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AI Product Research
A recurring brief on new product opportunities, built from real market and search demand, not guesswork.
Deciding what to sell next is one of the biggest bets a store makes, and it is often based on hunches. This service tracks the markets, categories and search topics you choose, watches for rising and falling demand, and delivers a plain-language brief on a schedule you set. Every claim cites its source, and alerts fire when a trend shifts between briefs.
- A recurring brief on rising demand in your chosen categories
- A cited source behind every claim in the brief
- Alerts when a trend shifts between scheduled briefs
$2,500
20–30 working days
Optional maintenance $249/mo
What it is
AI Product Research tracks up to 25 markets, categories or search topics for signs of rising demand, checks them on the schedule you set, and delivers a recurring brief on what's worth adding to your catalog next. Change alerts fire the moment a trend shifts meaningfully.
Why businesses buy it
Launching the wrong product ties up cash in stock nobody wants, while missing a rising trend hands the opportunity to a competitor. Most teams lack the time to research demand properly, so decisions rest on instinct. This service does the watching for you and shows its sources, so you can judge the evidence yourself. You still decide what to stock. The scope is written before you buy, covering what is tracked, how often, where the brief lands and how it is tested.
Problems this solves
New product ideas come from hunches rather than signs of demand
The service tracks up to 25 markets, categories or search topics for signs of rising demand. It checks them on your schedule and sums up what looks worth adding to your catalog.
Market research happens once a year and is soon out of date
A recurring brief arrives daily or weekly by email, Slack or Notion. Your team sees fresh signals regularly instead of relying on an old research deck.
Trends are spotted only after competitors have already moved
Change alerts fire when a tracked trend shifts meaningfully. The brief format was tuned with you over two trial report cycles before it went live.
A good fit if
You're deciding what to add to your catalog next and want that decision backed by market and search demand data, not a hunch.
You already have a shortlist of categories, niches or search topics you'd check manually, and want that checking automated on a schedule.
You want a recurring brief delivered to email, Slack or Notion, plus alerts when a topic's demand shifts meaningfully, rather than one-off research.
You're comfortable naming up to 25 specific sources, categories or topics to track rather than asking for an open-ended market scan.
Not the right fit if
You want named competitor stores tracked for pricing and catalog moves, not broader market and search demand. See AI Competitor Product Intelligence.
You want your own store's sales and margin performance analyzed, not new-product opportunities spotted. See AI Ecommerce Analytics.
You want opportunity research combined with recommendations, recovery and retention into one connected build. See AI Ecommerce Growth System.
You need more than 25 tracked sources or more than two connected systems. Add a note at checkout for a Change Quote, or start from our Custom AI inquiry form.
How it works
- You name what to track. Up to 25 markets, categories, search topics or product niches go in, along with the specific questions the brief should answer, such as rising demand or falling supply.
- Sources are connected. Up to two systems link in, such as your store platform and a search or trend data source, read-only, to ground the research in real numbers rather than opinion.
- Two trial report cycles are generated. A full brief runs on a real cycle, twice, so you can check the format and the sources before the workflow goes live.
- Findings are written up as a brief. Rising and falling demand signals are summarized in plain language for each tracked topic, with the source cited for every claim.
- Change alerts fire between scheduled briefs. A sudden spike in search interest or a new category trend triggers an alert to your chosen channel ahead of the next report.
- The brief lands in your delivery channel. Email, Slack or Notion, on the schedule you chose, with a recorded 45-minute session covering how to read and act on it.
What you provide within 72 hours
Your portal lists these the moment you order. Delivery starts the working day after everything is in and your access is checked.
- The markets, categories, search topics or niches you want tracked, to build the first watch list.
- The specific questions the brief must answer, such as which categories are trending up or where demand is outpacing your current catalog.
- Access to the delivery channel you want to use, whether that's email, Slack or Notion.
- Any systems you want connected as additional data sources, up to two in total.
- Admin access and API keys for every connected system, shared by adding our team as a user or creating a key you control, never by email.
- Your business information (company basics, hours and brand voice), shared during intake.
- One decision-maker who can sign off on the tracked list and the brief format.
- An API key for your own AI model account (for example OpenAI or Google Gemini), created for this build with a spending limit.
The 72-hour rule. Send everything on your checklist, including access, within 72 hours of ordering so your build starts on time.
Timeline
Start
Intake verified and the markets or topics to track are agreed.
Weeks 1–2
Workflow, prompt and guardrail configuration built around your watch list.
Week 3
Connection to your delivery channel and data sources configured and tested.
Weeks 3–4
Two trial brief cycles generated and reviewed with you.
Week 4
Your review and two rounds of changes to the watch list and alert rules.
Go-live
Live, recorded handoff session, 30 days of support starts.
| Option | Delivery time | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 20–30 working days | $2,500 |
| Express | 15–25 working days | $2,950 |
| Rush | 10–20 working days | $3,400 |
What you receive at handover
- AI Product Research configured in your environment, connected to up to two systems
- Up to 25 tracked markets, categories or topics
- A daily or weekly brief plus change alerts on your chosen channel (research to inform decisions, not product sourcing)
- A test report from two trial report cycles reviewed with you
- An admin guide, the recorded 45-minute handoff and 30 days of post-launch support
Expected benefits and how to measure them
- Can give product decisions a steady flow of evidence
- Helps you notice rising demand earlier
- Saves time otherwise spent browsing for trends by hand
- Ideas taken from the brief into review
- Keep a simple log of brief items your team discussed or tested each month.
- Sales of products added from the brief
- Track their sales in your store reports against your usual new-product results.
- Hours spent on manual research
- Ask the team to log research time for a month before launch and a month after.
Before you start: Note how product ideas are gathered today, how long it takes each month, and how recent launches have performed.
These are things to track, not promised results. Outcomes depend on your data, your team and your market.
Running costs
The build price is one-time. Running the research costs roughly $20 to $120 a month, covering AI usage plus web data or search API calls, billed directly in your own accounts. Tracking closer to the full 25 sources on a daily cadence sits nearer the top of that range.
AI usage during the build and testing is also billed to your accounts, so every provider relationship stays yours. Nothing runs through us.
Ask about running costsCustom requirements
If you need something outside the Scope Card, add a note at checkout. You get a written Change Quote, and that work only starts once you accept it. Your original order keeps its delivery date either way. Larger or bespoke projects go through the Custom AI request form instead.
Request a custom versionKeep it running
Monthly maintenance covers monitoring, fixes and a monthly allowance of change hours for things such as swapping a tracked category, adding a new search topic or adjusting the brief format. It starts after the 30 days of included support and can be cancelled any month.
$249/mo (the minimum fee, includes 2 change hours)
Optional. Starts after the post-launch support period. Cancel any month.
How maintenance worksHow this compares
| Do it yourself with a SaaS tool | Hire a custom agency | Upmark Labs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | A trend-research tool charges a monthly fee per market tracked | A research agency quotes a one-off opportunity study | Ours is one fixed price, shown before you buy |
| Focus | A trend-research tool surfaces whatever its crawler covers | An agency covers what was scoped in the original brief | Ours tracks the exact markets, categories and topics you name |
| Timeliness | A trend-research tool updates on its own schedule, easy to forget to check | An agency report is a snapshot from the day it was written | Ours alerts you the day a tracked trend shifts meaningfully |
| Delivery | A trend-research tool is available immediately but needs setup and tuning | An agency build usually runs several weeks, set per project | Ours has a fixed delivery time shown before you buy, with faster options |
Questions about this product
What is included in the AI Product Research build?
Up to 25 tracked markets, categories or search topics, up to two read-only connected systems, a recurring brief with change alerts, two trial report cycles reviewed with you, two rounds of changes and a recorded handoff session. The price is fixed and shown on this page before you order, agreed in writing before the research workflow is built.
What does AI Product Research cost to run each month?
Roughly $20 to $120, covering AI usage plus web data or search API calls, paid directly in your own accounts rather than billed through us. Tracking closer to the full 25 sources on a daily cadence, instead of weekly, moves the figure toward the top of that range.
How soon does the first AI Product Research brief arrive?
Delivery follows a fixed schedule shown before you buy, and that period includes two trial brief cycles run and reviewed with you before launch. Express and rush delivery are available for an added fee at checkout if you need findings sooner, for example ahead of a buying season or a trade show.
What access does AI Product Research need?
Up to two connected systems, typically your store platform plus a search or trend data source, linked read-only so nothing is ever changed on your behalf. Credentials for every connected system are shared by adding our team as a user or creating a key you control, never by email, keeping account access out of your inbox entirely.
Can I change the tracked markets or topics later?
Yes, through monthly maintenance. Swapping a tracked category, adding a new search topic, or adjusting the brief format all fit inside its monthly change hours. Expanding past the 25-source scope in one change is quoted first as a Change Quote, before that extra tracking work starts.
Is AI Product Research maintenance a long commitment?
No. Plans run month to month and can be cancelled at any point, with no fixed term attached. The recurring brief keeps running on its existing watch list regardless; a plan only covers hours spent changing that list or the alert rules, and unused hours never carry forward.
Does the brief tell us what to actually build or stock?
It flags where demand is rising and points to the sources behind that signal; it does not write a product spec or a buying plan for you. Pair the findings with our Expert Consultation for strategy time, or with AI Ecommerce Growth System if you want the whole catalog cycle connected from research to retention.
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