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AI Visibility Research Lab for Ecommerce

Someone just asked AI for a product you sell.
You didn't show up.

We measure how often your brand appears in AI recommendations, which competitors are being surfaced instead, and what to change to improve visibility in the queries that matter.

The Problem

AI is shaping product decisions.
Most brands don't know where they stand.

Buyers are increasingly asking AI what to buy before they search, browse, or compare. If AI doesn't recognize your brand, it doesn't matter how strong your website, merchandising, or conversion strategy is — buyers may already be choosing competitors before they ever reach your site.

The Selection Process

How AI Chooses Brands

Three recurring factors shape whether a brand gets included in a response:

01

Category Clarity

If AI can't quickly place what you are, you're less likely to appear in relevant recommendations.

02

Third-Party Validation

Brands backed by reviews, press, experts, and trusted sources tend to appear more often.

03

Buyer Language Fit

Brands that use the words buyers actually use when asking questions are more likely to be included.

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The Service

AI Visibility Experiment

A 2–3 week research sprint to understand where your brand appears in AI answers, where it gets replaced, and what to prioritize next.

Why Brands Hire Us

To understand why competitors are being recommended, where visibility is being lost, and which opportunities appear most likely to strengthen recommendation inclusion.

Who this is for

Established ecommerce brands in competitive categories that want to improve visibility in AI recommendations and better understand why competitors are being chosen.

What you leave with

A clear view of where your brand is missing, which competitors are being surfaced instead, and which priorities matter most.

01

Findings Report

What's happening in your category and where your brand stands relative to the brands being chosen.

02

Visibility Map

Where you show up, where you don't, and which brands are replacing you in priority queries.

03

Signal Gap Analysis

What separates your brand from the brands being included in AI responses more often.

04

Strategic Priority Roadmap

The highest-priority actions across positioning, content, and authority signals.

05

Live Walkthrough

A working session to review the findings and align on next steps.

Pricing: $4,000 – $6,500 Flat fee for a 2–3 week sprint. Final scope depends on category complexity, platform coverage, and query breadth.
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After the Experiment

The experiment provides a snapshot of current visibility. For teams that want continued insight as AI evolves, monitoring is available as a separate monthly engagement to track recommendation trends, competitor movement, and visibility changes over time.

Evidence From the Lab

Research Highlights

We publish experiments run on live buyer-style queries across major AI platforms to document which brands get included, which don't, and what patterns keep recurring.

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The Method

How a PickMeLabs experiment works

We run structured buyer-style queries across relevant AI systems, then track what appears, how often, and under which conditions.

What we test

Broad, constrained, and comparison-based queries across the AI platforms relevant to your category.

What we observe

Category framing, buyer-language fit, and third-party validation compared against the brands being chosen.

What we measure

Inclusion frequency, competitor displacement, and the patterns most associated with stronger visibility.

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Get in Touch

See where your brand stands in AI recommendations.

Start with a conversation. We'll ask a few questions about your category, current visibility, and goals, then tell you whether an experiment makes sense.