• Free Subscription can be upgraded at any time
• Prices and services may change at any time.
• One subscription is needed per study listing

Prices

• The free subscription is as it sounds, free
• Premium is a fixed price of $60 NZD or $47 AUD
• Targeted external advertising involved a set up cost of $50 NZD or $40 AUD, then 7.5% of advertising budget thereafter
• Media creation and distribution is free if coupled with an advertising investment of $300 NZD or $230 AUD, otherwise it's $100 NZD or $80 AUD. 

Overview of Subscriptions

 

Free

• The free subscription is ideal for student researchers with limited resources, or studies that are anticipating an easy recruitment (e.g. normal healthy participants, minimal time commitment).
• It provide a one-month study listing and notification emails to all relevant members
• It does not allow non-members to apply for your study. 

Premium

• The Premium subscription is ideal if you are anticipating a slightly harder recruitment. A one-off payment provides a longer listing term (up to six months) and includes more communications with SMS notifications to relevant members, linking from the Getparticipants.com Facebook page, and inclusion in Getparticipants newsletters.
• It includes options for additional content to be hosted (e.g. videos or surveys) and also provides you with a nice short URL (e.g. www.getparticipants.com/mystudy)
• It also allows non-members to apply for your study, which increases the number of responses you are likely to receive.

Details of individual service components

Study Listing (All Plans)

• Quick and easy listing process
• Define the demographic and geographic criteria of you study and automatically filter out members who do not meet this criteria
• Host your information sheets and other material so that you don't have to spend time emailing/posting these out
• Let interested members ask questions so you never have to answer the same question twice

Email Notification (All Plans)

When your study is listed with Getparticipants, the system will automatically notify all relevant members  about your study. This mechanism enables a very rapid response rate.

Facebook Page Listing (Premium)

Premium listings will be added to the Getparticipants Facebook page where fans can connect and quickly find your study listing. Internal advertising strategies targeted to the facebook fan base ensures that facebook users have a higher than usual chance of hearing about your study.

Non-member application support (Premium)

Providing support for non-member applications means that casual visitors, and third-party advertising respondents can access your contact details and/or leave their details to apply for your study. This is a must have if you want to reduce barriers for applicants and are expecting non-members to view your listing.

Newsletter inclusion (Premium)

Every couple of months Getparticipants send out a newsletter to the membership base. Premium studies are included in the newsletter and usually receive additional applicants.

Custom Content (Premium)

• View example

Custom pages are ideal for pre-screen or data collection questionnaires or forms, additional text, pictures or videos associated with your study. Pages can be viewed before applying, or only after applying for a study. Contact us to discuss.
 

Short URL (Premium)

Don't have your own website but would like to have a URL that you can use to guide people to an on line location for more information? Talk to us about getting an addresss like "www.getparticipants.com/yourstudy" that leads people directly to your study listing. This is an essential option for combining your on-line and off-line resources.

• Cost included in Subscription

Targeted external advertising (Premium)

Let us worry about setting up and managing your campaign. Receive details update reports and put a dollar value on every applicant received. No minimum budget! More information about the many benefits of on line advertising.

• Includes campaign design (designing the advertisement; targeting; tracking; scheduling; implementing)
• Additional costs for campaign management (ensuring smooth runnings; reporting statistics [impressions, clicks, cost per click, best performing add versions etc...]) of 7% of spend
• Advertising spend (however much you want to invest. No minimum, however it is recommended you start with at least $100 to evaluate effectiveness)

Media creation and distribution (Premium)