AI SEO Services for Shopify and eCommerce

A growing share of your buyers are finding products through ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews before they visit any website. If your content is not structured for AI retrieval, you are invisible to that share and the gap widens every month. Shero audits your content structure and schema markup against what AI tools use to generate recommendations.

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16+

Years in business

500+

Projects Delivered

65+

Team Members

98%

Client Retention

3x

Orders from AI assistants, on flat traffic

Across 96 million sessions in our AI referral benchmark, AI assistants sent roughly the same number of visits as the year before and produced close to three times the orders. AI visits are still a small share of total traffic.

42/100

Average AI search readiness of Shopify stores

We scored 1,000 Shopify stores on AI search readiness and the average was 42 out of 100. In the audit we show you where your store loses points and what to fix first.

3 to 6 months

Typical time to the first visibility change

Schema and content fixes start showing up in AI answers within 3 to 6 months. How long the rest takes depends on catalog size and how much of the content needs restructuring. We report the months where nothing moves as well.

Agent checkout

AI agents can check out on eligible Shopify stores

Since September 2026, AI agents that browse the web can complete checkout on eligible Shopify stores, Shop Pay included, with the buyer's approval. Agents read product attributes like size, material and price, so complete product data decides whether your products get picked.

"Working with Shero has been an exceptional experience. Their team’s dedication to innovation, attention to detail, and commitment to delivering outstanding results is truly commendable. Shero’s expertise has been instrumental in achieving our goals, and I highly recommend their services to anyone seeking excellence in their projects."

Rene Davis, Director of Digital Commerce, Event Network

Google is no longer the only place buyers search

A search results page gives ten answers and lets the buyer choose. A model gives one answer and names two or three brands inside it, so the question stops being where you rank and becomes whether you get mentioned at all. Models put that answer together from structured data, entity coverage and content written as answers instead of as pages. Traditional SEO still decides most of it, because the sites models trust are largely the sites Google already trusted.

AI SEO services: your options compared

How Shero compares with Profound or a similar AI tracking tool, Ahrefs Brand Radar with your SEO team and a freelance SEO writer.

Compared on Shero CommerceProfound or a similar AI tracking toolAhrefs Brand Radar with your SEO teamA freelance SEO writer
Search growth that AI answers draw from Camera Source: Google clicks up 32% in the 12 weeks after its move to Shopify.Shows where you appear; growing traffic is your job.Strong mention data if you already pay for Ahrefs.Writes posts; technical fixes are usually out of scope.
Knowing what to fix, page by page Fixes to answers, schema and product data, listed by URL.Clear competitor views; the to-do list is yours to write.Good data; your team turns it into tasks.Covers content gaps, rarely schema or feeds.
Pages Google can actually index We crawl your site and fix what keeps pages out of Google's index.Tracks AI answers; indexing problems are outside its view.Site Audit finds issues; someone still fixes them.Indexing is usually outside a writer's brief.
Growth beyond your brand name Roman: non-brand Google clicks tripled year over year.Can track non-brand prompts you set up.Tracks the prompts and keywords you choose.New posts can help, given time and links.
How you pay $3,000 audit, then retainers from $1,500 a monthProfound-style tools bill monthly.Add-on to an Ahrefs plan, plus staff time.Writer paid per article or monthly.
Shero Commerce
Search growth that AI answers draw from Camera Source: Google clicks up 32% in the 12 weeks after its move to Shopify.
Knowing what to fix, page by page Fixes to answers, schema and product data, listed by URL.
Pages Google can actually index We crawl your site and fix what keeps pages out of Google's index.
Growth beyond your brand name Roman: non-brand Google clicks tripled year over year.
How you pay $3,000 audit, then retainers from $1,500 a month

Compared with

Profound or a similar AI tracking tool

Search growth that AI answers draw from Shows where you appear; growing traffic is your job.
Knowing what to fix, page by page Clear competitor views; the to-do list is yours to write.
Pages Google can actually index Tracks AI answers; indexing problems are outside its view.
Growth beyond your brand name Can track non-brand prompts you set up.
How you pay Profound-style tools bill monthly.

Ahrefs Brand Radar with your SEO team

Search growth that AI answers draw from Strong mention data if you already pay for Ahrefs.
Knowing what to fix, page by page Good data; your team turns it into tasks.
Pages Google can actually index Site Audit finds issues; someone still fixes them.
Growth beyond your brand name Tracks the prompts and keywords you choose.
How you pay Add-on to an Ahrefs plan, plus staff time.

A freelance SEO writer

Search growth that AI answers draw from Writes posts; technical fixes are usually out of scope.
Knowing what to fix, page by page Covers content gaps, rarely schema or feeds.
Pages Google can actually index Indexing is usually outside a writer's brief.
Growth beyond your brand name New posts can help, given time and links.
How you pay Writer paid per article or monthly.

Why eCommerce brands choose Shero for AI SEO

AI search optimization requires a different approach than traditional SEO. Here is how Shero grows visibility across both traditional and AI-driven search.

01

We start by auditing your own store

Before anything is quoted we put the prompts your buyers actually use through ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and AI Overviews, and record where you appear, who appears instead of you, and how the models describe your brand when they do mention it. Afterwards we do our Agentic Commerce Readiness Test. You get the full transcript, not a score out of a hundred. If you take it to another agency afterwards, that is fine.

02

Models trust the sites Google already trusts

AI citation is not a separate channel you can buy your way into. The pages that get quoted are largely the pages that already rank, because the same authority and structure signals feed both. That is why our SEO team and our AI team are the same people, and why we will tell you if your traditional SEO is the thing actually holding you back.

03

More content is usually the wrong answer

Vendors in this space tend to respond to AI search by publishing more, which is the easiest thing to sell and the slowest thing to work. The pages you already have are usually the ones not being read. We restructure them instead: a summary at the top, specifications in a block a model can parse, and comparisons where a buyer would ask for one.

04

Shopify is already feeding your catalog to the assistants

Since March 2026 Shopify has been exposing eligible catalogs to ChatGPT, Copilot, Google AI Mode and Gemini by default, and since September an agent can complete the purchase without the shopper reaching your site. Half of what decides whether you show up is product data quality instead of anything you would recognise as content work.

05

Schema and LLM signals

Schema markup is the most direct way to communicate product, organisation, and content data to AI search engines. Traditional Shopify SEO and AI SEO are coordinated. The same content and technical improvements that help Google also improve AI search visibility.

06

Sometimes this is not your problem yet

AI referrals are still a small share of traffic for most stores, and if your category pages are not ranking in Google, AI work will not rescue that. We will say so in the audit, before you are three months into a retainer. The honest version of this service is sometimes a smaller one, and occasionally it is a different one.

SEO results

Google clicks from Search Console for stores we run SEO for.

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Gifts and home decor

+57%Google organic clicks, Jul to Sep 2026 vs 2025
3xnon-brand Google clicks, same period
RomanShopify Plus

Barcode and RFID hardware

+92%Google organic clicks, Jul to Sep vs Jan to Mar 2026
+20%Google clicks, Sep vs Aug 2026
LevataMagento

Backup camera systems

+32%Google clicks in the 12 weeks after the move from Magento
+65%Google impressions, same 12 weeks vs the 12 before
Camera SourceShopify
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Our Work

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Backup Camera Systems

Camera Source

Camera Source, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of backup camera systems for automotive, agricultural, and commercial use, built a loyal D2C and B2B customer base over 15+ years. Outgrowing a self-hosted Magento setup, the brand partnered with Shero to migrate to Shopify, delivering a native B2B dealer portal, a custom Vehicle Fitment Search, and a faster, more flexible storefront for retail customers and dealers alike.

Camera Source
Candy and Party Favors

Just Candy

Just Candy sells personalized candy and party favors from a catalog of more than 16,000 SKUs. On VTEX, the brand had a rigid and expensive tech stack, a dip in sales caused by user experience issues, and site management that depended on heavy custom development. Shero moved the full catalog to Shopify and kept personalization and performance intact. Indexed pages increased 66% after the migration.

Just Candy
Industrial Safety Solutions

Justrite

JustRite Safety Group is a leading manufacturer of workplace safety products with roots going back to 1906. The brand partnered with Shero to merge four separate Magento stores into a single multi-store megasite, allowing customers to shop across all brands with one shared cart. Organic traffic doubled almost immediately after launch and continued to grow steadily over the following six months.

Justrite
Leadership Education

CCL - Center for Creative Leadership

Shero moved the Center for Creative Leadership, a global nonprofit, from iApps to Magento 2. We integrated Microsoft Dynamics 365 and VitalSource, set up international selling, and improved the store and checkout on every device.

CCL - Center for Creative Leadership

AI answers start with your store data

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews pick stores from what they can crawl and read. We fix that layer first, then track where you get cited.

Check your store for free with our Agentic Commerce Readiness Check
  • AI crawler access

    Robots.txt, Cloudflare rules and bot settings checked so GPTBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended can reach your products.

  • Product data AI can read

    Product, Offer and Review schema written once in Liquid and kept in sync with your catalog.

  • Answer ready copy

    Collection and product copy that answers the buyer's question in the first sentence.

  • Citation tracking

    A monthly check of the prompts your buyers use, which stores get cited and what AI referrals bring in GA4.

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Process

How an AI SEO project works

We check what ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews say about you today, then fix the pages and data they read.

  1. 01

    Prompt testing

    We put your buyers' real questions into ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and AI Overviews and record who gets named and how.

  2. 02

    Crawler access

    We check robots.txt, CDN rules and page rendering so OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and Googlebot can actually fetch your pages.

  3. 03

    Schema and llms.txt

    We add validated Product, Review, FAQPage and Organization JSON-LD, then edit your llms.txt file so it points models to key pages.

  4. 04

    Page restructure

    Product and category templates get a plain summary up top, a spec block and real buyer questions answered on the page.

  5. 05

    Monthly prompt check

    We repeat the same prompts every month and report where you gained or lost mentions against named competitors.

Frequently asked questions.

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What our clients say.

We design experiences that make a difference. See what our clients have to say about working with us.

Benchmade Knife Co.

"I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for a very successful launch! I know there was a lot of great work put in by everyone to make this happen. Our accounting and sales teams are thrilled to have this functionality working, and that means our customers are also taking full advantage of these enhancements.
We appreciate the partnership in the development and testing, and are looking forward to more enhancements in the future."

Bren Rafaelly

Head of Digital Transformation / Benchmade Knife Co.

STX

"Since partnering with Shero Commerce, our eCommerce revenue has grown by 200%. Their 24/7 support and innovative solutions have been game-changers for our business."

James McKenna

Senior Commerce & CX Manager / STX

Memphis Drum Shop

"Working with the Shero team was professional, efficient, and inspiring. The Shero development team was extremely competent and provided solid solutions for our needs, as well as addressing any bugs or issues that arose during the process. Working with Shero exclusively through video technology was a new concept for our team that forced us to embrace modern methods of communication that will likely benefit our future relationships and business endeavors."

Shaun Carman

eCommerce Manager / Memphis Drum Shop

Swag Golf

"We partnered with Shero for the SWAG site development. The dev was highly nuanced, specialized and complex. The Shero team went above and beyond. They were collaborative, organized and professional, consistently setting expectations clearly and usually exceeding them."

Matt Kaminsky

Co-founder & Managing Director / Swag Golf

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