Topic
For experts
Relevant requests. Clear boundaries.
True Primary works with experienced professionals who can add decision-useful context on markets, products, customers, workflows, and operating realities. Requests are matched carefully, scoped before the interaction, and handled with respect for your professional context.
Who this is for
Working professionals, not panellists.
Current and former operators, functional leaders, buyer-side practitioners, implementers, specialists, and professionals with meaningful first-hand experience in the topic being researched. We prefer one good interaction with the right expert over five generic ones.
How a request lands
Everything you need before you reply.
Why you were matched, what the buyer needs to understand, where the boundaries sit, how long the interaction is likely to take, and how compensation is handled.
What we promise experts
Four operating commitments. Not aspirations.
Scoped before you see it.
Every request arrives pre-screened for fit, with topic boundaries, restricted subjects, and consent terms set in advance. You never debug the brief in the interaction.
Briefed in advance.
You get the full brief 36 hours ahead. We will not run an interaction where the expert has not read the question. Including yours.
Settled promptly.
Compensation terms are clarified up-front, not negotiated after. Engagements are settled to a fixed schedule once the interaction is complete.
Protected by design.
Restricted subjects, current employer screens, and consent to record sit in the workflow itself. You do not have to remember to ask.
How a request runs
Inbox to interaction in five steps.
- 01
Receive
A scoped request arrives in your inbox with the brief, the buyer context, the topic boundaries, and the proposed compensation.
- 02
Review
Read the brief. Check the boundaries. Decide whether you are the right person for the question and whether you are free to talk about it.
- 03
Accept, reply, or decline
All three are first-class actions. Reply exists because good matching often needs clarification before acceptance.
- 04
Schedule
Share availability without exposing unnecessary personal detail. Scoped windows, not a full calendar.
- 05
Contribute
Bring first-hand professional context. Mark anything restricted. Caveats stay close to what was said.
Restricted subjects
Built to protect your professional context.
We screen every brief against your declared restrictions before you ever see it. The defaults are conservative (current employer, named clients, MNPI-adjacent topics) and you can extend them at any time.
- Current employer not named in any synthesis
- Specific clients or counterparties off-limits
- Material non-public information windows respected automatically
- Sector NDAs honoured by topic, not just by named company
- Consent to record always opt-in, never assumed
- Right to redact preserved post-interaction