AI is the new personal shopper.
Modern shoppers have abandoned basic keyword searches. They treat AI models like personal assistants and feed them complex constraints — ingredient lists, lifestyle filters, price ceilings — long before they reach a product page. CiteRank AI ensures your products are the ones recommended.
Vertical benches currently run 8 engines; full tracking covers all 8.
The digital shelf has been reordered.
AI doesn't show a grid of 20 products. It picks 2 or 3 that best match the buyer's natural language constraints. If your attributes aren't machine-readable, you're invisible.
'Find a silicone-free moisturizer under ₹800' or 'Best vegan protein for sensitive stomachs'. We track whether AI correctly identifies your USPs.
AI synthesizes thousands of reviews to form an opinion. We measure how sentiment shifts in Reddit, blogs and marketplaces affect your recommendation share.
Buyers ask 'What's the best stroller for city living?' AI routes buyers to products that have been contextualized for specific lifestyles.
Engines prioritize products cited in listicles, forums and expert reviews. We map the source graph influencing your AI visibility.
Every hero SKU benchmarked against the top 5 competing products on every relevant lifestyle and ingredient constraint.
See when AI sends buyers to Amazon or BlinkIt instead of your own site — and what technical changes to make to recapture that traffic.
E-commerce AI visibility by category.
Sample prompt performance across high-velocity D2C categories. See who owns the recommendation share today.
| Category prompt | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | AI Overviews | Answer concentration | You cited? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphate-free shampoo for curly hair | Brand X, Brand Y | Brand X, Brand Y | Brand X, Brand Y | Brand X, Brand Y | 2 of 45 | |
| Ergonomic office chair for back pain under 00 | Brand Z, Brand A | Brand Z, Brand A | Brand Z, Brand A | Brand Z, Brand A | 5 of 12 | |
| Sustainable running shoes for marathon training | Brand B, Brand C | Brand B, Brand C | Brand B, Brand C | Brand B, Brand C | 3 of 20 | — |
| Keto-friendly snacks with no seed oils | Brand D, Brand E | Brand D, Brand E | Brand D, Brand E | Brand D, Brand E | 4 of 15 |
Illustrative modelled data — not live client results. Names anonymised.
A clean-beauty brand's recommendation lift.
A D2C brand had superior ingredients but was being overlooked by AI in favor of legacy competitors with better-optimized metadata. By structured attribute tagging and seeding review signals, we shifted the engine consensus.
- Product-attribute schema (Ingredient, Material, IntendedUse) implemented sitewide
- Contextual use-case pages created for 'Best for X' lifestyle prompts
- Review signal monitoring across high-authority beauty forums and blogs
- Entity resolution to ensure AI connects third-party praise to the correct product node
- Weekly replay audits to monitor recommendation volatility
Illustrative modelled data — not live client results. Names anonymised.
Track your products across the AI-verse.
SKU-level visibility dashboard with real-time recommendation tracking.
AI Visibility — Share of Voice over time
12-week trend, weighted across the tracked LLMs.
Tip: tab into the chart to focus a weekly data point, then use the left and right arrow keys to step through weeks. Press Escape to exit.
AI recommendation share — you vs competitors
Per-engine Share of Voice across the last 30 days of replays. Hover or focus a bar for the breakdown.
Illustrative modelled data — not live client results. Names anonymised.
Questions from e-commerce & d2c teams.
How does AI find my products?
AI crawlers read your product pages, schema.org data, and third-party reviews. CiteRank shows you exactly which of these signals is working and where you are missing critical attributes.
Can you track my products on Amazon vs my site?
Yes. We track which destination AI recommends and help you optimize your own site to become the preferred citation for high-intent buyers.
What are 'attribute prompts'?
These are queries where a buyer specifies a constraint (e.g., 'gluten-free', 'travel-size', 'under 0'). We ensure AI knows your product meets those criteria.
Is AI recommending your products today?
Run a free e-commerce audit and see your visibility score against your top 3 competitors.