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MediaLabs was named in 12 of the 15 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 1460 of the 3577 AI responses sampled across those questions (40.8%).

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MediaLabs is strongest on “Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?”, where it was named in 177 of 226 responses (78.3%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.

What MediaLabs is surfaced for in TikTok Shop agencies

Based on the measured answers, MediaLabs is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?”, “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?” and “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?”.

How the answers describe the firmManages large creator networks, affiliate programs, and performance-based creator campaigns for mid-market and enterprise brands launching on TikTok Shop.

In this sample, MediaLabs was named on 12 of the 14 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

MediaLabs was named on 12 of these 14 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 MediaLabs placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderMediaLabs
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?533 answersMediaLabs67%67% · tier 1
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?372 answersSocial Tale45%19% · tier 4
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop live selling?358 answersShopstream Studios68%—
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?355 answersGrowera38%35% · tier 1
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?355 answersMediaLabs59%59% · tier 1
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?349 answersSocial Tale64%36% · tier 3
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?299 answersSocial Tale49%24% · tier 3
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?298 answersSocial Tale67%37% · tier 3
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?226 answersMediaLabs78%78% · tier 1
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?223 answersThe Brand Buddies51%24% · tier 2
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?220 answersSocial Tale43%16% · tier 3
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?219 answersWE Marketing50%41% · tier 1
Which TikTok Shop agencies have documented client results?130 answersGrowera92%—
Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?128 answersGrowera42%31% · tier 1
How much does a TikTok Shop agency cost?pricing · 360 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads TikTok Shop agencies overall: Social Tale tops 5 of 14 · Growera tops 3 of 14 · MediaLabs tops 3 of 14 · Shopstream Studios tops 1 of 14 · The Brand Buddies tops 1 of 14 · WE Marketing tops 1 of 14. See all reports.

Where MediaLabs was named

One row per report in which MediaLabs 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
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?1177 of 22678.3%
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?1355 of 53366.6%
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?1211 of 35559.4%
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?189 of 21940.6%
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?3110 of 29836.9%
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?3127 of 34936.4%
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?1123 of 35534.6%
Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?139 of 12830.5%
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?254 of 22324.2%
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?372 of 29924.1%
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?469 of 37218.5%
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?334 of 22015.5%

What MediaLabs gets named for

Across the 15 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured, MediaLabs is named most often on “Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?” — it appears in 177 of the 226 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 78.3% of them. Its next strongest question is “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”, where it appears in 355 of 533 responses (66.6%).

MediaLabs clears the reporting threshold on 12 of the 15 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 MediaLabs’s tier placings mean

On “Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 1 of 6, named in 177 of 226 responses (78.3%). It holds tier 1 alone: no other firm on this question was named often enough to be grouped with it, so on this question the sample does put one firm clearly ahead. 9 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MediaLabs from them.

On “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 1 of 7, named in 355 of 533 responses (66.6%). It holds tier 1 alone: no other firm on this question was named often enough to be grouped with it, so on this question the sample does put one firm clearly ahead. 14 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MediaLabs from them.

On “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 1 of 6, named in 211 of 355 responses (59.4%). It holds tier 1 alone: no other firm on this question was named often enough to be grouped with it, so on this question the sample does put one firm clearly ahead. 9 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MediaLabs from them.

On “What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 1 of 4, named in 89 of 219 responses (40.6%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 219 responses, the gap between MediaLabs and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. MediaLabs shares tier 1 with WE Marketing and Social Tale, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MediaLabs from them.

On “Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 3 of 6, named in 110 of 298 responses (36.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 66.8% of responses against MediaLabs’s 36.9%. It shares tier 3 with The Brand Buddies, which the sample cannot separate from it. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MediaLabs from them.

On “We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 3 of 6, named in 127 of 349 responses (36.4%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 64.2% of responses against MediaLabs’s 36.4%. It shares tier 3 with The Brand Buddies, 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 MediaLabs from them.

On “Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 1 of 4, named in 123 of 355 responses (34.6%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 355 responses, the gap between MediaLabs and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. MediaLabs shares tier 1 with Growera and Social Tale, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate MediaLabs from them.

On “Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 39 of 128 responses (30.5%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 128 responses, the gap between MediaLabs and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. MediaLabs shares tier 1 with Growera, 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 MediaLabs from them.

On “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 2 of 4, named in 54 of 223 responses (24.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 50.7% of responses against MediaLabs’s 24.2%. It shares tier 2 with MADA, 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 MediaLabs from them.

On “Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 3 of 5, named in 72 of 299 responses (24.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 48.5% of responses against MediaLabs’s 24.1%. It shares tier 3 with RGC Mkt and Pattern, 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 MediaLabs from them.

On “What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 69 of 372 responses (18.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 44.9% of responses against MediaLabs’s 18.5%. It shares tier 4 with Spotlight Media, Amie, The Social Shepherd and FlowDeck Studios, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On “Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?”, MediaLabs sits in tier 3 of 4, named in 34 of 220 responses (15.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 43.2% of responses against MediaLabs’s 15.5%. It shares tier 3 with MADA, WE Marketing and Creatify, 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 MediaLabs from them.

Firms named alongside MediaLabs

When ChatGPT names MediaLabs, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Social Tale (12 shared questions), Creatify (10 shared questions), MADA (9 shared questions), Pattern (6 shared questions), TBAR Partners (5 shared questions), Growera (4 shared questions), Social Commerce Club (4 shared questions) and The Brand Buddies (4 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 MediaLabs. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Social Tale · Creatify · MADA · Pattern · TBAR Partners · Growera · Social Commerce Club · The Brand Buddies

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