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Consumer research studio

Move at the speed of culture

Motley Data helps fashion, gaming, tech, and retail brands hear from the people who move a category first — and pairs what they say with what they actually buy.

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The people setting a trend are rarely the people answering a generic survey.

Our value

Our clients come to us so they can...

Buy the right assortment

See which silhouettes, colorways, and categories are gaining velocity before they hit the mainstream sales curve.

Read demand in real time

Verified e-receipt panels show what people actually bought this week, not what they remembered buying last quarter.

Move fast, stay rigorous

Fielding in days rather than months, with sampling and weighting documented well enough for your research team.

Unique insights

Reach and speed, measured honestly.

48h
Median time from brief to first respondent answers
Beyond surface-level trends
Data from category-leading consumers lets you identify the leading indicators of behavior, understand the human “why” behind emerging movements, and turn influential consumers into brand evangelists through closed-loop feedback.
250+
Creator partners recruiting inside niche communities
Actionable insights for product, marketing, and strategy
Ideate, then test early concepts in days. Deeply understand different consumer groups. Gutcheck ideas with influential consumers.

How we help

  1. 01

    Define the edge case

    We start with the community you can't reach through a standard panel — the collectors, the modders, the early adopters shaping the category.

  2. 02

    Recruit through creators

    Trusted creators invite their own audiences. Respondents show up engaged and specific, and they answer like people, not like panelists.

  3. 03

    Layer in behaviour

    Stated preference gets matched to receipt-level purchase history and open trend indicators, so claims can be checked against spend.

  4. 04

    Hand over a decision

    You get a readout built around the choice in front of you: what to buy, what to build, what to drop, and how sure we are.

The Side Door

Measure ROI of your experiential brand activations

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Tell us the decision you're stuck on

A 30-minute call is usually enough to say whether we're the right fit and what a study would cost.

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