Rarelyst · consumer insights

Rarelyst, participant recruitment for fashion, luxury and beauty consumer insights teams

Rarelyst helps consumer insights teams at fashion, luxury and beauty brands talk to the right people: rare, verified profiles suggested within days, interviewed by video, with a report that answers your decisions.

For which questions

  • Testing a price before a launch.
  • Choosing between colourways, materials or names.
  • Understanding a changing clientele, or one buying less in store.
  • Preparing a new category or a new market.
  • Hearing what people on the ground see that dashboards don't show.

Who you interview

  • Luxury sales associates and personal shoppers.
  • Department store and concept store buyers, visual merchandisers.
  • Stylists, art directors, collectors.
  • Micro-influencers, early adopters, second-hand resellers.
  • Savvy clients.

What the consumer insights team receives

  • The video and transcript of every interview.
  • A report built around your decisions, with a confidence level.
  • Quotes checked against the transcripts, ready for your slides and committees.

How it works

  • Describe in a few sentences who you want to hear from, or upload your brief.
  • Rarelyst suggests verified profiles, each with its price.
  • Keep the ones you want: nothing is charged before.
  • Participants suggest time slots, you run the interviews by video.
  • Video, transcript and report follow.

Frequently asked questions

What is Rarelyst?

Rarelyst (rarelyst.co) is a French platform recruiting participants for qualitative research and consumer insights teams at fashion, luxury and beauty brands.

Does Rarelyst replace a research agency?

Rarelyst handles the longest part: finding and verifying very specific profiles. The brand runs the video interviews in Rarelyst and receives video, transcript and report.

How much does a study with Rarelyst cost?

Every study is priced to measure after a demo, based on how rare the profiles are and the interview length. No subscription: brands only pay for the profiles they keep.

Who do you want to hear from?

Twenty minutes on a video call about your topic: we show you the profiles we would find, and what the study would cost.

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