uSamp? Revenue Grows 167 Percent, Doubles Investment in Technology Platform

ENCINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uSamp? (www.uSamp.com), one of the world?s fastest growing technology and online sample companies, announced today that it recorded revenue growth of 167 percent in year-over-year results, driven by an increase in global consumer panels and river sampling, along with solid growth in tracking studies derived from the recent acquisition of DMS Insights.

?In every aspect of our business, whether it?s panel operations, client engagement or technology, our team members? deep expertise and commitment to excellence and innovation is what drives our success?

The company also announced plans to double the rate of investment in its next-generation technology platform. uSamp commenced building its panel platform for market research companies in 2008, resulting in product releases such as PanelNet?, SampleMarket? and PanelBook Search. The announcements came at the opening of ESOMAR?s Odyssey 2010 Congress, The Changing Face of Market Research, in Athens, Greece.

In response to demand for more robust, web-based tools and efficiencies in managing online market research sample, uSamp will release its SampleMarket 2.0 platform, complete with a developer?s kit and APIs (Application Programming Interface), in the fourth quarter.

According to the 2010 Market Research Supplier Satisfaction Survey, uSamp ranked #3 overall in highest customer satisfaction ratings for online sample providers. In the same report, the company was included in the top ten by share of online sample providers.

?uSamp has hit a very significant milestone of 10,000 projects completed for global market research companies, an accomplishment we?re very proud to claim,? said Gregg Lavin, co-founder and President, uSamp. ?Our growth and the resulting investment we?re able to make in our technology are clearly attributable to the talented team we?ve assembled.?

?In every aspect of our business, whether it?s panel operations, client engagement or technology, our team members? deep expertise and commitment to excellence and innovation is what drives our success,? added Lavin. ?Not least of all, our new client-centric global operating model is the framework that ensures we achieve the highest level of satisfaction in our client engagements.?

uSamp recently expanded its team of software developers and expedited its pipeline in strategic areas such as mobile surveying with Check-Ins. The company now employs 145 team members in operations that include Los Angeles, Dallas, Trumbull, CT, London and New Delhi. Of these, 48 members are devoted to technology development, worldwide.

In 2010, new markets for uSamp opened up to drive international panel sales, including Vietnam, Russia, Korea, and Thailand. Currently, uSamp has over 3.1 million global market research panelists and river traffic that extends far beyond that reach.

?Technology and innovation are uSamp?s core attributes, and that?s why we?re strategically doubling the investment in our platform,? said Matt Dusig, co-founder and CEO, uSamp. ?SampleMarket release 2.0 will be unveiled in the fourth quarter as part of our continuing evolution toward the simplification and automation of sample delivery for market research companies. We have a vision for the future of online sampling, and we?re taking another tremendous step toward it.?

About uSamp

uSamp (uSamp.com), formerly United Sample Inc., is one of the world?s fastest growing technology and online sample companies, providing global survey panelists and an innovative sampling platform for use in market research. Founded in 2008, uSamp acquired DMS Insights in June 2010 and now has 145 team members worldwide and more than 3.1 million global market research panelists. The company?s web-based panel platform is transforming the management and delivery of online panel for market researchers, offering unprecedented access over their panel. uSamp?s deep well of proprietary technologies includes SampleMarket?, PanelNet?, PanelShield?, Opinion Place® River and real-time Panel Book Search -- cutting-edge solutions for accessing, branding, sampling and managing panels. uSamp is based in Los Angeles, with offices in Dallas, London, New Delhi and Trumbull, CT.