Method · Concept Test

Does the concept hold up — and on what?

Before you build a concept, you want to know whether it's understood and whether it's relevant. Klymeo tests understanding first, then relevance — staying restrained on “would you buy this” — and shows the concept as a real asset inside the interview.

Best for: Product, innovation and concept teams who want to test an idea with evidence before it gets built.

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This method runs today — you show your stimulus (text, image or mockup) in the interview and put it to work directly in a Market Research study.

Concept Test · The blind spot

“Would you buy this?” measures politeness, not relevance.

Asked too early, the purchase-intent question hands you a number that rarely holds — because what matters first is whether the concept was even understood correctly. If it's misunderstood, you're not testing the idea, you're testing the misunderstanding.

A misunderstood concept hands you a pretty, wrong number.
Without checking what actually lands with the person, you can't tell whether a “no” is aimed at the idea or at the way it was explained.
Without an understanding check · purchase intent only
What the question shows
A purchase-intent number on a concept that was described in a single sentence.
What the question leaves open
Whether the concept was understood the way it was meant — and exactly what it holds up on or fails at.
How Klymeo asks

Understand first, then evaluate.

Klymeo shows the concept as an asset and works from understanding to relevance — deliberately restrained on purchase intent.

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    Stimulus

    Show the concept

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    Klymeo presents the concept as a real asset in the interview — text, image or mockup — instead of merely describing it.

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    Understanding

    Have it played back in their own words

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    “Describe the concept in your own words.” Only once it's clear what lands does any evaluation make sense.

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    Relevance

    What appeals — and what doesn't

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    Klymeo asks what pulls people in and what holds them back — and stays restrained on “would you buy this”: relevance instead of forced purchase intent.

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    Variant

    Which direction holds up

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    When several variants are on the table, Klymeo asks for preference and reason — exactly what makes an idea hold up or fall short.

Concept Test · What you get

Evidence of whether the idea holds up — and on what.

Klymeo distills whether the concept was understood, what drives relevance and where it snags — anchored in the transcript. Counted deterministically across multiple concept studies. The same synthesis as every other method.

A go/no-go grounded in understanding — not in a premature number.
You see not just whether the idea lands, but exactly on what — the lever for the next version.
Example questions · Concept Test
How Klymeo asks
“Describe the concept in your own words.” · “What appeals to you, and what less so?”
What Klymeo picks up
Whether the concept was understood, what drives relevance and which variant holds up — before anything gets built.
Evidenced, not guessed

What the conversations become.

What comes out of the conversations runs through the same synthesis as every method — Live for what's live; Soon for what's coming.

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Automatic distillation

Themes, camps and verbatim quotes across all interviews, without manual tagging.

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Cross-study patterns

Spot what recurs across multiple studies — deterministically counted, every number backed by a quote per study.

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Chat with your data

Ask follow-up questions of the entire study corpus and get evidenced answers.

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Shareable result links

Share the synthesis with stakeholders by link, including externally, in your own branding.

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Export as PDF & PowerPoint

A clear report and a ready-made slide deck — in your own branding, ready for the next meeting.

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Highlight reels

The most telling moments as a shareable cut.

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Test concepts before they get built.

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