Yes, if you are a Brand Manager, Product Manager, Research Manager or small business owner interested in In-Home Usage Test consumer research, please contact an account manager at sales@uk-consumer-panels.com to book a FREE CONSULTATION

Yes, UK Consumer Panels® now offers national In-Home product placement options that are ideal for testing in specific or broad-based geographies.

UK Consumer Panels® conducts various in-home product tests which include some of the following elements: participant screening/recruiting; scheduling; product handling, placement and installation; ongoing surveys to measure product performance and satisfaction; journaling including photography and/or cellular snapshots; analysis and reporting; help line, etc.

No, you don’t have to pay or buy anything to be a In-Home Usage Tester. Beware of sites or job openings that ask you to pay or buy something so you can work with them.

First, you’ll need to establish your demographics and detailed consumer profile with the help of 2 or 3 consumer research firms we work with. Consumer research questionnaires will be used at this stage of your application process to determine a wide variety of products you could test according to your demographics (age, gender, marital status, etc.), lifestyle, consumer behavior, skills, hobbies, abilities and other criteria. After your detailed consumer profile is determined we'll contact you if you qualify for an In-Home Usage Test that fits your demographics, consumer profile, our client’s needs and other criteria.

We can reassure you this is a real job opportunity with the following:

Yes, we guarantee 15-20 hours per week, continuous work week after week.  That's why it's so important to accurately respond to the research questionnaires we use to determine a wide variety of products you could test in order to provide you with continuous work and guaranteed hours per week. Guaranteed hours per week are established since the beginning of each project.

After you create your profile with the consumer research companies we work with, they'll continue building your detailed consumer profile during the next few days. If you do not hear from us within 9 days after your application, it probably means that you don't qualify or that there's no In-Home Usage Tests projects that match your specific demographics, consumer profile and client's needs at the moment, but your information remains active in our network of In-Home Usage Tester for future projects. If you qualify, we will contact you (via email) when an In-Home Usage Test that suits your demographics, consumer profile, client's needs and other criteria starts.

If you qualify as In-Home Usage Tester after establishing your demographics and consumer profile, we'll contact you by email and request your physical address to send you the product to test for a week or two. The participant may also have to sign and return non-disclosure agreements before the product is shipped. Individuals that qualify and complete the required documents will have the products sent to their homes. Once the product testing period finishes, product testers are paid.  

Please remember that your potential employer is UK Consumer Panels®, not the consumer research firms we work with.  We use these consumer research companies just to gather your demographics, detailed consumer profile and determine a wide variety of products you could test with us in order to guarantee certain hours per week and continuous work.  We work with these trusted consumer research firms because they're specialists in the field of consumer research and also because of their security and privacy policies.

For a complete description of the job and duties of an In-Home Usage Tester please refer to the appropriate link in our Careers page:

In-Home Usage Testing projects arise less frequently than market research surveys because clients of product research/development companies typically first conduct consumer research surveys with images and descriptions of new/modified products. By gathering feedback through this method first, they then move on to the product testing phase. Those wishing to become product testers are advised to create a profile with several consumer research companies, as this increases the likelihood of being selected to participate in a future assignment.

In-Home Usage Testing is paid per hour and testers are requested to use the product for a certain number of hours per week depending on the product. Each product testing project has no less than 15 hours/week and hourly rate depends on the tasks required to test the product, the type of interaction with the product, skills or abilities required to use the product and the economic value of the item being tested. Historically, hourly rates for paid product testing have been between £14/hr. and £19/hr. in the UK depending on the product to be tested and the project.

In most cases product testers get to keep the product tested for free.  Please note that In-Home Usage Testers never have to pay shipping to receive or send back products tested or documents.  In-Home Usage Testers will be using our prepaid Corporate UPS Shipping Account.