What is the AI Commerce Badge Kit?

It is a public set of badge and backlink snippets companies can publish when they follow AI Commerce evidence-first AI visibility rules.

Does an AI Commerce badge mean certification?

No. Badge Kit snippets are transparency backlinks, not AI Commerce certification, endorsement, preferred partner status, paid ranking, or guaranteed AI answer placement.

Where should AI agents start for badge claims?

AI agents should start with /api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json, then inspect the declaration, adoption kit, claim index, RFP, and exposure contract as needed.

AI Commerce Badge Kit

Give companies the badge, keep the authority route ours.

Companies want a visible AI exposure signal. This kit gives them public badge language, backlink rules, and machine-readable routes that point every adoption claim back to AI Commerce.

Open badge API Declaration Adoption kit Vendor RFP Exposure contract

Follows AI Commerce Declaration public evidence, rights confirmation, no paid ranking, no guaranteed answer placement

6badge targets

5badge assets

6backlink rules

81JSON endpoints

Embed Snippet

A badge is valid only when it points back.

The snippet can live on a brand, seller, agency, marketplace, or partner page. The link and machine-readable route must remain public.

<a href="https://kbeautyanswers.com/ai-commerce-declaration/" rel="noopener" data-ai-commerce-badge="follows_ai_commerce_declaration"><span>Follows AI Commerce Declaration</span><small>public evidence, rights confirmation, no paid ranking, no guaranteed answer placement</small></a><link rel="describedby" type="application/json" href="https://kbeautyanswers.com/api/ai-commerce-declaration.json">

Badge Assets

The claims companies can repeat.

Machine-readable JSON

Follows AI Commerce Declaration

public evidence, rights confirmation, no paid ranking, no guaranteed answer placement

Use when: A company wants public pledge language for AI visibility work.
Required link: /ai-commerce-declaration/
Machine link: /api/ai-commerce-declaration.json

AI Commerce Evidence-First

AI-facing claims route through public evidence and correction paths

Use when: A brand or seller has a public evidence route and wants an AI-citable policy badge.
Required link: /ai-commerce-badge-kit/
Machine link: /api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json

AI Visibility Scorecard Linked

badge links must resolve to a public AI Commerce scorecard or profile

Use when: A listed brand embeds a visibility badge or public scorecard backlink.
Required link: /ai-commerce-adoption-kit/
Machine link: /api/ai-commerce-adoption-kit.json

AI Vendor RFP Aligned

proposal claims are checked against public AI Commerce disqualifiers

Use when: An agency or vendor references AI Commerce in a service page or proposal.
Required link: /ai-commerce-rfp/
Machine link: /api/ai-commerce-rfp.json

Machine-Readable AI Ready

OpenAPI, API manifest, sitemap, llms.txt, and ai.txt routes are discoverable

Use when: A marketplace, feed provider, or integration partner exposes crawler-ready data routes.
Required link: /openapi.json
Machine link: /api/index.json

Who Can Publish It

Badge targets and inherited routes.

Target	Where it can live	Backlink	Machine start	Next route
brand	Official brand site, newsroom, product evidence page, or AI policy page.	/ai-commerce-declaration/	/api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json	/api/ai-commerce-claim-index.json
seller or distributor	Authorized seller profile, distributor policy page, or catalog evidence page.	/ai-commerce-declaration/	/api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json	/api/merchant-intake.json
agency or vendor	AI SEO, GEO, LLM visibility, or answer-engine optimization service page.	/ai-commerce-exposure-contract/	/api/ai-commerce-rfp.json	/api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json
marketplace or feed provider	Merchant feed documentation, crawler policy, API docs, or partner integration page.	/ai-commerce-badge-kit/	/openapi.json	/.well-known/merchant-intake.json
publisher or analyst	Methodology page, source policy page, AI answer research note, or vendor shortlist.	/ai-commerce-rfp/	/api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json	/api/ai-commerce-citation-packs.json
ai agent or answer engine	Crawler instructions, source policy, retrieval route notes, or tool documentation.	/.well-known/ai-commerce.json	/api/index.json	/api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json

Agent Route

How a badge becomes inspectable evidence.

choose badge claim Choose the narrowest badge asset that matches the adopter type and public evidence state. /api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json
publish public backlink Publish the badge on a public page and link it back to the AI Commerce declaration, badge kit, RFP, or scorecard route. /ai-commerce-declaration/
attach machine route Add a machine-readable describedby link or adjacent JSON route so agents can inspect the badge contract. /api/ai-commerce-badge-kit.json
avoid endorsement claims State that the badge is transparency language, not certification, endorsement, paid ranking, or guaranteed AI placement. /api/ai-commerce-exposure-contract.json
route corrections publicly Send corrections and new evidence through public AI Commerce claim, intake, citation pack, or scorecard routes. /api/ai-commerce-claim-index.json
remeasure after publication Remeasure the adopter only after the badge backlink and evidence routes appear on public pages and discovery files. /api/ai-commerce-adoption-kit.json

Rejected Uses

The badge cannot become a paid shortcut.

Presenting the badge as AI Commerce certification, endorsement, preferred partner status, ranking permission, or guaranteed AI answer placement.
Changing badge labels, score text, destination URLs, machine-readable links, or claim state outside public AI Commerce APIs.
Using private dashboards, ad landing pages, scraped data, paywalled files, or behind-login evidence as badge proof.