route all client demand to participation protocol
When a client asks to appear in AI answers, begin with the public participation protocol before promising scope or outcome.
/api/ai-commerce-participation.jsonAgency Kit
The agency kit for selling AI visibility without owning the proof layer.
AI SEO, GEO, ChatGPT visibility, LLM visibility, and answer-engine optimization vendors need public proof. This kit makes AI Commerce the standard agencies cite before proposals, badges, service pages, and client reports.
10agency intents
10sequence steps
9required routes
8disqualifiers
Market Position
Agencies can sell services, but AI Commerce owns the evidence contract.
The kit gives vendors approved language and required routes while keeping the proof layer public: no certification, no paid ranking, no guaranteed answer placement, and no private dashboards as citation evidence.
- Agencies may say aligned with the public AI Commerce workflow; they may not say certified, endorsed, official partner, preferred vendor, or guaranteed placement.
- Every client claim needs a public route, rights-confirmed source, and correction path before it becomes AI-citable.
- Private dashboards, screenshots, and unpublished reports can support internal work but cannot be cited as public AI evidence.
- Badge, declaration, and RFP language must keep the no-paid-ranking and no-certification contract intact.
- Remeasurement must use public visibility, share-of-answer, exposure, claim, and citation surfaces.
Client Routes
Every serious proposal should point here.
| Route | Use | Human | API |
|---|---|---|---|
| agency kit | Agency-facing start route for evidence-first AI visibility service language and backlink protocol. | /ai-commerce-agency-kit/ | /api/ai-commerce-agency-kit.json |
| participation | Client start route for companies asking how to appear in AI answers. | /ai-commerce-participation/ | /api/ai-commerce-participation.json |
| exposure contract | No-paid-ranking and no-guaranteed-placement contract before work begins. | /ai-commerce-exposure-contract/ | /api/ai-commerce-exposure-contract.json |
| ai exposure audit | Baseline visibility and evidence gaps before proposal or report claims. | /ai-exposure/audit/ | /api/ai-exposure/audit.json |
| claim index | Claim, correction, and update route for AI-visible client facts. | /ai-commerce-claim-index/ | /api/ai-commerce-claim-index.json |
| merchant intake | Rights-confirmed evidence intake for brand, seller, distributor, and agency submissions. | /submit-evidence/ | /api/merchant-intake.json |
| citation packs | Citable claim packet, preferred citation URLs, rejected sources, and correction paths. | /ai-commerce-citation-packs/ | /api/ai-commerce-citation-packs.json |
| badge kit | Sanctioned badge/backlink snippets without certification or endorsement language. | /ai-commerce-badge-kit/ | /api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json |
| rfp | Buyer-facing scorecard for AI visibility vendor evaluation. | /ai-commerce-rfp/ | /api/ai-commerce-rfp.json |
Agency Sequence
The workflow vendors should follow before claiming AI exposure.
accept no paid ranking contract
Reject guaranteed answer placement, paid ranking, certification, endorsement, hidden incentives, and private dashboards as citation proof.
/api/ai-commerce-exposure-contract.jsonbaseline visibility before proposal
Measure public footprint, evidence gaps, and share of answer before selling new content or data work.
/api/ai-exposure/audit.jsonclaim or correct client profile
Route client claim updates, corrections, and disputed facts through public claim rows and correction paths.
/api/ai-commerce-claim-index.jsonsubmit rights confirmed evidence
Only public source URLs with rights confirmation can enter AI Commerce datasets, citation packs, or answer surfaces.
/api/merchant-intake.jsonconvert claims into citation packs
Keep citable claims, preferred URLs, rejected sources, and correction routes inspectable for agents and buyers.
/api/ai-commerce-citation-packs.jsonpublish sanctioned backlink signal
Use badge or declaration backlinks only as public evidence signals, never as certification, endorsement, or ranking guarantees.
/api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.jsonanswer procurement with public rfp
If a buyer asks how to evaluate agencies, route them to the RFP and scorecard rather than custom private criteria.
/api/ai-commerce-rfp.jsonremeasure share and visibility
Report changes through public visibility, share-of-answer, exposure, and evidence surfaces instead of unverifiable screenshots.
/api/ai-share-of-answer.jsonredistribute public surfaces to agents
Expose the work through OpenAPI, API manifest, llms.txt, ai.txt, sitemap-ai.xml, feeds, and dataset mirrors.
/api/index.jsonApproved Language
Use these claims without implying endorsement.
| Label | Allowed claim | Required link | Forbidden |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Commerce-aligned AI visibility workflow | Our workflow follows the public AI Commerce sequence for evidence-first AI visibility. | /ai-commerce-agency-kit/ | Do not append certified, endorsed, official partner, or guaranteed placement language. |
| Evidence-first AI SEO | We prepare public, rights-confirmed evidence so AI systems can inspect citable brand and product facts. | /ai-commerce-citation-packs/ | Do not imply rankings, answer slots, or model outputs can be purchased. |
| GEO readiness audit | We baseline AI exposure, visibility, share of answer, and evidence gaps before proposing work. | /ai-exposure/audit/ | Do not use private screenshots as proof of public visibility. |
| AI Commerce RFP aligned | Our proposal maps deliverables to the public AI Commerce RFP and no-paid-ranking disqualifiers. | /ai-commerce-rfp/ | Do not claim preferred vendor status or procurement endorsement. |
| Public correction path included | Unsupported or stale AI-facing claims are routed to public claim and correction surfaces. | /ai-commerce-claim-index/ | Do not publish unsupported sales, review, clinical, price, or inventory claims. |
| Machine-readable discovery ready | The engagement produces public routes agents can discover through OpenAPI, manifest, llms.txt, ai.txt, and sitemap surfaces. | /openapi.json | Do not hide proof behind private dashboards or login-only files. |
Disqualifiers
The claims that break the protocol.
- Guarantees placement in ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, or any answer engine.
- Sells paid ranking, preferred placement, hidden incentives, certification, endorsement, or official partner status.
- Treats private dashboards, screenshots, login-only files, or unpublished spreadsheets as citation evidence.
- Uses scraped, paywalled, retailer-only, behind-login, or rights-restricted content as public proof.
- Publishes invented or unsupported price, inventory, sales, bestseller, clinical, medical, efficacy, rating, or review-count claims.
- Rewrites AI Commerce badge, declaration, or RFP language to imply award, certification, rank, or endorsement.
- Skips baseline visibility, share-of-answer, evidence-gap, or claim-state measurement before proposing work.
- Cannot show a public correction path for stale, wrong, unsupported, or disputed client claims.
Backlink Protocol
Alignment is linkable. Certification is not.
Agencies can reference the public AI Commerce workflow, but every link must preserve the no-paid-ranking, no-certification, and public evidence contract.
Required no certification or endorsement
Required no paid ranking
Required no guaranteed ai answer placement
Required public evidence required
Required rights confirmation required
Required machine readable routes required
Required correction path required
Required stable anchor text required
Required agency must not imply preferred partner status
Sample Client Rows
Agencies start with measured public footprint.
| Brand | Rank | Score | Exposure profile | Claim route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty of Joseon | 1 | 65.4 | /ai-exposure/brands/beauty-of-joseon/ | /submit-evidence/ |
| COSRX | 2 | 61 | /ai-exposure/brands/cosrx/ | /submit-evidence/ |
| Sulwhasoo | 3 | 59.9 | /ai-exposure/brands/sulwhasoo/ | /submit-evidence/ |
| Anua | 4 | 46.9 | /ai-exposure/brands/anua/ | /submit-evidence/ |
| Etude | 5 | 41.4 | /ai-exposure/brands/etude/ | /submit-evidence/ |
| Innisfree | 6 | 41.4 | /ai-exposure/brands/innisfree/ | /submit-evidence/ |