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Free AI readiness check

Check that nothing is hiding your store from AI search

We check whether ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and other AI assistants can reach your store and read your product pages. Passing won’t get you mentioned; failing can hide you.

Works with Shopify WooCommerce Magento · No signup required

What's in the check

Four basics that can keep a store out of AI answers

These are gates. When one fails, AI can’t show your products at all. When they all pass, nothing technical is in the way, and what decides mentions is what reviews, round-ups and product data say about you elsewhere.

AI search crawlers allowed

Your robots.txt must let in the crawlers AI search uses: Googlebot (AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini), OAI-SearchBot (OpenAI doesn’t show sites that block it in ChatGPT search), PerplexityBot (Perplexity), Claude-SearchBot (Claude) and Bingbot (Microsoft Copilot). Training crawlers like GPTBot and Google-Extended are shown separately; blocking them doesn’t hide you from AI search.

Pages that load and can be indexed

Google says a page needs to be indexed to appear in AI Overviews, with no extra technical requirements. We check that pages load (no 404s or dead redirects), have no noindex, and that your storefront isn’t behind a password.

Shopify Catalog and store policies

On Shopify stores. Shopify Catalog is where ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot get Shopify product data, so we check whether the products we scan are listed in it. We also check that products have descriptions, images and a product type, and that your refund policy, terms of service and privacy policy are published (Shopify requires them before these apps list a store), plus a shipping policy.

Product page basics

We check the four Product markup fields Google requires for product listings in Search (name, image, price and currency) and tell you where the markup comes from: your Shopify theme, a WooCommerce plugin or your Magento theme. It matters for Google’s product listings; on its own, extra markup hasn’t been shown to change AI answers.

What you get

A short answer: is anything in the way?

Every check is pass or fail, with the fix for anything that fails. Each scanned page also gets a 0–100 score so you can spot the page or template that’s off.

  • A few pages, picked for you — Your homepage, 5 product pages and 2 category pages. Product page problems come from your theme’s templates, so a few pages show them.
  • Shopify Catalog per product — On Shopify, which of the scanned products are listed in Shopify Catalog.
  • Plain-English fixes — What to change and where, with code snippets for robots.txt and markup where they help.
  • A link to share — Send the report to your developer or agency.

Basics check · strideshop.example

Example
  • ✓ AI search crawlers allowed Googlebot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Bingbot
  • ✓ Pages load and can be indexed 8 of 8 pages
  • ✕ 2 of 5 products not in Shopify Catalog ChatGPT and Copilot can’t show them in product results
  • ✕ No refund policy published Shopify requires it before AI apps list your store
  • ✓ Product page basics Name, image, price and currency on 5 of 5 product pages

How it works

From URL to answer in under a minute

1

Drop in your URL

We detect the platform (Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento or custom) and read your robots.txt and sitemap.

2

We check a few pages

Your homepage, 5 product pages and 2 category pages. On Shopify, we also look the products up in Shopify Catalog.

3

You see what’s in the way

Anything that fails, with the fix, in a report you can share with your developer.

After the basics

Passing the basics doesn’t get you mentioned

AI mentions the brands other sites vouch for: reviews, round-ups, videos and forum threads, plus complete product data and ratings. To see where you stand there, ask AI what your shoppers ask.

One-time AI audit · $49

See how often AI mentions your store

50 questions shoppers are likely to ask, on ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity: your mention rate, who AI mentions instead, and the sources behind those answers.

AI visibility tracking

Track your mention rate twice a week

The same questions twice a week, so you can see whether new reviews, placements and product data are working.

Frequently asked questions

AI readiness is whether anything technical stops AI search from showing your store: AI search crawlers blocked, pages that don't load or can't be indexed, products missing from Shopify Catalog, or product pages without the basics. It's a gate, not a ranking factor. Passing doesn't get you mentioned, but failing can hide you.
Not on its own. A 2026 Ahrefs study that added structured data to about 1,900 pages found no significant change in ChatGPT or Google AI Mode citations, and Google says its AI features need no special markup. Product markup still matters for Google's product listings in Search, so we check its four required fields. What moves AI mentions is mostly off your site: reviews, round-ups, videos and forum threads, plus complete product data in Shopify Catalog or Google Merchant Center.
Yes, with no signup or card. Without an account it checks your homepage, 5 product pages and 2 category pages. A free account scans up to 100 pages of one store.
Product page problems come from your theme's templates, so 5 product pages show what the rest look like, and the check answers in under a minute. For more pages: a free account scans 100, Starter ($29/mo) 1,000 and Growth ($99/mo) 5,000. The one-time $49 AI audit covers 500 pages plus 50 questions on four AI assistants.
Yes. We auto-detect Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, PrestaShop and custom storefronts, and read your actual HTML, markup and robots.txt whatever the stack. On Shopify we also check Shopify Catalog and your store policies.
Lighthouse measures performance and general SEO. This check covers the gates AI search depends on: AI search crawlers allowed, pages that can be indexed, and on Shopify, products listed in Shopify Catalog. To see whether AI actually mentions you, and who it mentions instead, use an AI audit or visibility tracking.
The four basics: search crawler access, pages that load and can be indexed, the required Product markup fields on product pages, and on Shopify the catalog basics and store policies. Optional fields are listed as suggestions and never lower it. A high score means nothing technical is in the way; it doesn't predict whether AI mentions you.

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