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Arbor finds, verifies and connects you with the consumers and industry experts who can answer your most important questions.
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Who’s on the panel
Screened, verified and ready to talk.
Source → Verify → Screen → Interview → Deliver
Arbor · Panel
Audience
- Industry experts
- Practitioners
- Licensed professionals
- Consumers
Verification
- ID
- Role
- Voice screen
People
Stage
Participant #A-3104
Plant manager · Ohio, US
Screened
- Identity
- Government ID matched
- Role
- Work email + employer confirmed
- Tenure
- 14 years in plant operations
Voice screen
“We moved reactor maintenance to a condition-based schedule two years ago. Downtime dropped, but staffing got harder.”
Participant #E-2291
Former VP of procurement · Illinois, US
Verified
- Identity
- Government ID matched
- Role
- Prior employer confirmed
- Conflict
- No current tie to the target
Voice screen
“Private label decisions came down to shelf facings, not price. Category managers fought for every inch.”
Participant #B-1187
IT decision-maker · London, UK
Interviewed
- Identity
- Government ID matched
- Role
- Owns security vendor budget
- Recency
- Evaluated vendors in last 6 months
Voice screen
“We shortlisted four vendors. Two dropped out at the proof-of-concept stage because of integration effort.”
Participant #P-0442
Licensed pharmacist · Montana, US
Screened
- Identity
- Government ID matched
- License
- State license verified
- Setting
- Rural county confirmed
Voice screen
“Half my refill delays are prior authorizations. The other half are distributor shortages we hear about last.”
Participant #C-5520
Recent purchaser · Texas, US
Delivered
- Identity
- Single, real person
- Behavior
- Cancellation confirmed
- Screen
- Consistent answers
Voice screen
“It wasn’t the price. The recipes started repeating, and I was throwing out half the vegetables.”
Participant #F-0918
Fleet maintenance manager · Georgia, US
Sourced
- Identity
- Pending
- Role
- Pending
- Screen
- Invited
Voice screen
“Voice screen scheduled.”
Case studies
The right expertise, on demand.
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Hearing from the people closest to the freight
12,000+ drivers and service center staff
Read the story
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Global tool manufacturer
Letting tradespeople design the tools
140 tradespeople interviewed by voice
Read the story
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What guests want from a fondue night
585+ voice interviews after service
Read the story
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Turning engagement data into a plan
+10.5 eNPS points, year on year
Read the story
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Gothic Landscape
Hearing how the work actually runs, branch by branch
Read the story
Interviews
Your call or AI-moderated.
Your call
Live · 18:42
YouYou
Former VPFormer VP of procurement
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You
Walk me through the last time you changed a supplier.
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Former VP of procurement
It took eight months. Quality signed off in week two; procurement took the rest.
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You
What held procurement up?
AI-moderated interviews
38 of 60 complete
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Recent purchaser · Meal kits Complete
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Store manager · Grocery · 9 yrs Complete
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ICU nurse · Hospital · 11 yrs In progress
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Fleet maintenance manager · Logistics · 7 yrs In progress
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Licensed CPA · Lease accounting In progress
Findings
Every answer traces back to who said it.
Arbor · Findings
Why do customers switch, and what would have kept them?
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Early friction, not price, drives most switching.
9 of 15
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Alternatives come from people they trust, not ads or rankings.
6 of 15
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Loyalty breaks after one problem nobody resolved.
4 of 15
Evidence · finding 01
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“It wasn’t the price. Getting it to work took longer than I had patience for.”
#C-4127 Recent switcher · Consumer
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“Price came up once. The first month came up in every exit conversation.”
#E-3368 Former head of CX · Subscription
15 verified customers and experts · transcripts attached