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MediaLabs was named in 11 of the 13 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 765 of the 1849 AI responses sampled across those questions (41.4%).

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MediaLabs is strongest on Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?, where it was named in 90 of 123 responses (73.2%), 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?”, “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?” and “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”.

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 11 of the 12 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 11 of these 12 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?295 answersOutlandish61%60% · tier 1
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?201 answersSocial Tale55%18% · tier 3
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop live selling?188 answersShopstream Studios62%
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?185 answersSocial Tale38%34% · tier 1
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?185 answersMediaLabs66%66% · tier 1
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?179 answersSocial Tale64%39% · tier 3
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?163 answersSocial Tale52%25% · tier 3
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?162 answersSocial Tale74%38% · tier 3
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?123 answersMediaLabs73%73% · tier 1
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?121 answersSocial Tale45%30% · tier 2
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?118 answersSocial Tale48%20% · tier 2
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?117 answersWE Marketing51%41% · tier 1
How much does a TikTok Shop agency cost?pricing · 190 answerswhat firms charge

Who leads TikTok Shop agencies overall: Social Tale tops 7 of 12 · MediaLabs tops 2 of 12 · Outlandish tops 1 of 12 · Shopstream Studios tops 1 of 12 · WE Marketing tops 1 of 12. 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?190 of 12373.2%
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?1122 of 18565.9%
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?1176 of 29559.7%
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?148 of 11741.0%
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?369 of 17938.5%
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?361 of 16237.7%
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?163 of 18534.1%
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?236 of 12129.8%
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?340 of 16324.5%
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?223 of 11819.5%
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?337 of 20118.4%

What MediaLabs gets named for

Across the 13 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured, MediaLabs is named most often on Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs? — it appears in 90 of the 123 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 73.2% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?”, where it appears in 122 of 185 responses (65.9%).

MediaLabs clears the reporting threshold on 11 of the 13 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 5, named in 90 of 123 responses (73.2%). 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 Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?, MediaLabs sits in tier 1 of 5, named in 122 of 185 responses (65.9%). 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 4, named in 176 of 295 responses (59.7%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 295 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 Outlandish, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 13 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 3, named in 48 of 117 responses (41.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 117 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, Social Tale and Creatify, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 6 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 5, named in 69 of 179 responses (38.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 64.2% of responses against MediaLabs’s 38.5%. It shares tier 3 with Tokshop and The Brand Buddies, which the sample cannot separate from it. 3 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 5, named in 61 of 162 responses (37.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 73.5% of responses against MediaLabs’s 37.7%. It shares tier 3 with The Brand Buddies, Creatify and TokShop Agency, 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 MediaLabs from them.

On Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?, MediaLabs sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 63 of 185 responses (34.1%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 185 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 Social Tale and Creatify, 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 What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?, MediaLabs sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 36 of 121 responses (29.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 44.6% of responses against MediaLabs’s 29.8%. It shares tier 2 with Creatify and MADA, 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 Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?, MediaLabs sits in tier 3 of 4, named in 40 of 163 responses (24.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 51.5% of responses against MediaLabs’s 24.5%. It shares tier 3 with RGC Mkt, BA Media 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.

On Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?, MediaLabs sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 23 of 118 responses (19.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 47.5% of responses against MediaLabs’s 19.5%. It shares tier 2 with WE Marketing, Creatify, Growera and MADA, 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 What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?, MediaLabs sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 37 of 201 responses (18.4%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 55.2% of responses against MediaLabs’s 18.4%. It shares tier 3 with KAMP, Outlandish, Nonsensical, Amie and CreatoRev, which the sample cannot separate from it.

Firms named alongside MediaLabs

When ChatGPT names MediaLabs, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Social Tale (11 shared questions), Creatify (10 shared questions), MADA (8 shared questions), Outlandish (6 shared questions), Pattern (6 shared questions), MomentIQ (4 shared questions), WE Marketing (4 shared questions) and Growera (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 MediaLabs. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Social Tale · Creatify · MADA · Outlandish · Pattern · MomentIQ · WE Marketing · Growera

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