Audit
We test the searches your customers actually make and show which brands AI recommends instead of you.
AEO for D2C Brands
Shoppers now ask Google, ChatGPT, and Perplexity what to buy. We help D2C beauty, wellness, and fitness brands show up in the answers that shape purchase decisions.
Best vitamin C serum for sensitive skin?
Recommended brands
Allure, Dermstore, Sephora
Opportunity
Add product proof, comparison answers, and schema AI can cite.
Real audit: D2C beauty brand
Audited 4 D2C brands in beauty & wellness. On category queries, AI cited editorial sites and retailers — not the brands themselves.
Based on audits of D2C brands in beauty, wellness, and fitness
The Problem
When someone searches for the best serum, supplement, or workout product, AI often recommends a short list before they ever visit a site. If your brand is missing from that list, demand leaks to someone else.
AI answers can recommend products without sending shoppers to a brand site
Category searches are shifting from ranking pages to citing brands
The winners are not always the biggest brands. They are the clearest sources.
The fix is not more content. It is clearer content that AI can understand, trust, and cite. Here's how it works.
How It Works
Audit where you stand. Fix what AI reads. Track what changes.
We test the searches your customers actually make and show which brands AI recommends instead of you.
We turn existing product, category, and blog content into cleaner answers AI can extract, verify, and cite.
We track your citations across AI search tools and keep improving the pages that drive visibility.
The Data
A brand can be loved by customers, strong on social, and still invisible when AI decides which products to recommend.
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Visibility snapshot
Live search
8/13
AI Overviews on category queries
0
Brands cited in their own category
0%
AI citation share for audited brands
What You Get
× Publishing more blogs
× Hoping product pages get found
× Measuring only rankings
× Waiting months for clarity
× Paying for roundup placements
✓ Pages built to answer buying questions
✓ Product data AI can understand
✓ Citation tracking on buyer queries
✓ Weekly visibility reports
✓ A source others can reference
The Difference
Rank for keywords
Optimize titles and backlinks
Report traffic and positions
Move slowly across months
Compete for clicks
Get cited in answers
Structure product data for AI extraction
Report citations across AI tools
Prioritize fast content fixes
Compete for recommendations
Questions
SEO helps pages rank. AEO helps brands get cited inside AI-generated answers, recommendations, and summaries. You still need SEO. AEO makes your content easier for AI to understand and quote.
No. Most brands need clearer structure, stronger buying answers, better schema, and tighter internal connections. We work with what you already have first.
Citations. We track whether your brand appears when buyers ask AI tools what to buy, compare, avoid, or trust.
That is our focus because shoppers in these categories ask comparison-heavy questions before buying. If you sell D2C products and discovery matters, the playbook still applies.
We test live buyer searches together, show who AI recommends, and map out where your biggest visibility gaps are. You walk away knowing exactly where to focus — no pitch, no commitment.
The audit is quick. Implementation usually takes weeks, not quarters, because the first wins often come from improving existing pages.
What We Do
$1,500 one-time
See exactly where your brand shows up, where it is missing, and which pages need fixing first.
Start with an audit →$5,000-$8,000/month
We fix the pages AI should cite: product pages, category pages, FAQs, schema, and supporting content.
Fix visibility →$3,000-$5,000/month
Track gains, losses, and competitor movement across the AI searches that matter to revenue.
Monitor the category →Not sure where to start? Book a free discovery call — we'll check your visibility live.
We'll test the searches your customers use, show who AI recommends, and walk you through where the opportunity lives.
Book a Discovery Call20 minutes. We'll check your AI visibility live. No commitment.