Q01
Message
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University Bookstore Online Shopping Experience Survey
Measures how students find, evaluate, and buy course materials and campus gear through your online bookstore, including price perception and checkout friction. An AI follow-up interview reconstructs what actually happened during a student's most recent order — especially where they hesitated, abandoned a cart, or got frustrated — so you can fix real drop-off points, not assumed ones.
Sample questions
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14 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In the current term, how often have you used the bookstore's website or app?
- Not at all
- Once
- 2-3 times
- 4-6 times
- More than 6 times
Q03
Multiple ChoiceRequired
What have you purchased or tried to purchase from the online bookstore this term? Select all that apply.
- Required textbooks or course packets
- Textbook rentals
- Course supplies (lab kits, calculators, art supplies, etc.)
- Electronics or tech accessories
- University-branded apparel or gifts
- Snacks or convenience items
Q04
Opinion ScaleRequired
When you shop for required course materials online, how easy is it to find the exact edition or bundle your instructor requires?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very difficultMax:Very easy
Q05
Rating ScaleRequired
How would you rate your most recent checkout experience on the bookstore website or app?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:PoorMax:Excellent
Q06
Matrix
Rate the online bookstore on each of the following:
5 rows × 5 columns
- Clarity of pricing (fees, taxes, shipping shown upfront)
- Speed of shipping or pickup readiness
- Ease of returns or refunds
- Accuracy of product and edition descriptions
- Ability to track your order status
Columns: Poor · Fair · Good · Very good · Excellent
Q07
Price Sensitivity (Van Westendorp)
(Template note: replace with your own representative required course item before launching, e.g., a standard intro-course textbook bundle.)
- At what price for this required textbook bundle would you start to question its quality — it seems too cheap?
- At what price would you consider this required textbook bundle a bargain — a great deal for the money?
- At what price would you start to feel this required textbook bundle is expensive, though you'd still consider buying it?
- At what price would this required textbook bundle be so expensive you would not buy it at all?
Q08
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
If the bookstore could only improve a few things about the online shopping experience, which would matter most to you?
- Lower prices on required course materials
- Faster shipping or same-day campus pickup
- More textbook rental or buy-back options
- A price-match guarantee against other retailers
- Easier search to confirm the exact edition needed
- Live chat or faster customer support
- A clearer, easier return and refund policy
- A better mobile app experience
Pick best & worst per setBest:Matters mostWorst:Matters least
Q09
AI Interview
Reconstruct exactly what happened the last time this student tried to buy something from the online bookstore: what they were looking for, whether they completed the purchase, and where they hesitated or almost gave up. If they mention price, shipping delays, wrong editions, or a difficult return, dig into what they did next (switched to another retailer, contacted support, gave up entirely) and what would have kept them on the bookstore's site.
Q10
Opinion ScaleRequired
How likely are you to recommend the university bookstore's online store to a fellow student?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q11
Point Allocation
Imagine you have $100 in bookstore credit to spend right now. How would you split it across these categories?
- Required textbooks or course packets
- Course supplies
- Electronics or tech accessories
- University apparel or gifts
- Snacks or convenience items
Allocate 100 points
Q12
Multiple Choice
What is your class year?
- First-year
- Sophomore
- Junior
- Senior
- Graduate student
- Prefer not to say
Q13
Multiple Choice
Are you currently enrolled full-time or part-time?
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Prefer not to say
Q14
Message
Thank you for sharing your experience! Your responses will feed directly into a report our bookstore team uses to fix pricing clarity, speed, and checkout friction for students like you.
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.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Includes an AI follow-up interview that reconstructs exactly what happened during a student's most recent order — where they hesitated, abandoned a cart, or got frustrated — rather than relying only on rating scales
- Combines standard measurement tools (opinion scale, rating, matrix, Van Westendorp pricing, MaxDiff, constant sum) with adaptive AI probing for a fuller picture of price perception and checkout friction
- Segments respondents by class year and enrollment status so bookstore teams can see whether drop-off patterns differ by student type
- Ends with a chat message confirming responses feed into an automated report, and per-response quality scoring keeps open-ended answers usable without manual cleanup
QuestionPro
University Bookstore Online Survey TemplateA directly comparable, purpose-built template for university bookstore online shopping research, covering similar ground (usage frequency, purchase behavior, satisfaction). It appears to be a static question set rather than an adaptive interview, so it's ready to field but limited to fixed questions. No pricing tier is specified on the page itself.
What it does well
- Purpose-built for the exact same university bookstore use case
- Ready-to-field template requiring no rebuilding from a generic form
- Likely includes standard satisfaction and usage metrics familiar to survey researchers
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up to reconstruct what actually happened during a specific shopping session
- No indication of published prompt-level methodology or transparent AI logic
- Cannot identify specific cart-abandonment moments beyond what fixed-choice questions capture
SurveyMonkey
Online Shopping Survey: Questions & TemplateA general online shopping attitudes template, not specific to campus bookstores or course materials, so it would need heavy customization to fit this use case. It's a static question bank rather than a fielding-ready bookstore survey, useful mainly as a generic starting point.
What it does well
- Backed by a large, well-known survey platform with broad template library
- Covers general e-commerce attitude and behavior questions applicable across industries
- Easy to adapt quickly for basic shopping-attitude research
Where it falls short
- Not tailored to course materials, campus gear, or bookstore-specific price perception
- No adaptive AI interview to reconstruct a specific recent checkout experience
- Static question format with no automated per-response quality scoring or AI-generated reporting
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