Is the World's Largest Influencer Recommending Your Brand?
You've built a Shopify store. But is your brand mentioned by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini when shoppers ask them for product recommendations in your category? The bigger question: are they recommending you, or your competitor?
ChatGPT and Gemini each have around one billion weekly active users. 37% of consumers now start searches with an AI tool instead of a search engine, and 80% of Gen Z and Millennial AI shoppers say AI assistants are their primary research source. If your brand is invisible, AI recommends competitors instead and you lose the sale.
Brandofy helps you gain visibility on ChatGPT and every other answer engine. Brandofy's AEO DFY service makes sure it's your brand they hear about. Start with a free audit today.
15-minute call. No pitch deck, no pressure, just a real look at what AI is currently saying about your brand.
ChatGPT weekly active users (Feb 2026)
of consumers plan to shop using GenAI tools in 2026
of consumers now start searches with AI instead of a search engine
YoY growth in product-research queries on ChatGPT
Sources: OpenAI, Google, Capital One Shopping Research, Eight Oh Two Research (2026)
Every Month You Wait Is a Month a Competitor Becomes "The Answer"
AI models don't start from scratch every time someone asks a question. They lean heavily on sources they've already cited, on brands they've already seen recommended, and on content that other trusted sites already point to. Every week that goes by without you in that pool of trusted sources, a competitor is cementing their position as the default answer.
This is a compounding advantage. The brand that gets cited in January is more likely to be cited in February, and even more likely in March. By the time you decide to "look into AEO next quarter," the answer has already been written, and your name isn't in it.
Three things AI might be getting wrong about your brand right now
- Outdated pricing or specs stated back to shoppers as fact.
- A competitor recommended instead of you on searches for your own category.
- Your brand missing entirely from the answer.
The Brandofy AEO DFY Plan
One fully managed plan. Everything you need to become the brand AI recommends, delivered by a specialist team, not a self-serve dashboard you have to figure out alone.
Fully managed AEO for Shopify brands
1 post per day targeting 30 keywords a month, written to earn AI citations - not just rank on Google.
Share of Voice, citations and sentiment tracked every week so you see momentum, not just a snapshot.
30 prompts monitored across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, so you know exactly where AI is naming you and where it isn't.
10 competitors tracked against the same prompts, so every report answers 'are we winning or losing this month?'
Existing posts updated to stay accurate and citation-worthy as your catalogue, pricing and category evolve.
5 relevant, quality-checked backlinks a month to strengthen the domain signals AI models use to decide who to cite.
No long-term lock-in. Cancel anytime.
Book a Call to Get StartedWhat $499 a Month Actually Buys You
$499 a month is less than a single Meta ad campaign that runs for a week and then disappears. It's less than one freelance blog post from a decent agency. It's less than the cost of a single returned order on some product lines. And for that, you get an always-on programme that compounds every month you keep it running.
The comparison people miss: shoppers don't scroll to page 2 of Google, and they don't scroll past the AI answer either. If your brand isn't in the answer, you don't get the click, the visit or the sale, no matter how good your product page is. AEO is how you get into that answer.
The honest timeline
Some prompts move in the first few weeks. Real, compounding lift in citations, share of voice and category recommendations usually lands around month 3 to 4, once your content has been indexed, cited elsewhere, and re-cited by the models themselves. If you're looking for a magic trick that ranks you next week, this isn't it. If you want to be the brand AI recommends by the end of the year, this is exactly what buys you that position.
What Happens on the Call
1. See what AI is saying about you
We'll show you what ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini currently answer when asked about your brand versus 2-3 of your competitors.
2. Walk through where you're losing visibility
We'll pinpoint the categories, prompts and competitors where AI is choosing someone else, and explain why.
3. Explain how the plan fixes it
A clear, no-pressure walkthrough of the DFY plan and how it turns those gaps into citations over the next few months.
15 minutes. No prep needed. Just show up.
Frequently asked questions
Get In the Answer Before Your Competitor Does
AI is already writing the answers your customers rely on. The only question is whether your brand is in those answers, or your competitor is. A free 15-minute call is the cheapest way to find out where you stand and what it would take to change it.
Free 15-minute call · No obligation · See exactly what AI says about your brand today