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Outlandish

Outlandish was named in 6 of the 13 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 301 of the 1078 AI responses sampled across those questions (27.9%).

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6 / 13Questions named in
301Responses naming it
28%Of 1078 sampled
1Best tier reached

Outlandish is strongest on What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?, where it was named in 181 of 295 responses (61.4%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.

What Outlandish is surfaced for in TikTok Shop agencies

Based on the measured answers, Outlandish is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”, “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?” and “What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?”.

How the answers describe the firmOffers full-service TikTok Shop management including affiliate programs, creator sourcing, and livestreams for scaling DTC brands.

In this sample, Outlandish was named on 6 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

Outlandish was named on 6 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 Outlandish placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderOutlandish
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?295 answersOutlandish61%61% · 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%
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?185 answersMediaLabs66%25% · tier 4
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?179 answersSocial Tale64%
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?163 answersSocial Tale52%
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?162 answersSocial Tale74%8% · tier 5
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?123 answersMediaLabs73%
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?121 answersSocial Tale45%
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?118 answersSocial Tale48%7% · tier 3
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?117 answersWE Marketing51%14% · tier 2
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 Outlandish was named

One row per report in which Outlandish 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
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?1181 of 29561.4%
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?447 of 18525.4%
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?336 of 20117.9%
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?216 of 11713.7%
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?513 of 1628.0%
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?38 of 1186.8%

What Outlandish gets named for

Across the 13 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured, Outlandish is named most often on What are the best TikTok Shop agencies? — it appears in 181 of the 295 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 61.4% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?”, where it appears in 47 of 185 responses (25.4%).

Outlandish clears the reporting threshold on 6 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 Outlandish’s tier placings mean

On What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?, Outlandish sits in tier 1 of 4, named in 181 of 295 responses (61.4%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 295 responses, the gap between Outlandish and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Outlandish shares tier 1 with MediaLabs, 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 Outlandish from them.

On Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?, Outlandish sits in tier 4 of 5, named in 47 of 185 responses (25.4%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 65.9% of responses against Outlandish’s 25.4%. It shares tier 4 with Tinuiti and Harvest Group, which the sample cannot separate from it. 2 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Outlandish from them.

On What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?, Outlandish sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 36 of 201 responses (17.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 55.2% of responses against Outlandish’s 17.9%. It shares tier 3 with KAMP, MediaLabs, Nonsensical, Amie and CreatoRev, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?, Outlandish sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 16 of 117 responses (13.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 51.3% of responses against Outlandish’s 13.7%. It shares tier 2 with MADA, Pattern and MomentIQ, which the sample cannot separate from it. 2 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Outlandish from them.

On Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?, Outlandish sits in tier 5 of 5, named in 13 of 162 responses (8.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 73.5% of responses against Outlandish’s 8.0%. It shares tier 5 with Pattern, Ubiquitous, BA Media and Aventra Media, 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?, Outlandish sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 8 of 118 responses (6.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 47.5% of responses against Outlandish’s 6.8%. It shares tier 3 with OverCast Digital, TBAR Partners and Favored, which the sample cannot separate from it.

Firms named alongside Outlandish

When ChatGPT names Outlandish, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: MediaLabs (6 shared questions), Social Tale (6 shared questions), Creatify (5 shared questions), MADA (4 shared questions), Pattern (4 shared questions), MomentIQ (3 shared questions), Favored (2 shared questions) and Harvest Group (2 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 Outlandish. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

MediaLabs · Social Tale · Creatify · MADA · Pattern · MomentIQ · Favored · Harvest Group

Outlandish compared

Where Outlandish was measured against another firm on the same questions, over the same responses.

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