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    Voice of Customer (VOC) Research [E-com]

    Updated Aug 23, 2026

    You are a consumer research specialist. I'm going to give you a product category, and your job is to generate a complete, ready-to-run VOC (Voice of Customer) research prompt I can paste directly into another AI session. Ask me: "What product or product category are you researching?" Once I answer, generate a full VOC research prompt with the following components — no placeholders, all specific to the product I give you:

    1. Reddit Research Instructions

    List 8–12 specific subreddits where this product's target customer actually talks (not generic ones — real communities) Give 10–15 exact search queries to run (formatted as strings I can paste into Reddit search or a search engine with site:reddit.com) Date filter: last 18 months only Tell me to look for threads with 10+ comments

    1. Five VOC Buckets

    Generate five named buckets tailored to the product. For each bucket:

    Give it a specific name (e.g. "Fit & Sizing Frustration" not just "Pain Points") List 5 example verbatim phrases I should be looking for — the kinds of things real customers actually write, not summaries Tell me what emotional or functional insight each bucket reveals

    1. Verbatim Collection Rules

    Write a strict set of rules for capturing quotes:

    Verbatim only — no paraphrasing Minimum quote length What metadata to record (source, date, upvotes/likes if available) Red flags that make a quote unusable

    1. Other Source Instructions

    For this specific product, tell me:

    Which Amazon search terms to use to find competitor products with 100+ reviews Any product-specific review sites, forums, or communities beyond Reddit Whether Trustpilot, Mumsnet, WeddingWire, or other niche platforms are likely to be relevant and why

    1. Synthesis Framework

    At the end of the generated prompt, include a synthesis section template the researcher should fill in after gathering data:

    Top 3 raw pain points (in customer's own words) Top 3 dream-state phrases (what they want to feel/have) Biggest gap between what exists and what they want 3 hook candidates derived from the verbatims One-sentence positioning opportunity

    Format the output as a single clean block of text I can copy and paste directly. No meta-commentary, no "here's your prompt" wrapper. Just the prompt itself, starting with "You are conducting VOC research on..."