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Brad MacDonald Senior UX researcher specialised in qualitative and operational research Qualitative research Operational research

What happens on the call
  1. 1 A quick 15-minute Q&A to refine the brief
  2. 2 You leave with a plan scoped to your questions
  3. 3 100% no obligation to continue
Up to 80% less than an agency

Customer Research Agency

Interviews, surveys and analysis run by senior researchers.

Customer research plan builder

Scope, timeline and a price — before you talk to anyone.

15 seconds, no sign-up

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What do you need to decide?

  • A senior researcher in every session — never an AI moderator
  • Who your customers are, and why they stay or leave
  • MIT
  • M&S
  • next
  • RAC
  • NHS
  • Victoria's Secret
  • Precision Cardiovascular
Solutions

Customer research for every decision

Three studies a customer insights agency is most often asked for. Each one is scoped, priced and run by a senior researcher.

Persona research
“Who are our customers, and what do they need?”
Depth interviews with 15 to 20 customers, then a survey to size the segments. Get an indicative price
Customer loyalty research
“Why do customers stay, and why do they leave?”
Interviews with retained and churned customers, plus a driver analysis. Get an indicative price
Pricing research
“What will the market actually pay?”
Price-sensitivity and trade-off exercises with qualified buyers. Get an indicative price
Case studies

Customer research we've delivered

Nothing ever seems too much, and the quality of their output speaks for itself. I'm genuinely grateful for it.
Paul H. Lead UX Researcher
Victoria’s Secret CRO research: where the mobile journey loses the sale
220+

Start-ups helped since 2019.

Alongside the enterprise work: founders we’ve researched, designed and built with, from the first user interviews to launch.

Customer research studies

Research for every decision

Every customer research study we run. Open one to see what it is, when you need it and what you get.

Customer Research

Persona Research

Real segments based on data, not internal opinion.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

Segmenting your users on what they actually do and need, rather than on internal assumptions.

When you need it

Teams disagree about who the product is for, or targeting is spread too thin.

What you'll get

Evidence-based segments with the behaviours, goals and blockers that separate them.

How we do it

Depth interviews to find the segments, then a survey to size them. Typical timeline: 3–4 weeks.

Customer Research

Customer Loyalty Research

Understand what keeps customers, and what makes them leave.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

Understanding what keeps customers with you, and what pushes them to leave.

When you need it

Churn is climbing, or renewals are flat and nobody can say why.

What you'll get

The drivers of loyalty, and the specific moments where customers disengage.

How we do it

Interviews with both retained and churned customers, plus a driver analysis. Typical timeline: 3–4 weeks.

Customer Research

Pricing Research

Find what the market will actually pay.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

Testing what the market will actually pay, and how packaging changes that.

When you need it

Ahead of a launch, a repackaging, or a price rise you cannot easily undo.

What you'll get

Willingness-to-pay ranges by segment, with a recommended price and package.

How we do it

Price-sensitivity and trade-off exercises with qualified buyers. Typical timeline: 3–4 weeks.

Customer Research

Customer Satisfaction

Track satisfaction and find the friction hurting retention.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

A repeatable read on how satisfied customers are, and what is hurting retention.

When you need it

You need a measure you can track over time, not a one-off snapshot.

What you'll get

A satisfaction baseline, the friction behind it, and a survey you can rerun.

How we do it

CSAT and NPS instrumentation, followed by interviews with detractors. Typical timeline: 2–3 weeks to set up.

Customer Research

Customer Journey Research

See the whole path your customers take, and where it breaks.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

Mapping every step a customer takes with you, from first contact to renewal, to find the moments that build loyalty and the ones that lose people.

When you need it

Handoffs between teams are dropping customers, or nobody can say where the experience actually fails.

What you'll get

A journey map by segment with the pain points, emotions and moments that matter, ranked by impact.

How we do it

Depth interviews and diary studies with your customers, plus a review of your own journey data. Typical timeline: 3–4 weeks.

Customer Research

Ethnographic Research

See what customers actually do in their own environment, not what they say they do.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

Observing people in the places they live and work, in person or through their own phones, to understand the habits, workarounds and unmet needs no survey will surface.

When you need it

You're entering unfamiliar territory, the numbers don't explain the behaviour, or you need to see the context before you design for it.

What you'll get

Behavioural themes and unmet needs, with the video and photo evidence behind them and the opportunities they point to.

How we do it

Contextual visits, shadowing and mobile diary tasks with recruited participants, then structured synthesis. Typical timeline: 3–5 weeks.

Customer Research

Customer Interviews

Hear it from your customers, in their own words.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

One-to-one depth interviews with your customers or target buyers, moderated by a senior researcher.

When you need it

You have a decision to make and opinions in the room, but no first-hand evidence from customers.

What you'll get

The themes and verbatims that matter, a short set of implications, and the recordings with highlight clips.

How we do it

8 to 12 semi-structured interviews, recruited for you or from your own lists, then a synthesis workshop with your team. Typical timeline: 2 to 3 weeks.

Customer Research

Customer Experience Research

Find the moments in your service that lose customers.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

A read on how customers experience you across every touchpoint: sales, onboarding, support and renewal.

When you need it

Satisfaction scores are flat or falling and nobody can say which moments are to blame.

What you'll get

The moments that build or break the experience, ranked by impact, each with the fix we would make first.

How we do it

A touchpoint audit, interviews with recent customers and a review of your own CX data. Typical timeline: 3 to 4 weeks.

Customer Research

Churn and Exit Research

Find out why customers leave, and what would have kept them.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

Interviews with customers who cancelled, downgraded or chose a competitor, run while the decision is still fresh.

When you need it

Churn is rising, renewals are slipping, or deals keep going to the same rival.

What you'll get

The real reasons behind leaving, in customers' own words, and the changes most likely to keep the next ones.

How we do it

Exit and win/loss interviews within weeks of the decision, coded into drivers and ranked. Typical timeline: 2 to 3 weeks.

Customer Research

Consumer and Shopper Research

See how people actually shop, in store and online.

Get an indicative price No sign-up required.

What it is

Observing and interviewing shoppers as they browse, compare and buy, in person or through their own phones.

When you need it

You're entering a new market or category, or the sales data doesn't explain what shoppers are doing.

What you'll get

How your shoppers discover, evaluate and buy, where competitors win them, and the video evidence behind it.

How we do it

Shop-alongs, diary studies and interviews with recruited shoppers, run by researchers local to the market. Typical timeline: 3 to 5 weeks.

Why Obodo

How we compare with a traditional customer research agency

Same screened participants and senior moderation as a traditional agency. The differences are the price, the speed and what happens if the study isn't right.

Obodo
Up to 80% less than an agency
Yes
63% faster with our workflows
Yes
Screened and representative
Yes
Senior moderator
Yes
Yes
Yes
Full refund if the completed study isn't right.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Traditional agency
£8k to £20k a study
No
2 to 8 weeks
No
Screened and representative
Yes
Senior moderator
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scope and price agreed before work starts
Yes
Yes
Yes
DIY interviews
Free, but your team's time
No
Variable, squeezed around the day job
No
Convenience sample, often biased
No
Depends on interviewer skill
No
Sometimes
No
None, but no rigour either
No
Rarely
No
AI personas
Cheap, and you get what you pay for
No
Instant, but unreliable
No
Synthetic, no real behaviour
No
None, it answers within the frame you give it
No
No
No
None, but no evidence either
No
No
No
Pricing

What customer research costs with Obodo

Indicative prices for the default scope of each study, up to 80% below the published agency rates we benchmark against. A senior researcher fixes the price on a 15-minute scoping call before anything is charged.

Persona Research

Real segments based on data, not internal opinion.

Price
Up to 80% less
Agency benchmark
~£20,000
Timeline
3–4 weeks
Default scope
qual personas from 15–20 depth interviews, some of your data shared
What you'll get
Evidence-based segments with the behaviours, goals and blockers that separate them.

Customer Loyalty Research

Understand what keeps customers, and what makes them leave.

Price
Up to 80% less
Agency benchmark
~£16,000
Timeline
3–4 weeks
Default scope
12–16 interviews, retained and churned customers introduced by you
What you'll get
The drivers of loyalty, and the specific moments where customers disengage.

Pricing Research

Find what the market will actually pay.

Price
Up to 80% less
Agency benchmark
~£18,000
Timeline
3–4 weeks
Default scope
2–3 tiers or packages, directional method (Van Westendorp + Gabor-Granger, n≈200–300)
What you'll get
Willingness-to-pay ranges by segment, with a recommended price and package.

Benchmarks are built from published agency price pages and cost guides; the sources are shown with every estimate. Prices exclude participant incentives, quoted separately as a pass-through.

Good to know

Questions people ask a customer research agency

What does a customer research agency actually do?

It finds out who your customers are, what they need and why they behave as they do, through interviews, surveys and observation with real people. At Obodo a senior researcher designs the study, moderates every session and turns the findings into decisions your team can act on. The output is evidence rather than opinion: personas, journey maps, loyalty drivers or willingness-to-pay, depending on the question.

How much does customer research cost?

Obodo's indicative prices for customer research are up to 80% less than a traditional agency's for the same scope. Answer the questions above and you will see a price for your scope in about 15 seconds, with no login. A senior researcher confirms it on a 15-minute call before anything is charged.

How long does a study take?

Most customer research studies run three to four weeks from kick-off to findings. Customer satisfaction tracking takes two to three weeks to set up. We are up and running within days of your approval, and the timeline is written into your research plan, so you know it before you commit.

Do you run the interviews yourselves?

Yes. Every session is moderated by a senior Obodo researcher, never by software. AI helps with transcription, first-pass coding and desk research, and we check its output against the recordings. You approve every participant before the study begins and can watch sessions live.

How is this different from Kantar or Ipsos?

Large agencies bring scale and longer timelines. We bring a senior researcher who owns your study from brief to workshop, in weeks rather than months, at up to 80% less. That suits a single focused study or a rolling programme for a product team. If you need a multi-country quantitative tracker with thousands of respondents, a large agency may still be the better fit.

What happens after the research?

Your report, recordings and highlights land in your dashboard, and within a week you work through them in a workshop with your researcher and your team. You leave with prioritised recommendations, not just a deck. If the completed study isn't right, it is a full refund on your say-so.

Senior researchers

The people who run your study

No account managers in between: the researcher you meet on the scoping call designs, moderates and presents the work.

Brad MacDonald Brad MacDonald User Researcher
  • Qualitative Research
  • Operational Research
  • Workshops

Senior UX researcher specialised in qualitative research and operational research.

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Sarah Pinkerton Sarah Pinkerton User Researcher
  • Interviews
  • Behavioral Research
  • Insight Synthesis

Experienced user researcher specialised in interviews, behavioral research, and insight synthesis.

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An indicative price in about 15 seconds, with no login and no sales call. Prefer to talk it through first? Book a 15-minute call with a senior researcher.

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