App Store Research vs dtcmvp

Compared because they are in the same category. Values come from details confirmed on each vendor's own site. Unknown means the site does not say.

App Store Research
dtcmvp
CategoryMerchant researchMerchant research
What it isA paid panel of vetted Shopify merchants to book calls with.Paid feedback calls with established Shopify brands, booked for you.
PriceFree account, from $150 per research callQuote only, plus a payment to each brand per call
Pricing tiersNot confirmed yetNot confirmed yet
Free planNot confirmed yetNot confirmed yet
TrialNot confirmed yetNot confirmed yet
Merchants in the networkNot confirmed yetNot confirmed yet
Lowest cost per call (USD)Not confirmed yetNot confirmed yet
Participants screenedNot confirmed yetNot confirmed yet
Sells sales calls tooNot confirmed yetNot confirmed yet
IntegrationsNot confirmed yetNot confirmed yet
Ownershipby ShopExpertsby Garner Labs LLC
StatusActiveActive
Launched2022Unknown

The caveats

App Store Research. It sells sales calls alongside research calls, and a merchant paid $300 to take one is not the same signal as inbound interest. Those conversations are research with a discount applied, not pipeline. The incentive is also the part that changes. It is adjusted for participant quality, urgency and targeting, with $85 the minimum for a research interview. So the worked examples show how a bill is built up, not a quote for yours. And a paid panel selects itself, like every paid panel. You are hearing from operators who will take $100 to talk for half an hour. That is a different population from the merchants who ignore the invitation.

dtcmvp. No price is published. It is invite only, and each client gets a quoted monthly package. Each brand is also paid separately per call, so the full cost is unknown until you apply. The founder built it after leading go-to-market at Tydo, and one homepage testimonial is from Tydo's CEO. The call format and the coaching ask where you fit and what would make a test easy. That is closer to sales discovery than to research. Brands in the network also get its Chrome extension, which labels and filters cold vendor pitches in Gmail.

How dtcmvp differs from App Store Research

Details for one of these are not confirmed yet, so no difference from App Store Research is stated.

How App Store Research differs from dtcmvp

Details for one of these are not confirmed yet, so no difference from dtcmvp is stated.

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