bonus drop · every major sport.
The wide expansion: color editions for every major-sport city. The movement is everywhere by now.
All team and college tiers are color editions — palettes only. We never use real team or school names, logos, or trademarks.
Not ready?
Get the drop alert.
One email when the founding drop is funded. No spam, no resale, no follow-ups.
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