For brands

Replace your next sampling activation with real customers.

If your product is on a shelf, in a basket, on a menu, or in a showroom, theSalt Activate works. Verified trials, owned content, and measurable retail traffic, from one brief.

Our flagship offer · theSalt Activate

Sampling. Without the demo day.

Skip the supermarket Saturday, the demo agency, and the in-store coordination. Real customers buy your product through normal retail, use it where they actually use it, and post the moment with full content rights.

The old way

In-store sampling activation

  • Ship pallets to a depot, then on to retail
  • Sampling agency on retainer for staff
  • Demo day at the supermarket, mall, or event
  • Coordinate with retail on planograms and timing
  • One Saturday on location
The new way · theSalt Activate

At-home advocacy at scale

  • Trial through the normal purchase process
  • Full in-store or online basket experience
  • Customers use it at home, post the moment, tag the brand
  • Customer-generated content, owned and licensed
  • Hundreds of authentic trials and posts at scale
  • Measurable retail traffic, sentiment, and sales lift
What you get

One campaign. Six outcomes.

Customer-generated content

Real stills and video, fully licensed for paid, organic, retail and your sales decks.

Verified product trials

Real people buying and using the product through normal retail. Trials counted, not estimated.

Retail traffic and sales lift

Boosted content drives shoppers into the basket. Measurable uplift during and after.

AI-search brand equity

Authentic posts and verbatims, exactly what AI search engines cite when shoppers ask about your category.

Paid creative that outperforms

Customer content beats brand-shot creative on paid. Better CTR, lower CPC, more clicks for the same spend.

Less effort, faster turnaround

No pallets, no demo-day rosters. Brief in, outcomes out, in weeks not months.

Industries

Built for any brand whose customers buy at retail.

We've delivered across every category that needs trial, content, and traffic.

FMCG

Hot chocolate, dishwashing liquid, household staples

Food & Beverage

Snacks, condiments, beverages, prepared meals

Beer, Wine & Spirits

Festive launches, new SKUs, occasion-led trials

Beauty & Personal Care

Skin, hair, fragrance, oral care

Pharma & OTC

Cold & flu, pain relief, vitamins, wellness

Automotive

Test drives, partner finance, accessories

Restaurants & Hospitality

Limited-time offers, menu launches, partnerships

Retail & Lifestyle

Apparel, homewares, garden, pet, lawn & garden

Start with a pilot

One SKU. Days, not weeks. Real outcomes.

Pick a product launch, a tired SKU, or a category you want fresh data on. We bring the customers, the platform, and the report. You get owned content and verified trials.

Pricing settled in conversation, scaled to the brief.

A pilot designed to replace
your next sampling activation
  • 1 SKU, 1 sharp brief, 1 outcome that matters
  • Targeted to real customers via opt-in survey
  • AI-verified trial completion at scale
  • Hundreds of pieces of customer content in days, fully licensed
  • Top-performing content boosted via paid media
  • Sentiment + trial readout in your inbox at wrap
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