New Product Launch Tracking with

ResponseCash^® PFU^™

(Purchaser Follow-Up)

Product launches can be time-intensive and expensive, and it’s critical to set these launches up for success. We have developed, perfected and patented an agile solution for capturing insights from actual purchasers of new products, beginning as early as day one of a new launch!

Optimize your New Product Launch Strategy

ResponseCash® Purchaser Follow-up is especially important as more companies move to “lean innovation” and “test and learn” models. Not only will you gain essential information and insights that give a roadmap to success, but the process can also include comparison with our robust normative database.

Identify opportunities for product or package optimization
Gauge reactions to new product formulations or positionings with a test and learn methodology
Determine if new products are ready for larger launches
Define/redefine the consumer target
Leverage insights from users in the household – profiles and attitudes
Enhance marketing and communication strategies for new product launches
Determine source of volume and cannibalization
Identify and understand usage occasions
Develop retailer sell-in stories
Improve opportunity for new product launch success in the marketplace
Mitigate risk and limit exposure
Benchmark performance vs. other new category launches via AMC’s Normative Database

Our Normative Database Benchmarks Success

Want to remove the guesswork from “how good is good”? Get a benchmark for the success of a new product launch—large or small—with comparisons to our normative database containing thousands of SKUs.

Get better results with a test and learn methodology

Better than a market research panel, get feedback from actual, confirmed purchasers – no need to worry about “professional respondents”

Can be used for full-scale quantitative or smaller qualitative initiatives

Obtain feedback as early as within days after a new product launch

ResponseCash® PFU™: How do we do it?

1

Consumers buy a product as they normally would (we do NOT want to influence a purchase in any way!)

2

When consumers go to use the product or interact with the package, they will find our patented on-pack OR in-pack survey invitation

3

The survey invitation incorporates a high-value prepaid cash card to incentivize participation

4

The card is only activated upon completion of our entire research program (typically two phases)

Optional: After the initial two phases of research, consumers can be recruited into a Test & Learn Community, which allows for continuous feedback on the customer journey, guiding future product innovations

Optimizing ResponseCash PFU with QualClips-AI™

Artificial intelligence now enhances ResponseCash PFU through QualClips-AI, offering AI-moderated video interviews among early purchasers, that add depth and context to early launch insights. PFU already captures verified purchasers within days of hitting the shelf. With AI-guided video conversations integrated into the workflow, brands can hear directly from real buyers, uncovering how decisions were made and why a product resonated or fell short in the moment. These interviews deliver fast, human insight alongside early behavioral signals, strengthening launch decisions when speed matters most.

How QualClips-AI strengthens your insights:

Adaptive video conversations that capture emotional and behavioral nuance
Instant transcription of video content and insight summaries
Automated dashboards for rapid decision-making
Normative context on quantitative studies
Continuous learning that sharpens expectations as more PFU studies run

See how AI-moderated video interviews amplify the value of verified purchasers and help brands optimize launches in real time.

Real Buyer Insights That Drive Launch Success

New Product Launch Case Study

Situation & Business Challenge

When Kraft conducted its new product launch for MiO Liquid Water Enhancers, they needed a way to quickly gain an understanding of who was purchasing these new-to-the-world products, how they learned of them, how they were using them and whether they were delivering on expectations.

Approach

Our proprietary ResponseCash PFU (Purchaser Follow-Up) program was used to capture insights from actual purchasers of these new products within the first few weeks of the launch. Multiple waves of research, including a test and learn framework, were conducted in order to provide MiO’s marketing team with insights that they needed to develop a new product launch strategy.

Business Implication

Findings from our new product launch program provided MiO’s marketing team with a solid understanding of their marketing plan’s effectiveness and advised the communication strategy for their new product launch. It showed them how well their products and packaging were performing among the very first purchasers in-market. Insights were also leveraged to help create a retail sell-in story that could be leveraged with key accounts.