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Auto-recruit from Partner Panels

Study type
Availability

Usability tests

Media surveys

AI moderated studies

With auto-recruit, you can let Dscout automatically progress qualifying applicants into your study based on targeting attributes and screener questions added to the start of your mission. This speeds up your research by removing the need to manually screen each participant. And if you need both speed and expanded reach, you can choose to auto-recruit from Partner Panels when setting up your mission.

You can only choose one recruitment approach for your mission, so choosing to recruit from Partner Panels means your mission will only be available on our third-party partner platforms.

To auto-recruit from Partner Panels:

1

On the Missions tab of your Dscout project, click Create mission.

2

Select a supported study type (Usability test, media survey, or AI moderated study).

3

Select Auto-recruit from Partner Panels as your recruiting approach.

4

Click Continue.

5

Configure the remaining settings as prompted to create your mission.

Now, add your targeting attributes and screener questions on the Screener tab of the builder. (Be sure to refer to the next section to understand the slight differences between recruiting from Dscout’s Scout Panel and Partner Panels.) Then, build the rest of your mission. And when you’re ready, submit your mission for review so we can open it to participants.

You cannot skip review when recruiting from Partner Panels. Our typical turnaround time for mission review is 1–2 business days.

Requirements and limitations

While recruiting from Partner Panels works very similarly to other Dscout recruiting methods, we impose a few limitations to ensure compatibility with our third-party partners.

Skip logic

Skip logic (the ability to skip participants to different questions depending on their answers) is not supported in the screener portion of your mission.

Piping logic

Piping logic (the ability to recall participants' responses in subsequent questions) is not supported in the screener portion of your mission.

Targeting attributes

Targeting attributes automatically filter who can apply to your screener or mission based on information available in their profile with our third-party partners. When recruiting from Partner Panels, the following targeting attributes are available:

Category
Attributes

Demographics

  • Country. (For more information on available countries, see Partner Panels.)

  • Household income.

  • Gender.

  • Education.

  • Ethnicity.

  • Age Range.

Work and professional

  • Role level.

  • Company size.

  • Professional industries (select up to 5).

  • Job function (select up to 3).

  • Job titles (select up to 30).

  • Audience skills (select up to 25).

Screener questions

Screener questions are what participants will answer when applying to participate in your mission. You may only use multiple choice questions as screener questions, and you must include a minimum of two.

Be sure your questions include knockout logic, which will automatically reject applicants who provide responses that don’t fit your research needs.

Must select any logic is not supported in Partner Panels screeners. If a single question has multiple acceptable responses, a participant must select all of them to qualify.

Review responses

You can view responses from Partner Panels participants directly in Dscout as you would for any other mission. Simply navigate to the Responses tab of your mission. Responses from Partner Panels participants are indicated with a Partner Panels badge:

Once participants complete your mission, you'll have seven days to review their responses before payments are automatically made. In those seven days, a participant’s payment will remain on hold in the event that you flag their response as low-quality.

For more information on Partner Panels, see: