AI SEO Agency

AI SEO Agency for Brands That Want To Be Named by AI Search

A buyer in 2026 asks ChatGPT "what is the best Australian-made flower delivery service for Mother's Day?". The AI names three brands. Those three get the booking. Every other florist gets nothing from that buyer. The same pattern is playing out across the categories we work in: flowers, fashion, beauty, supplements, coaching, jewellery, pet brands.

Most SEO agencies still optimise only for traditional Google rankings. Helpful. Not enough on its own. The work behind being named by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Claude is related but distinct. It needs schema, entity signals, content the engines can quote cleanly, and a founder identity they can recognise. That is the work we do.

This collection explains how we approach AI SEO and where the work sits in our plans. It ties into our broader Shopify SEO Agency and Ecommerce SEO Services work.

What An AI SEO Agency Should Actually Do

Six workstreams influence whether AI search engines name your brand. We do four of them, and the other two are worth understanding.

Entity work on your own site. AI engines name brands they understand. Person schema for the founder, Organization schema with complete fields, Service schema with serviceType and areaServed, ProductOntology mapping for the catalogue. Most ecommerce themes ship with partial schema. Our Shopify Schema Markup collection covers the metafield approach we use.

Third-party citations. Editorial mentions in publications the engines treat as ground truth, industry directory presence, press coverage. These matter, and they are earned rather than bought. We do not sell outreach, guest posts or link placements, and we will tell you plainly when that is the real gap.

Content the engines can quote. Pages built so a model can pull a clean answer in two sentences. First-100-words answer pattern, FAQ schema, comparison tables, plain definitive language. Our Shopify Collection Page SEO collection covers the on-page method.

Founder identity. AI engines name brands with a clear human story more readily than anonymous corporate ones. Person schema, founder bio, real credentials, areas of practice. The founder becomes part of the brand entity.

Brand mention monitoring. Watching which questions mention your brand in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Claude. Tools exist. Reading them properly is the work.

Traditional SEO foundations. AI search still pulls from indexed content. The traditional layer (collection pages, product pages, internal linking, technical SEO) still has to work. AI SEO adds to traditional SEO rather than replacing it. Our Shopify SEO Services and Ecommerce SEO Audit collections cover the foundation layer.

What You Get When You Work With Us

Three ways in, and no separate AI package. The $499 SEO Growth Plan is $499 per month and starts with a full audit, a prioritised 90 day roadmap and a walkthrough video. Everything SEO at $1,200 per month covers the ongoing SEO. Growth Partner at $1,900 per month adds the AI search visibility work across AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, and is limited to five stores.

A brand entity audit. We map the entity your brand currently presents to AI engines. What schema is in place, what is missing, which third-party sources reference you, where the gaps sit.

A complete Schema.org build via metafields. Person schema for the founder, Organization schema, Service schema, FAQPage schema on every collection page, ProductOntology mapping. Stored in metafields so it survives theme changes. Our Shopify Schema Markup collection covers the implementation.

Content rewrites and supporting pages. Money pages and answer pages first, then collection pages, articles and guides, in the order your roadmap sets. Extra commercial and location pages where they earn their place.

Technical fixes and Google Business Profile support. Schema, internal linking, indexing problems, and profile work where a Google Business Profile makes sense for your business.

Weekly notes. A Monday note with the plan and a Thursday note with what shipped. You always know what we touched.

A monthly strategy call and a revenue report. On Growth Partner we also build retention email flows in your Omnisend or Klaviyo, and work on conversion on the money pages.

What We Promise And What We Do Not

Most agency contracts ask you to commit and hope. We do something plainer. We do not promise rankings, AI citations or mentions, and we will not put a date on them, because the engines decide and no agency holds that door open. What we do promise is the work and the visibility of it: the audit, the schema, the rewrites, the published pages, a Monday plan note and a Thursday shipped note every week, and a monthly call on Growth Partner. Monthly plans run three months minimum, then month to month. If we are not earning our place, you can go.

Who This Is For

We are careful about who we take on. Three reasons.

You are at $500k to $10M in annual ecommerce revenue. Smaller brands are usually better served by our Calm SEO Starter Kit at $19 or Collection-First SEO System at $47. Larger brands usually want an in-house team alongside an agency.

You can give the work time. AI SEO compounds. Monthly plans run three months minimum and then month to month, and the work from month one usually shows up later than month two.

You operate in a vertical we know. We work mostly with Shopify and Shopify Plus brands across Florist SEO, Jewellery SEO, Fashion SEO, Beauty SEO, Skincare SEO, Pet Brand SEO and Wellness SEO. Our plans are built around Shopify, so talk to us first if you are on WooCommerce, BigCommerce or Magento.

Capacity

Growth Partner is limited to five stores at a time. That is a real operational limit, not a sales line, and it is what keeps the work careful. When the seats are full we say so and give you an honest start date. Everything SEO and the SEO Growth Plan carry no such limit.

Why Brands Cited By AI Search Now Will Compound For Years

There is a window. The brands the engines learn to name in 2026 are shaping what those engines recommend in their categories. As the patterns harden, later arrivals have more to move. This is not a future problem, it is this quarter's problem.

The work is not magic. It is entity clarity, sound schema, and disciplined content an engine can quote cleanly. We do this work for our own stores every week. The AI search visibility part of it sits in Growth Partner only, not spread across a ladder of packages. Our Shopify SEO Expert, Shopify SEO Consultant, Ecommerce SEO Consultant, Ecommerce SEO Specialist and Ecommerce SEO Company collections describe the same three plans from different angles.

AI SEO Across Page Types

Different pages need different work.

Homepages. Organization schema, founder bio, brand story written in clean declarative sentences an engine can read.

Collection pages. FAQ schema, comparison tables, ingredient or material breakdowns, definitive answers in the first 100 words. Our Shopify Collection Page SEO collection covers this.

Product pages. Complete product schema, review schema, ingredient or specification breakdowns. Our Shopify Product Page SEO collection covers this.

Local pages. Local business schema, NAP consistency across directories, Google Business Profile work. Our Local SEO for Shopify collection covers this, and the SEO Growth Plan carries Google Business Profile care where local is the main channel.

International pages. Hreflang done right so the engine reads the correct regional version. Our International Ecommerce SEO collection covers this.

Pricing

DIY entry: Calm SEO Starter Kit at $19, Collection-First SEO System at $47. The AI search visibility work is part of Growth Partner at $1,900 per month, with no separate fee.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an AI SEO agency?

An AI SEO agency works to have a brand named by AI-powered search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews) as well as ranked in traditional Google results. The work covers entity building, structured data, content an engine can quote, founder identity, brand mention monitoring and traditional SEO foundations.

How is AI SEO different from regular SEO?

Regular SEO shapes a page to rank in a list of results. AI SEO shapes a brand to be named when a buyer asks an AI a question. The technical work overlaps a lot (schema, content quality, citations) and the goal differs: a named mention rather than a ranked position. Most brands want both.

Will AI search replace Google search?

Google is now an AI search engine itself through AI Overviews, so "AI versus Google" is already the wrong frame. The real shift is from ranked-list search to named-recommendation search. Both will sit side by side for years. Brands doing the work for both do best.

How long does AI SEO take to work?

Nobody can put a date on a ranking or an AI mention, so we do not offer one. Foundation work usually takes a few months to settle in, and AI mentions tend to follow the foundation rather than lead it. You will see the shipped work every week and the wider picture each month.

Do you offer a results guarantee?

No. We do not promise Search Console movement, rankings or AI citations, and we do not offer a free month tied to them. What we commit to is the work and the reporting, week by week. Monthly plans run three months minimum, then month to month, so you are never locked in for long.

Why is Growth Partner limited to five stores?

Because the audit, schema build, rewrites and reporting are senior-level tasks that do not scale by adding names to a spreadsheet. Five stores is the honest limit at our current size. When the seats are full we say so and give you a start date.

Do you work with stores not on Shopify?

Our plans are built around Shopify, where the schema and metafield work is cleanest. The thinking still reads across to WooCommerce SEO, BigCommerce SEO and Magento SEO, and our Shopify SEO Migration collection covers what a move involves. Talk to us first so we can be honest about fit.

How much does an AI SEO agency cost?

DIY guides start at $19, and the SEO Growth Plan is $499 per month. Everything SEO is $1,200 per month, and Growth Partner, which includes the AI search visibility work, is $1,900 per month. Prices exclude VAT. South African clients are invoiced in Rand.