Get started on Shopify | SearchMention

This walkthrough matches the current Shopify embedded app and your SearchMention web dashboard. Five minutes in the admin is enough to see readiness scores, sample AI prompts, and (with our Web Pixel) AI referral signals.

1 Connect your store

Install SearchMention from the Shopify App Store, open the app from your Shopify admin, and review the store domain and email shown on the welcome screen. When you are ready, choose Connect store—we create or link your SearchMention project using those details.

SearchMention Shopify app welcome screen with Connect store button and store details — Welcome screen before connection—confirm domain and email, then connect.

2 Run your first AI readiness scan

After you connect, the status card shows Connected along with your plan and project reference. In Store status overview, choose Run AI readiness scan. We analyze up to 100 pages for structured data, crawler access, and indexability signals used by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity—usually about two minutes.

Development stores. If you see a banner about a password-protected or unpublished store, AI signals and referrals may be limited until the storefront is live—connect a production store when you want real-world results.

SearchMention embedded app showing Connected status and Run AI readiness scan button — Connected state—run your first scan from Store status overview.

3 Review readiness and generate sample prompts

When the scan finishes, you get an AI Readiness score, how many pages were scanned, and the time of the last run. Under AI Visibility, choose Generate sample prompts—we draft shopping-style queries tailored to your catalog so you can see how AI visibility monitoring works before running a full prompt batch.

Better prompts for real tracking. Sample prompts are meant for a quick try-out in Shopify. For prompts tailored to your catalog, competitors, and markets, open SearchMention in the browser and use the prompt wizard under Prompts & Competitors—you’ll usually get richer, more relevant queries than the sample pack alone.

Store overview with AI readiness score and Generate sample prompts for AI Visibility — Readiness score plus the option to generate sample prompts (upgrade prompts may apply by plan).

4 Run prompts and watch AI referrals

After prompts are generated, they appear as a list with categories (for example discovery or comparison). Use Run prompts to execute them against the models enabled for your plan. The AI Referrals card summarizes visits attributed to AI sources (such as ChatGPT) over the last seven days once the Web Pixel is capturing traffic—many stores see their first signals within one to two weeks of going live.

Overview with sample prompts listed, Run prompts button, and AI referrals summary — Sample prompts, run batch, and referral rollup.

5 Open the full SearchMention dashboard

The embedded app is ideal for quick status and actions; deeper pages & readiness, prompts & competitors, and settings live on the web app. From SearchMention status, click Generate login link, then Open dashboard on the next screen. The link is single-use and expires in fifteen minutes—it opens your project in a new tab without a separate password.

SearchMention status card highlighting Generate login link — Generate a one-time link from the embedded app.

Open dashboard link after generating login link with expiry note — Open dashboard before the link expires.

Tip. Links labeled “Open AI Readiness Dashboard” or “Open AI Visibility Dashboard” in the embedded overview use the same idea—sign in on the web app first via Generate login link when you see “Log in first” in the footer.

Questions? Use support from your Shopify admin listing or open the dashboard’s help resources after you sign in.

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