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Social Tale

Social Tale was named in 11 of the 13 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 947 of the 1849 AI responses sampled across those questions (51.2%).

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Social Tale is strongest on Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?, where it was named in 119 of 162 responses (73.5%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.

What Social Tale is surfaced for in TikTok Shop agencies

Based on the measured answers, Social Tale is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?”, “We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?” and “What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?”.

How the answers describe the firmFull-service TikTok Shop support including shop setup, creator and affiliate management, ads, and LIVE commerce for DTC brands.

In this sample, Social Tale 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

Social Tale 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 Social Tale placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderSocial Tale
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?295 answersOutlandish61%40% · tier 2
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?201 answersSocial Tale55%55% · tier 1
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%38% · tier 1
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?185 answersMediaLabs66%55% · tier 2
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?179 answersSocial Tale64%64% · tier 1
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?163 answersSocial Tale52%52% · tier 1
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?162 answersSocial Tale74%74% · tier 1
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?123 answersMediaLabs73%55% · tier 2
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?121 answersSocial Tale45%45% · tier 1
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?118 answersSocial Tale48%48% · tier 1
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?117 answersWE Marketing51%43% · 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 Social Tale was named

One row per report in which Social Tale 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 work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?1119 of 16273.5%
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?1115 of 17964.2%
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?1111 of 20155.2%
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?2102 of 18555.1%
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?267 of 12354.5%
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?184 of 16351.5%
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?156 of 11847.5%
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?154 of 12144.6%
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?150 of 11742.7%
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?2118 of 29540.0%
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?171 of 18538.4%

What Social Tale gets named for

Across the 13 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured, Social Tale is named most often on Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop? — it appears in 119 of the 162 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 73.5% of them. Its next strongest question is “We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?”, where it appears in 115 of 179 responses (64.2%).

Social Tale 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 Social Tale’s tier placings mean

On Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?, Social Tale sits in tier 1 of 5, named in 119 of 162 responses (73.5%). 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. 11 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Social Tale from them.

On We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?, Social Tale sits in tier 1 of 5, named in 115 of 179 responses (64.2%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 179 responses, the gap between Social Tale and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Social Tale shares tier 1 with Creatify and MADA, 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 Social Tale from them.

On What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?, Social Tale sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 111 of 201 responses (55.2%). 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 Social Tale from them.

On Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?, Social Tale sits in tier 2 of 5, named in 102 of 185 responses (55.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 65.9% of responses against Social Tale’s 55.1%. It shares tier 2 with MADA, which the sample cannot separate from it. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Social Tale from them.

On Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?, Social Tale sits in tier 2 of 5, named in 67 of 123 responses (54.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 73.2% of responses against Social Tale’s 54.5%. It holds tier 2 alone. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Social Tale from them.

On Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?, Social Tale sits in tier 1 of 4, named in 84 of 163 responses (51.5%). 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 Social Tale from them.

On Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?, Social Tale sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 56 of 118 responses (47.5%). 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 Social Tale from them.

On What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?, Social Tale sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 54 of 121 responses (44.6%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 121 responses, the gap between Social Tale and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Social Tale shares tier 1 with The Brand Buddies and Growera, 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 Social Tale from them.

On What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?, Social Tale sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 50 of 117 responses (42.7%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 117 responses, the gap between Social Tale and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Social Tale shares tier 1 with WE Marketing, MediaLabs 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 Social Tale from them.

On What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?, Social Tale sits in tier 2 of 4, named in 118 of 295 responses (40.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 61.4% of responses against Social Tale’s 40.0%. It shares tier 2 with Pattern and Creatify, which the sample cannot separate from it. 10 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Social Tale from them.

On Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?, Social Tale sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 71 of 185 responses (38.4%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 185 responses, the gap between Social Tale and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Social Tale shares tier 1 with MediaLabs 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 Social Tale from them.

Firms named alongside Social Tale

When ChatGPT names Social Tale, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: MediaLabs (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 Social Tale. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

MediaLabs · Creatify · MADA · Outlandish · Pattern · MomentIQ · WE Marketing · Growera

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