Make your store the answer AI search recommends

Make your catalog AI-readable so AI search engines can understand your products and prioritize recommending them.

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How PopAEO works

Turn your catalog into
AI recommendations

PopAEO prepares the signals AI search engines need to discover, understand, trust, and prioritize your products.

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Make your catalog discoverable

Publish an AI-readable product index so answer engines can find your products, prices, inventory, and policies.

02

Help AI understand what you sell

Check titles, descriptions, and categories so AI can match your products to the right buyer questions.

03

Keep recommendations accurate

Keep stock, prices, and new arrivals fresh so AI does not recommend outdated or unavailable items.

04

Prioritize what should win

Highlight high-value SKUs, campaigns, and bundles so AI recommendations support revenue goals.

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Search is shifting toward zero-click AI answers

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AEO typically moves faster than traditional SEO

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From connection to your first llms.txt

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Shopify + WooCommerce support

Complete AEO platform

Optimize every signal AI uses
to recommend your store

Everything you need to earn visibility inside AI answers — discovery, product understanding, live sync, and recommendation strategy. No engineering team required.

Audit & fix

Generate an AI-readable llms.txt in one click

Create a clean llms.txt that gives AI crawlers one reliable place to read your products, prices, inventory, and policies.

  • Find missing llms.txt and format issues
  • Publish /llms.txt in one click
  • Keep the file fresh as your catalog changes

llms.txt tells AI what you sell, what is available, and which products to recommend.

llms.txt 
# aurora-home.myshopify.com
> AI-readable catalog index

## Products
- Linen Bedding Set
  price: $129.00 · in stock
  tags: organic, oeko-tex, queen
- Ceramic Pour-Over Kit
  price: $48.00 · in stock
  tags: handmade, gift, barista

## Policies
- Free shipping over $75
- 30-day returns
Semantic audit

See how AI understands your store

See how well AI can read your catalog. PopAEO scores product clarity, structured data, descriptions, and categories, then shows the highest-impact fixes.

  • Overall AEO score plus item-level gaps
  • Missing content and schema checks
  • Prioritized fixes with expected impact

AEO readiness

aurora-home.myshopify.com

87 / 100
Strong
  • Product title clarity 94%
  • Structured data coverage 88%
  • Description semantic depth 71%
  • Category and tag signals 90%
Real-time sync

Keep AI aligned with your latest product signals

Keep AI aligned with live stock, pricing, reviews, and product status, so it does not recommend sold-out, hidden, or outdated items.

  • Sync inventory, prices, and reviews automatically
  • Update new arrivals and hidden products quickly
  • Feed fresh data into growth strategies
Product sync queue

Live catalog events writing into llms.txt

  • Linen Bedding Set Price · Bedding Price updated
  • Ceramic Pour-Over Kit Inventory · Kitchen Inventory +24
  • Wool Throw Blanket Catalog · Home New arrival
  • Scented Soy Candle Availability · Hidden Out of stock · Hidden
Growth strategy

Shape what AI recommends not just what it reads

Tell AI which products matter most: high-margin items, clearance products, seasonal picks, and bundles that support revenue.

  • Prioritize high-margin and clearance SKUs
  • Promote seasonal campaigns and cross-sells
  • Write strategy signals into llms.txt
Growth strategy

Recommendation weighting rules

  • High-margin priority Margin signal · +18% weight
  • Clearance weighting Discount signal · Slow-moving SKUs
  • Cross-sell bundles Bundle prompts · Companion SKUs
  • Seasonal campaigns Campaign calendar · Summer picks
AI recommendation weight lift +37%

How it works

Launch AI search growth
in three steps

  1. 01

    Connect your store

    Install the Shopify app from the App Store, or upload the PopAEO WordPress plugin and connect WooCommerce.

  2. 02

    Run an AEO audit

    PopAEO pulls your catalog, scores AI readiness, checks llms.txt status, and recommends the next optimization steps.

  3. 03

    Publish and keep improving

    Publish llms.txt in one click, enable growth strategies, and keep AI reading your freshest, highest-value recommendation signals.

What customers say

Independent stores and growing brands use PopAEO to
win AI visibility

Across home, beauty, electronics, food, and more, PopAEO helps merchants get discovered, recommended, and chosen inside AI answers.

4.9 Average rating
1,200+connected merchants
20+countries and regions
4.8M+AI citation mentions
★★★★★
PopAEO finally showed us how AI understood our store. Within two months of fixing our llms.txt and product signals, ChatGPT and Perplexity were recommending our bedding — and inquiries jumped.
+63% organic inquiries from AI channels
Lina Lin Lina Lin Aurora Home
★★★★★
Product sync is the feature we value most. When inventory or pricing changes, the AI index updates too, so we no longer worry about out-of-stock products being recommended.
Maya Kapoor Maya Kapoor Lumen Skincare
★★★★★
With thousands of SKUs, manual optimization was never realistic. PopAEO’s generated index highlights our core collections, and AI recommendations are much more accurate.
Ming Zhou Ming Zhou NorthPeak Outdoor
★★★★★
It only took a few minutes from installation to seeing our first llms.txt, with no developer help needed. For a small team, this is a growth tool we can actually use.
Sofia Reyes Sofia Reyes Bloom & Co.
★★★★★
The transparency is what impressed me most: we can see how AI reads our store and which products are being cited. For the first time, our optimization roadmap is evidence-based.
Marcus Bell Marcus Bell Trailhead Goods

Choose your platform

Native support for
Shopify and WooCommerce

Whichever commerce stack you use, PopAEO turns your product catalog into a standardized, AI-readable index.

Shopify app

Built into Shopify Admin: PopAEO writes Metafields, publishes /llms.txt, and keeps your AI-readable catalog connected.

  • AEO health audit and scoring
  • Automated llms.txt publishing
  • Growth strategies and data insights
Start with the Shopify app

WordPress plugin

Enter your store URL and we’ll open the PopAEO installer inside your WordPress Admin. After install, open PopAEO to start your AEO Audit.

  • No zip download required
  • Log in to WordPress if prompted
  • Connect WooCommerce and publish llms.txt

Or open WordPress Admin and search PopAEO in Plugins → Add New. Plugin details

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you need automated refresh and deeper AEO signals.

Free

Essentials

$0 forever
AEO health audit Basic llms.txt generation Manual product data sync Core optimization checklist AI crawler readiness check Shopify and WooCommerce support
PopAEO Pro

Automation

$9 / month
or $89/year (Save 18% annually)
Includes Free, plus a 7-day trial 24-hour automated refresh AI-ready product indexing Buyer intent insights AEO scoring and diagnostics Growth strategy weighting

FAQ

About AEO and PopAEO

What is answer engine optimization (AEO)?

AEO is the practice of making your store easy for AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview — to cite and recommend. Where SEO chases clicks, AEO makes your store part of the answer when buyers ask AI what to buy.

Why does AEO matter now?

More high-intent shoppers use AI to discover and compare products. As zero-click search grows, stores that aren’t AI-optimized lose traffic they never see. AEO shifts the goal from rankings to earning AI citations.

Which platforms does PopAEO support?

Shopify natively, and WooCommerce via a WordPress plugin. Install the Shopify app from the App Store, or search PopAEO llms.txt in WordPress Admin, connect, and publish llms.txt.

Do I need to change my products or SEO settings?

No. PopAEO maintains AI-readable signals in the background. It never rewrites your product titles, descriptions, or existing Google SEO — it fits cleanly into your current workflow.

How long does it take to see results?

Faster than traditional SEO. Many merchants see improvements in AI citations soon after publishing an optimized llms.txt and syncing product signals. Results vary by category and catalog completeness.

Resources

Everything you need to get started

Guides, documentation, and product updates to help you launch and grow with PopAEO.

Shopify AEO

Learn how to make your Shopify catalog easier for AI answer engines to understand.

Start Shopify AEO

llms.txt for Shopify

Generate an AI-readable product index with products, prices, stock, and policies.

Read the guide

WordPress llms.txt

Publish a root-level /llms.txt file for WooCommerce product visibility.

Optimize WordPress

Google indexing

Submit your sitemap, inspect priority URLs, and fix discovered-not-indexed pages.

Follow the tutorial

Tutorial

Set up PopAEO on Shopify or WooCommerce, step by step.

Open guide

Documentation

Learn how AEO, llms.txt, and growth strategies work.

Read docs

Changelog

See the latest features, improvements, and fixes.

View updates

FAQ

Answers on platforms, billing, privacy, and results.

Browse FAQ

Knowledge Base

SEO, AEO, llms.txt, and AI recommendation guides in one place.

Explore resources

Ready to become the store AI search recommends?

Use PopAEO to turn AI answers into a new growth channel for your store.

Start with the Shopify app Download the WordPress plugin

Questions? Email support@popaeo.com