What is AI shopping visibility?

AI shopping visibility refers to how well systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI experiences can interpret and recommend your products. Those systems rely on structured data and semantic clarity, not just on-page merchandising copy.

How does Beaconed work with my Shopify store?

Beaconed installs as a Shopify app, syncs your catalog, audits the machine-readable quality of each product, and generates improvements like optimized titles, descriptions, meta tags, and image alt text.

What is the AI Readiness Score?

The AI Readiness Score is a product-level measure of how understandable and retrievable an item is for AI systems. It helps merchants decide which products to fix first and what kind of changes will have the most leverage.

Will this affect my existing SEO?

In practice it should help. The structured data and clearer product descriptions that support AI visibility also improve the signals traditional search systems use to understand your catalog.

How long does setup take?

Most stores can install Beaconed and review their first recommendations within minutes. Larger catalogs will take longer to process fully, but you can start acting on the earliest results right away.

Beaconed · The AI-readiness layer for Shopify catalogs

The new front door of commerce

AI agents can’t recommend what they can’t read. Beaconed fixes that.

Beaconed scans your Shopify catalog for the descriptions, alt text, schema, and product data AI shopping agents need — then generates the fixes in bulk so your products are eligible to be understood.

Run a free audit → See sample fixes

30-second install 1M+ products audited Shopify only

Catalog audit · Slub & Linen Co.

Live

AI Readiness · /100

1,247 products scanned

↑ +28 in 7d

Missing alt text

1,108 images

Generated Apply →

Thin product descriptions

412 products

Rewriting Apply →

Schema.org Product

327 missing

Auto-fixing Apply →

Material & care fields

846 incomplete

Generated Apply →

Generated · Slub Blend Beach Shirt

alt: "Sage slub-cotton camp-collar shirt on driftwood, beach setting"

01 / 04 The shift

Shoppers ask AI before they shop. Thin catalogs get skipped.

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude answer shopping questions every day. They can only recommend products they can interpret accurately.

ChatGPT

“best running shoes for flat feet”

Recommends only catalogs it can read.

Perplexity

“linen beach shirts under $60”

Recommends only catalogs it can read.

Gemini

“gift for a dad who camps”

Recommends only catalogs it can read.

Claude

“minimalist desk setup under $500”

Recommends only catalogs it can read.

02 / 04 What we fix

Every field AI agents look for. Generated in bulk.

Beaconed audits the catalog, prioritizes the gaps, and generates the missing content — across thousands of products at once.

Long-form descriptions

Use cases, occasions, and product context — written in your brand voice.

Image alt text

Descriptive, keyword-aware alt for every product image. AI-readable, accessibility-compliant.

Schema.org markup

Product, Offer, AggregateRating, Brand. Valid JSON-LD on every PDP.

Catalog attributes

Material, fit, care, sizing, dimensions — extracted, normalized, structured.

03 / 04 Before / after

The same product page. Twice as much for AI to read.

Same SKU, same photo. On the left: what’s there today. On the right: what Beaconed generated.

Before

alt missing

Slub Blend Beach Shirt

No description provided.

Schema: —
Material: —
Best for: —

After Beaconed

Slub Blend Beach Shirt

Breathable slub-cotton shirt. Camp collar, mother-of-pearl buttons. Best for beach, resort, warm-weather travel.

Schema: Product · Offer · AggregateRating
Material: 55% linen / 45% slub cotton
Best for: Hot weather, resort, beach

04 / 04 The outcome

A catalog that’s eligible to be understood.

Built on AltText AI’s catalog enrichment engine — already running across thousands of Shopify stores.

1.2M

products processed

4,000+

Shopify stores served

99%+

alt-text accuracy

Minutes

vs weeks of manual work

Get early access

See what AI sees in your catalog. Then fix it.

Run a free audit → 30-second install · Shopify only