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Prospect Purchase Barriers & Risk Perception Survey

Identifies perceived risks, unmet needs, and key barriers among prospective buyers to inform messaging strategy and conversion optimization.

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23 questions · ~4 min
Q01
Long Text

Welcome, and thank you for participating! This brief survey (approximately 3–5 minutes) asks about your experience when considering products or services like this one. • Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. • There are no right or wrong answers—we are interested in your honest opinions. • All responses are confidential, will be anonymized, and reported only in aggregate. • Your answers will be used to help us improve our products and communications. Please click 'Next' to begin.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes where you are in considering products or services like this?

Q03
Multiple Choice

Which of the following would most increase your likelihood of making a purchase? Select up to 2.

Q04
Long Text

We'd like to understand how concerned you are about different types of risk when considering this kind of purchase. Please rate each on the scale provided.

Q05
Long Text

Rank the following by importance when choosing a provider (drag to reorder; 1 = most important).

Q06
AI Interview

Thank you for your answers so far. I'd like to explore a couple of your responses in more depth. Could you tell me more about the main concern or hesitation you have when evaluating this type of product or service?

Q07
Long Text

Based on your responses in this survey, is there anything else you'd like to share about your experience evaluating products or services like this?

Q08
Long Text

What is your age?

Q09
Long Text

Thank you for your time—your input is invaluable in helping us improve. You may now close this window.

Q10
Long Text

Regardless of how likely you are to buy, when do you think you might make a decision about this type of product or service?

Q11
Multiple Choice

What is the single biggest barrier, if any, preventing you from purchasing right now?

Q12
Long Text

Financial risk (e.g., wasting money, unexpected costs)

Q13
Long Text

If you could change or add one thing about products or services like this, what would make you much more likely to purchase?

Q14
Multiple Choice

How do you describe your gender?

Q15
Multiple Choice

Which of the following sources, if any, have you used to gather information about this type of product or service in the last 3 months? Select all that apply.

Q16
Long Text

How confident are you that this type of product or service would meet your needs?

Q17
Long Text

Performance risk (e.g., product does not work as expected)

Q18
Long Text

In which region do you currently live?

Q19
Long Text

Time/effort risk (e.g., difficult setup, steep learning curve)

Q20
Multiple Choice

What is the highest level of education you have completed?

Q21
Long Text

Privacy/security risk (e.g., data misuse, security vulnerabilities)

Q22
Multiple Choice

What is your current employment status?

Q23
Long Text

Social risk (e.g., others judging your choice, choosing a lesser-known brand)

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

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