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Sample Paddle Co.

OpenAI 59/60, Perplexity 59/60, Claude 56/60 completed answers, 20 buyer questions, 3 runs each, Nov 2, 2026. Full method

What this adds to Shopify's Agentic home and Merchant Center AI insights: the competitors named across the 3 engines in this report, the sources those answers cite, and the full method.

AI engines named you in 9% of 174 completed API answers to 20 buyer questions, across 3 engines.

Named instead: Brand A (154), Brand B (131) and Brand C (83)

Brand A was named 9.6x as often as Sample Paddle Co.

Sites cited most in the answers that named them: forum.example (in 110 answers), retailer-b.example (in 75 answers) and reviews.example (in 72 answers). All cited sources

1 of 174 answers warned against Sample Paddle Co.

Some reviewers say to avoid Sample Paddle Co.

OpenAI (GPT via API, web search), run 2, answering “Is an inflatable or a hard paddle board better for a lake?” Read the full answer

Where you stand

  • 7thof the 7 brands the answers named, by share of answers
  • 9.6xas many answers named Brand A as named you: 154 to 16
  • 8 of 20questions where no answer named you

Brand A was named most: 154 of 174 answers

Share of the 174 completed answers that named each brand. Retailers are counted separately below.

  1. 1Brand Ayou asked about89% (154)

    OpenAI 51 / Perplexity 54 / Claude 49

  2. 2Brand B75% (131)

    OpenAI 45 / Perplexity 45 / Claude 41

  3. 3Brand Cyou asked about48% (83)

    OpenAI 34 / Perplexity 22 / Claude 27

  4. 4Brand D43% (74)

    OpenAI 24 / Perplexity 28 / Claude 22

  5. 5Brand E25% (43)

    OpenAI 13 / Perplexity 15 / Claude 15

  6. 6Brand F20% (34)

    OpenAI 12 / Perplexity 13 / Claude 9

  7. 7YouSample Paddle Co.9% (16)

    OpenAI 7 / Perplexity 5 / Claude 4

Prompt coverage: OpenAI 0/20, Perplexity 0/20, Claude 0/20

Marketplace A was named as a place to buy in 50 answers

Retailers and marketplaces the answers named as places to buy, out of 174 answers.

  1. 1Marketplace A29% (50)

    OpenAI 12 / Perplexity 17 / Claude 21

  2. 2Outdoor Retailer B23% (40)

    OpenAI 14 / Perplexity 9 / Claude 17

Selected examples: 3 of the prompts where you were named least, where competitors were named most

Taken by hand in the ChatGPT app, never retaken or swapped for what they show. Each sits beside that question's share in the API answers.

ChatGPT app answering “What is the best paddle board for a beginner on flat water?”. Sample placeholder. A real report's caption gives the date, the app (ChatGPT, temporary chat, memory off), the account state and the location
“What is the best paddle board for a beginner on flat water?” Sample placeholder. A real report's caption gives the date, the app (ChatGPT, temporary chat, memory off), the account state and the location. Via API: you were named in 0 of 9 answers to this question (0%).
ChatGPT app answering “Which inflatable paddle board is the most stable?”. Sample placeholder. A real report's caption gives the date, the app (ChatGPT, temporary chat, memory off), the account state and the location
“Which inflatable paddle board is the most stable?” Sample placeholder. A real report's caption gives the date, the app (ChatGPT, temporary chat, memory off), the account state and the location. Via API: you were named in 0 of 9 answers to this question (0%).
ChatGPT app answering “What is a good paddle board under 500 dollars?”. Sample placeholder. A real report's caption gives the date, the app (ChatGPT, temporary chat, memory off), the account state and the location
“What is a good paddle board under 500 dollars?” Sample placeholder. A real report's caption gives the date, the app (ChatGPT, temporary chat, memory off), the account state and the location. Via API: you were named in 0 of 9 answers to this question (0%).

forum.example was cited most: 112 answers

Sites the engines cited in their 174 answers, each counted once per answer and grouped by domain. Open one to see its pages.

  1. 1forum.example64% (112)

    OpenAI 41 / Perplexity 40 / Claude 31

    2 pages cited
  2. 2retailer-b.example44% (76)

    OpenAI 27 / Perplexity 26 / Claude 23

    1 page cited
  3. 3reviews.example42% (73)

    OpenAI 25 / Perplexity 31 / Claude 17

    1 page cited
  4. 4gearsite.example41% (72)

    OpenAI 27 / Perplexity 23 / Claude 22

    1 page cited
  5. 5news.example39% (68)

    OpenAI 18 / Perplexity 28 / Claude 22

    1 page cited
  6. 6video.example33% (58)

    OpenAI 18 / Perplexity 18 / Claude 22

    1 page cited
  7. 7magazine.example33% (57)

    OpenAI 18 / Perplexity 20 / Claude 19

    1 page cited