Frequently Asked Questions

Everything about the AI Visibility Score, our 4-dimension methodology, and how pickedby.ai fits your product.

FAQ — FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Think of it like a Google Search Console — but for AI. More than a scoreboard: pickedby.ai is a growth coach for the AI recommendation era.

When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity "what's a good Notion template for budgeting?" — does your product show up?

Most creators have no idea. pickedby.ai gives you two things in 10 seconds:

  • An AI Visibility Score from 0 to 100
  • 3 specific actions ranked by severity (Quick Wins highlighted) — exactly what to do next

No signup. No credit card. Completely free.

It's a number from 0 to 100 that tells you how well AI systems "know" your product. It's calculated across 4 dimensions — each worth a different weight.

81–100 · PERFECT 🏆 61–80 · STRONG 🟢 36–60 · EMERGING 🟡 <36 · INVISIBLE 🔴

A score of 100 is the maximum — it means AI knows your product across every dimension. A score of 0 means AI has basically never heard of you.

Example: Figma scores near the max. A brand-new unknown product scores 0.

Two layers working together — covering the 5 major AI engines:

Layer 1 — Real-time web scan across 4 dimensions:

  • Recognition (35 pts) — does AI know your product exists by name?
  • Category Ranking (35 pts) — does your product appear in "best of" AI responses for your category?
  • Co-Recommendation (20 pts) — do trusted sources recommend your product alongside other known products?
  • Web Signals (10 pts) — does your site have the structured signals (llms.txt, schema) that help AI index you?

Layer 2 — Direct AI Probe

We query Perplexity and Gemini directly today. Bot coverage for ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok is rolling out (May 2026) via dedicated assistants on each platform — so the Visibility Score reflects how all 5 engines actually answer your category right now.

Yes, 100% free. No account needed.

Just type your product name → hit Check → get your score in ~10 seconds. That's it.

We'll ask for your email at the end if you want to join the AI Visibility Platform early access — founding members get every future feature free first.

We run your product through 4 dimensions that reflect how AI systems actually discover and recommend products:

  • Recognition (35 pts) — Does AI know your product exists by name?
  • Category Ranking (35 pts) — Does your product appear in "best of" AI responses for your category?
  • Co-Recommendation (20 pts) — Do trusted sources and communities recommend your product alongside other known products?
  • Web Signals (10 pts) — Does your site have llms.txt, schema markup, and structured signals that help AI index you?

Total possible: 100 points. On top of this, we directly query Perplexity and Gemini to verify if AI actually recognizes your product. Full details: Methodology →

The Pass Indicator shows your AI visibility tier at a glance — earned based on your score.

🏆 PERFECT — Score 81+ 🟢 STRONG — Score 61–80 🟡 EMERGING — Score 36–60 🔴 INVISIBLE — Score <36

Once you reach PERFECT or STRONG, you'll get an embeddable badge to display on your website, Gumroad page, or Etsy store. It tells buyers: "This product is recognized by AI."

Scores below 36 are INVISIBLE — that's where our improvement tips are most useful.

No — and we'll never claim that. AI recommendations are dynamic. No tool can guarantee placement.

What your score does tell you is how visible your product is to AI right now — and whether you have a realistic chance of showing up when customers ask AI for recommendations.

Think of it like SEO: good optimization improves your chances, but doesn't guarantee page 1. Same idea here.

AI learns from what's publicly available on the internet. If your product has a low score, it usually means one of these:

  • Not enough public content — reviews, blog posts, forum mentions about your product are sparse
  • Vague product description — AI doesn't have a clear category or use-case to attach to your product
  • New product — AI training data hasn't caught up yet
  • No llms.txt or schema markup — AI crawlers can't easily parse what your product does

After your scan, we show you specific suggestions tailored to your score. These are your starting points.

Every scan now ships with our Prescription Engine — automated, ranked, and tied to your specific score:

  • 3 specific actions picked from your weakest dimensions, ranked by severity (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW)
  • Quick Win ⚡ badges highlight 30-minute fixes with the biggest score impact
  • Benchmark gap tells you exactly how many points you need to reach the next tier (EMERGING → STRONG → PERFECT)

Typical actions you'll see:

  • Clear product copy — state exactly what it does, who it's for, when to use it
  • Get mentioned in context — Reddit threads, YouTube reviews, blog posts, comparison articles
  • Add llms.txt + schema to your site (Tools tab in Dashboard auto-generates them)
  • Get on curated lists — "Best Notion templates for X" roundups are gold for AI visibility
  • Consistent naming — same product name everywhere so AI connects the dots

Mark each action as Done in your Dashboard — we track the effect on your score over time.

SEO = getting ranked in Google search results (blue links).
AI Visibility = getting mentioned in AI chat answers.

More and more people skip Google entirely and just ask ChatGPT: "What's the best budget spreadsheet template?" — they get one answer, not ten links. If you're not in that answer, you don't exist for that buyer.

SEO and AI Visibility overlap but are different games with different rules. You can rank #1 on Google and still be invisible to AI — and vice versa.

We built this specifically for digital product creators:

  • Gumroad sellers (templates, ebooks, courses, presets)
  • Notion / Airtable template creators
  • Etsy digital download sellers
  • LemonSqueezy / Payhip / Ko-fi creators
  • Independent SaaS tools and micro-apps

If you sell a digital product and want to know if AI is sending you buyers — this is for you.

(Starting with creators. Our roadmap extends to indie SaaS, D2C brands, and every online seller.)

You don't need to. Once your domain is registered, the Dashboard auto-measures every day at 00:00 KST — your score is always fresh when you log in.

About the REFRESH button: it reloads the latest data from the server, it does not trigger a new measurement. Why? AI responses are non-deterministic, so re-running on demand would give you slightly different numbers every time. Industry standard (Otterly, Profound, Ahrefs AEO) all measure once a day for the same reason.

What changes day to day:

  • Δ delta vs yesterday — instant feedback on what moved
  • New prescriptions — your top 3 actions update with the score
  • Streak — keep the prescription-completion streak alive

Manual quick check is only for new domains seeding their first baseline. Enter your email after the scan to join the AI Visibility Platform early access (100 founding spots).

We store only the product name you enter and the score result — nothing else.

If you give us your email, we store that to send you reports. We don't sell data, share it with third parties, or use it for advertising. Full details in our Privacy Policy.

We're starting with digital creators — Gumroad sellers, Notion template makers, Etsy shops — because they need it most and have zero existing tools.

Our roadmap extends to indie SaaS, D2C brands, agencies, and every business that sells online. Think of it like early Google Analytics — it started with bloggers, then became universal.

We're building the Google Stack for AI recommendations as a multi-layer growth platform:

  • ✅ Search Console (LIVE): Check if AI knows your product across 5 engines
  • ✅ Prescription Engine (LIVE, May 2026): 3 ranked actions with severity + Quick Wins
  • ✅ Tracking (LIVE, May 2026): Mark actions Done — Daily Pulse delta + streaks
  • 🚀 Product Hunt launch (July 2026): Public beta with founding members
  • 🔜 Analytics (Q3 2026): Recommendation frequency, rank trends, category benchmarks
  • 🔮 Ads (2027): Optimize and eventually buy AI placements

Early users get first access to every new layer as it ships.

The market is real: AI referral traffic grew 527% YoY, ChatGPT handles ~50M shopping queries per day, and AI-driven conversion is 16.8% vs Google's ~2%.

The GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) market is projected at $17B by 2034 — yet there are zero tools built for creators. We shipped our MVP in 10 days and we're not slowing down. Read our manifesto for the full vision.

Email us any time: hello@pickedby.ai

We're a small team and we actually read every message. Feedback, feature requests, weird bugs — all welcome.

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