Post-purchase survey questions by industry

Pick your industry and get a ready “How did you hear about us?” question with answer options, plus follow-up questions worth asking. Copy and paste.

What does your store sell?

Main question

How did you hear about us?

  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Google search
  • Friend or family
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Influencer or creator
  • Pinterest
  • Podcast
  • Email or newsletter
  • Other (please specify)

Follow-up · Only if they picked Influencer or creator, or Podcast

Which creator or podcast?

Text answer

Follow-up · New customers only

What are you hoping this helps with?

  • Dry skin
  • Breakouts
  • Fine lines
  • Sensitive skin
  • Just trying it
  • Other

Creators drive a lot of beauty sales that codes miss. The follow-up tells you which one.

Why these answers

Each list starts from the channels most stores have (Instagram, TikTok, Google, friends) and adds the ones specific to that kind of store: markets for food, vets for pets, Etsy for handmade. Answers use the words buyers use, not marketing terms: “Friend or family”, not “word of mouth”. And every list ends with “Other (please specify)”, so the typed answers tell you what to add next.

The follow-ups are shown only to some buyers. That keeps the survey to one tap for most people while still telling you which creator, which podcast or what almost stopped a first-time buyer. More on choosing and wording questions.

HearAbout by Centubo. Asks buyers how they found you on the Thank you page and shows which channels bring in sales. Free during launch.

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Questions people ask

Can I use these questions with any survey app?

Yes. Copy the question and answers into whichever post-purchase survey app you use. The follow-ups need an app that can show a question only after certain answers or only to new customers.

Should I include every answer listed?

Only the channels you actually use or might use. Remove the rest and let “Other (please specify)” catch surprises. Under 12 answers works best on a phone.