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Pre-MOQ Demand Validation

Know which SKUs will sell
before you make them.

Upload photos of 3–5 SKUs. Our 100+ KOL network picks what they'd actually post — then the winners ship for real sales traction. You get a produce-or-pass verdict in 14 days, before you spend a dollar on production or ads.

Apply for a pilot — from $500 See how it works
14-day turnaround/$0 platform fee/IG · TikTok · RedNote
Pilot #0428 · Signal preview Live
Strongest signal · day 14
SKU-03
KOL picks6 / 8 converged
Shopper votes54%
Verdict
Scale SKU-03 — pass on the rest.
@amandastyle_sf · 127K · SKU-03 SELECTED @beautyinsider · 89K · SKU-01 SELECTED @minimalistme · 215K · SKU-03 SELECTED @gadgetdaily · 54K · SKU-02 SELECTED @dailyootd · 178K · SKU-03 SELECTED @stylediaries · 93K · SKU-01 SELECTED @lookhunter · 310K · SKU-03 SELECTED $0 PLATFORM FEE · KOLs KEEP 100%
Sample brand types we partner with
NORDEN Maela TÔNE driftwear Lumen&Co
The problem

You design it.
You produce it.
It doesn't sell.

Was it the product? Or was it the ads? You'll never know — so you burn more on ads, and lose another season.

Every tool optimizes how to sell. Bubblin validates what to make.

The Bubblin promise

Know before
you produce.

Real KOL picks. Real shopper votes. A produce-or-pass verdict in 14 days — before a single unit gets made.

Apply for a pilot →
The landscape

Every other tool is built for the wrong moment.

Each solves one step of the journey. None validate from sketch to scale — and none combine KOL taste with crowd intent on independent channels.

Tool
What they solve
Pre-MOQ
Signal source
Prelaunch.com
Landing-page reservations — crowd deposits signal intent
✓ pre-MOQ
Crowd only · exposes the design
IDEAvate360
KOL + consumer dual-channel concept testing
✓ pre-MOQ
KOL + crowd · agency, $50K+/study
TikTok Shop
Post-launch creator sales — data after inventory exists
— post-MOQ
KOL only · TikTok
LTK
Post-production affiliate — KOLs promote existing stock
— post-MOQ
Commission-biased
Bubblin
Dual-lens pre-MOQ validation — KOL taste + crowd intent
✓ pre-MOQ
KOL + crowd · independent channels

LTK monetizes what's already made. GEO optimizes how AI sees it. Bubblin decides what gets made.

How Bubblin works

Real choices. Real signal.

KOL selection behavior is the most honest demand signal in consumer goods. No surveys. No guessing.

01

Upload your product photos

No samples. No production yet.

Photos + specs for 3–5 SKUs you're weighing
We structure each into our catalog
Matched to the right KOL tier by fit & price
02

KOLs select from the data

Pure revealed preference.

Each KOL picks what they'd actually post
From photos + product data alone
No herding across IG, TikTok, RedNote
03

Winners ship for real traction

Ground truth, not a survey.

Only selected SKUs ship to KOLs
Live posts → units sold, CTR, conversion
A clear verdict on exactly what to scale
Wherever you are · pick your entry

Three entry points. One verdict you can trust.

From the first sketch to live affiliate scaling — there's a way in for every stage.

Design phase

Just a sketch

Designs or mood boards, no samples yet.

NDA-signed elite KOL panel — taste-only signal
Design never leaves the room — no public exposure
Pre-sample taste verdict in 10 days
From $500
Apply — design only
★ Most pilots start here
Sample phase

You've got samples

Pre-MOQ prototypes, ready to test.

Dual-lens KOL + shopper validation (full pilot)
Winners ship for real sales + CTR data
Produce-or-pass verdict in 14 days
From $1.5K · 5–30 SKUs
Apply for a pilot
Scale phase

Already producing

Stock in market, or pre-order live.

Affiliate-tracked ranking — ongoing demand score
KOL re-distribution of your top sellers
Performance share — pay as winners sell
Performance share
Talk to us — scale
What you get back · sample

A verdict you can act on. Not a survey.

Two independent lenses — what KOLs picked to actually post, and how the public voted — converge into one decision.

Demand Validation Report · illustrative
Pilot #0428 · The Daily Tote
5 SKUs tested · 8 KOLs
3,140 shopper votes · 14 days
Lens A — KOL revealed preference
SKU-03
6/8 Scale
SKU-01
3/8 Watch
SKU-02
1/8 Pass
SKU-04
0/8 Pass
SKU-05
0/8 Pass
Lens B — Public shopper vote
SKU-0354%
SKU-0122%
SKU-0213%
SKU-047%
SKU-054%
Verdict
Scale SKU-03
Produce SKU-03. Watch 01, pass 02 / 04 / 05.
Both lenses converge: 6/8 KOLs and 54% of shoppers chose the same SKU. SKU-03 ships with affiliate tracking as live ground truth.
The KOL network

Vetted voices. Real picks.

KOLs join freely · 100% commission on sales · earn reputation for higher-tier SKU access. The scarcity is the signal.

500+
KOLs onboarded across IG / TikTok / Xiaohongshu
5,000+
KOL picks logged across categories
100+
SKUs constantly in validation
$400B
annual unsold inventory we exist to prevent
The AI commerce edge

Validate today.
Get a head start on AI commerce.

Every test structures your SKUs and their real demand signals into clean, machine-readable data that you own. As AI shopping agents start deciding which products to surface, the brands with structured proof of what real KOLs and shoppers actually picked are the ones those agents will recommend.

Your structured SKU + demand data · ready for the AI shopping era
Trust & IP

Your design never leaves the room.

The questions every brand asks before shipping a pilot — answered straight.

Will my unreleased design leak?

No. Samples and product data stay inside a vetted, NDA-bound KOL network, and nothing is posted publicly until you greenlight a winner. The shopper vote runs only on imagery you approve.

Who owns the data?

You do. Every KOL pick, shopper vote, and traction metric from your pilot is yours to export and keep — and it compounds into structured demand data you control.

How are the KOLs vetted?

Each is manually onboarded and audience-verified. KOLs pick freely and earn 100% commission on sales they drive — picks stay honest because reputation gates access to higher-tier SKUs over time.

What if nothing converges?

You still get a clear pass verdict — a result worth paying for. Knowing not to produce a season saves far more than the pilot costs. We never force a fake winner.

Simple pricing

One pilot. One verdict.

From $500 / pilot
The Validation Pilot
Upload 3–5 SKU photos — no samples up front
Independent KOL revealed-preference signal
Winners ship for real sales + click-through data
Public shopper vote on a separate channel
Produce-or-pass verdict in 14 days
Apply for a pilot
Scale performance-based
A share of affiliate sales
You pay only as winning SKUs sell — talk to us for terms.
Winning SKU goes live across the network
Real affiliate sales as ongoing ground truth
You compound your share of the pick dataset
No lock-in — keep the verdict either way
Winning SKUs go live with affiliate tracking · $0 platform fee · KOLs keep 100%
Apply for a pilot

Stop guessing.
Start scaling.

Tell us your category and how many SKUs you're weighing. We onboard a limited number of brands each cycle — you'll hear back within 2 business days.

Prefer email? hello@bubblin.co

Limited brands per cycle · 14-day turnaround