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MADA

MADA was named in 9 of the 14 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 637 of the 1592 AI responses sampled across those questions (40.0%).

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637Responses naming it
40%Of 1592 sampled
1Best tier reached

MADA is strongest on “We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?”, where it was named in 140 of 239 responses (58.6%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.

What MADA is surfaced for in TikTok Shop agencies

Based on the measured answers, MADA is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?”, “Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?” and “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?”.

How the answers describe the firmOffers end-to-end TikTok Shop management including shop operations, affiliate and creator recruitment, and paid media.

In this sample, MADA was named on 9 of the 13 TikTok Shop agencies ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

Every question in TikTok Shop agencies

MADA was named on 9 of these 13 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where MADA placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderMADA
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?379 answersMediaLabs63%—
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?261 answersSocial Tale52%—
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop live selling?248 answersShopstream Studios65%—
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?245 answersSocial Tale39%28% · tier 2
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?245 answersMediaLabs64%48% · tier 2
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?239 answersSocial Tale67%59% · tier 1
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?211 answersSocial Tale52%—
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?210 answersSocial Tale71%55% · tier 2
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?159 answersMediaLabs74%47% · tier 3
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?157 answersSocial Tale48%30% · tier 2
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?154 answersSocial Tale47%19% · tier 2
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?153 answersWE Marketing53%26% · tier 3
Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?30 answersGrowera53%13% · tier 2
How much does a TikTok Shop agency cost?pricing · 250 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads TikTok Shop agencies overall: Social Tale tops 7 of 13 · MediaLabs tops 3 of 13 · Growera tops 1 of 13 · Shopstream Studios tops 1 of 13 · WE Marketing tops 1 of 13. See all reports.

Where MADA was named

One row per report in which MADA cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?1140 of 23958.6%
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?2116 of 21055.2%
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?2118 of 24548.2%
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?375 of 15947.2%
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?247 of 15729.9%
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?268 of 24527.8%
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?340 of 15326.1%
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?229 of 15418.8%
Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?24 of 3013.3%

What MADA gets named for

Across the 14 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured, MADA is named most often on “We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?” — it appears in 140 of the 239 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 58.6% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?”, where it appears in 116 of 210 responses (55.2%).

MADA clears the reporting threshold on 9 of the 14 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.

What MADA’s tier placings mean

On “We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?”, MADA sits in tier 1 of 4, named in 140 of 239 responses (58.6%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 239 responses, the gap between MADA and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. MADA shares tier 1 with Social Tale, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MADA from them.

On “Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?”, MADA sits in tier 2 of 6, named in 116 of 210 responses (55.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 71.0% of responses against MADA’s 55.2%. It holds tier 2 alone. 10 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MADA from them.

On “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?”, MADA sits in tier 2 of 5, named in 118 of 245 responses (48.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 64.1% of responses against MADA’s 48.2%. It shares tier 2 with Social Tale and Pattern, which the sample cannot separate from it. 6 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MADA from them.

On “Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?”, MADA sits in tier 3 of 5, named in 75 of 159 responses (47.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 74.2% of responses against MADA’s 47.2%. It holds tier 3 alone. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MADA from them.

On “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?”, MADA sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 47 of 157 responses (29.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 47.8% of responses against MADA’s 29.9%. It shares tier 2 with Creatify and MediaLabs, which the sample cannot separate from it. 4 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MADA from them.

On “Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?”, MADA sits in tier 2 of 4, named in 68 of 245 responses (27.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 39.2% of responses against MADA’s 27.8%. It shares tier 2 with Growera and Creatify, which the sample cannot separate from it. 5 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MADA from them.

On “What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?”, MADA sits in tier 3 of 4, named in 40 of 153 responses (26.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 52.9% of responses against MADA’s 26.1%. It holds tier 3 alone. 5 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MADA from them.

On “Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?”, MADA sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 29 of 154 responses (18.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 47.4% of responses against MADA’s 18.8%. It shares tier 2 with WE Marketing, Growera, Creatify and MediaLabs, which the sample cannot separate from it. 4 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MADA from them.

On “Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?”, MADA sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 4 of 30 responses (13.3%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 53.3% of responses against MADA’s 13.3%. It shares tier 2 with WE Marketing, AMS Pilot, Avanta Brands, Dashboardly, FactoryJet and Leeside Digital, which the sample cannot separate from it.

Firms named alongside MADA

When ChatGPT names MADA, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: MediaLabs (9 shared questions), Social Tale (9 shared questions), Creatify (7 shared questions), Growera (4 shared questions), Pattern (4 shared questions), The Brand Buddies (4 shared questions), WE Marketing (4 shared questions) and Outlandish (3 shared questions).

That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside MADA. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

MediaLabs · Social Tale · Creatify · Growera · Pattern · The Brand Buddies · WE Marketing · Outlandish

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