1. Personal interview survey: under this method, enumerator makes personally contact with the consumer directly or in directly. Such interview can be oral i.e. verbally asking the questions or written query i.e. using questionnaires. A questionnaire is a form containing various questions regarding the product and consumer.
2. Mail survey: market can be conducted through mail.
Under this, questionnaire is sent to the consumers through mail explaining the purpose of survey and they are asked to send back the answered questionnaire as early as possible. It is useful only when the customer is educated and personal contact is not possible.
3. Telephone survey: with tele survey communication boom, this survey is getting more and more popular, contacts are made over the phone. It is relatively quick and less costly method. Response in this survey is very quick.