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Know which product shoppers would choose.

Make your next product decision with shopper evidence. Explore a measured example, then request a test for your own product.

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Ask head-to-head about Sofnfree vs Kormesic, of Full answering panel.

01What are you testingA product
02What do you want to knowHead-to-head
Which one they choose
What they will pay

Which of these two do they choose?Examples available

03About which twoSofnfree vs Kormesic
SofnfreeCannabis & Shea Hair Food 125mlR63
vs
KormesicBatana Oil Hair Oil 60mlR78
04Who should answerFull answering panel

Measured examples cover the full answering panel. Other audience cuts require a new study.

Answer
Measured · 776 answers

Existing study · 5 Aug – 27 Sep 2026 · Full answering panel. This sample is not representative of South Africa.

Sofnfree wins by 19 points.

11% chose neither product. Percentages are rounded; this measures stated preference, not sales or price tolerance.

54%Sofnfree
19 pt lead
35%Kormesic
Cannabis & Shea Hair Food 125mlBatana Oil Hair Oil 60mlNeither 11%

Audience breakdowns and linked shopper comments are not available for this example. A new study’s deliverables are agreed before approval.

So what do I do
Measured signal · validate the next move

Sofnfree beats Kormesic by 19 points with 11% refusing both. That is a real preference advantage.

The move

Use this preference lead to shortlist a proposition for further testing. Validate willingness to pay and availability before changing price or distribution.

What would make it wrong

Preference is worth nothing where you are not on the shelf. A stated win converts only where the shopper can actually find you.

De-risk it with

Explore how shoppers perceive the pack. Price-band perception does not establish willingness to pay more.

R4 300Five working days from sign-offThe whole answering panel, on your own SKUs

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Your study request
Head-to-head · Sofnfree Cannabis & Shea Hair Food 125ml vs Kormesic Batana Oil Hair Oil 60ml · Full answering panel
R4 300estimated study price

The whole answering panel, on your own SKUs · Five working days from sign-off

The same question through a traditional omnibus runs R18 000–R45 000 and comes back in 3-4 weeks.

When do you need it — optional
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What it costs to keep asking

One answer is a fact. The value is in asking again — which is why the rate is a standing one. Every ask stays on your category, so the next question starts from everything the last one found.

Answers a week, since the panel opened

The panel did not grow 83× to do this. The number of questions it can be asked did — one instrument in the first week, four by September. Every instrument added multiplies what the same people produce.

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answers that week week in progressinstruments collecting

Read from the response table on 27 September 2026. Respondent counts are deliberately absent — panel composition is sent on request rather than published.

One ask
from R3 200

A single decision you need evidence for this week.

  • Your own SKU or your own words
  • Any cut of the panel
  • The read, and what to do about it
Standing
R35 000a month
R2 333 an ask · 15 a month

A brand team making calls continuously, not quarterly.

  • Fifteen asks a month, any instrument
  • Campaign reporting on one flight a quarter
  • Every answer kept, so the picture compounds
  • Your category tracked between asks
Always on
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A portfolio, an agency roster, or a panel built to your own frame.

  • Unlimited asks across brands
  • Continuous campaign measurement
  • Panel recruited against your sampling frame
  • Raw answers into your own stack

An ask starts at R3 200 and moves with sample size, how much work the answer is to read, and how rare the audience is — a narrow cut costs more a head because you screen more people to find them. The equivalent omnibus question runs R18 000–R45 000 over 3-4 weeks.