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AI Visibility Snapshot
- One overall AI visibility score out of 100
- Automated diagnostic across major AI engines
- Instant results, emailed within minutes
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- Best for: knowing if there is a problem
UK · ANSWER ENGINE OPTIMISATION · FOUNDED 2026
Is AI search costing your UK small business customers?
Over 100 million people now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude for business recommendations every week. AEO-REX is the UK consultancy that makes sure those AI engines name your business when your customers ask.
What is an agent scan? It checks whether AI tools like ChatGPT can actually use your website to book appointments or place orders for your customers. Scroll down for the full picture ↓
THE COST OF INVISIBILITY · AEO-REX 2026 BENCHMARK
How much money is poor AI visibility actually costing my business?
We worked the maths so you don't have to.
MONTHLY SEARCHES
8,500
Average UK SME's monthly search potential
AI SEARCH RATE
12%
Of searches now run via ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude
PURCHASE INTENT
8%
Of those AI searches lead to a buying decision
MISS RATE
85%
Most UK SMEs are invisible inside AI search
MISSED BUYERS
~70
Per month, walking past your business
LOST MONTHLY
£10,500
Average revenue UK SMEs leak to better optimised competitors
8,500 monthly searches multiplied by 12% AI search rate multiplied by 8% purchase intent multiplied by 85% miss rate equals approximately 70 missed buyers per month, worth approximately £10,500 in lost revenue.
These figures are based on the AEO-REX 2026 benchmark. An AEO-REX score under 40 means the average UK small business is losing approximately £10,500 every month in missed buyers to better optimised competitors. Most business owners don't realise it is happening until a quarter has gone by and the numbers are too obvious to ignore.
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WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Free Snapshot or £97 Roadmap?
The Snapshot tells you your AI visibility score in 90 seconds. The Roadmap tells you exactly what to fix, in what order, and why.
£97 · 5 WORKING DAYS · PERSONALLY REVIEWED
AI Visibility Roadmap
- Per-engine scores across 6 AI platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot)
- Personally reviewed by Shanaz, not automated
- Top 3 competitor benchmarking with entity-signal gaps
- Top 5 prioritised fixes with code snippets
- 30 / 60 / 90 day visibility roadmap with milestones
- 14 days email follow-up access for clarifying questions
- £97 credited toward Done For You if booked within 30 days
Still not sure? Most clients start with the free Snapshot, then upgrade to the Roadmap once they see their score.
What is Answer Engine Optimisation?
Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) is the practice of getting your business named and recommended by AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Where traditional SEO competes for rankings on a page of ten blue links, AEO positions your business as the direct answer AI gives when a customer asks for a recommendation.
When someone asks "Who's the best plumber in Birmingham?", AI doesn't show a list. It gives one answer. AEO-REX makes sure that answer is you.
THE SHIFT · HOW PEOPLE FIND BUSINESSES IN 2026
AI search is replacing the ten blue links
THEN
Google × 10 blue links
- Type a query into Google
- Scan ten ranked results
- Click a website
- Read, compare, decide
NOW
Ask AI, get one answer
- Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini
- AI gives one direct answer
- Names specific businesses by name
- Often no click needed at all
Weekly ChatGPT users
800M+
More than 1 in 10 people on earth use ChatGPT every week
Source: OpenAI, 2026
Google searches with AI Overviews
~13%
Google now answers many searches with AI before any link is shown
Source: Google, 2025
Top-result click drop when AI Overview appears
~34%
Even the number-one Google result loses a third of its clicks to AI answers
Source: Sistrix, 2025
Google searches ending with zero clicks
~58%
Most people now get their answer on the search page itself, never clicking through
Source: SparkToro, 2024
Pricing — transparent, fair, built for SMEs
Most UK agencies will quote you between £500 and £25,000 for an "AI visibility audit". We charge £97.
Why? Because most "AI visibility audits" are traditional SEO audits with the words "ChatGPT" added. Ours is built specifically for AI search — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews — and powered by AGENTREX, the scanner we built ourselves. We don't have a London office to fund. We don't have a 12-person team to feed. We don't mark up your spend by 40%. So we don't have to charge you £5,000.
The market for UK AI visibility audits (2026):
- Enterprise agencies£5,000 – £25,000
- Mid-market agencies£800 – £2,500
- Small agencies£500 – £2,000
- Freelancers£250 – £600
- AEO-REX£97
Source: UK SEO pricing research 2026 (Whitehat SEO, Red Eagle Tech, Polaris Agency, Limelight Digital industry reports).
Want to discuss what's right for your business?
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Book a free call →PREMIUM TIER · Q3 2026 COHORT · WAITLIST OPEN
What if AI was already deciding who wins your customers?
It probably is.
In 2026, ChatGPT processes around 2.5 billion prompts every single day. 64% of consumers say they plan to use AI chatbots for shopping this year, and nearly 1 in 4 plan to make AI their default way to shop. When a customer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Claude for a recommendation, the answer they get is decided by signals AI engines have spent years quietly collecting: your business name in trusted directories, your schema markup (the structured data that tells AI what you do), your reviews, your citations, the reputation you've built or failed to build. If you're invisible to AI today, you're already losing customers you will never know existed.
2.5 billion
ChatGPT prompts processed every day in 2026
Source: Superlines, April 2026
64%
Of consumers planning to use AI chatbots for shopping in 2026
Source: PartnerCentric, December 2025
9.8%
ChatGPT shopping query share, doubled in six months
Source: Bain and Company / Sensor Tower, 2025
Rex Commerce is the premium tier of AEO-REX. We work with 12 UK small businesses per cohort to make sure ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude don't just know about your business, they actively recommend it when your customers ask. The Q3 2026 cohort starts in July. The waitlist is open now, and joining gets you a free AI Visibility Snapshot straight away.
Join the waitlist on rex.aeo-rex.com →
12 spots only · Q3 2026 cohort · Free AI Visibility Snapshot on signup
Our Own AI Visibility Score
62/100
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Shanaz Begum
Former Educator and STEM Specialist
✓ Companies House Reg: 17018571
✓ Crunchbase Profile
✓ UK Registered Trademark (Apr 2026)
✓ Founded 2026
✓ Greater Birmingham Chambers Member
What you won't get from AEO-REX
I've watched too many UK small businesses get burned by digital agencies. Before we even talk, here's what I will never do.
I won't buy fake reviews or fake citations for you.
Reputation has to be earned. I can help you earn it faster — I won't fake it.
I won't promise you a specific ChatGPT ranking or guaranteed AI citation.
AI engines don't rank like Google. They cite. Anyone promising rankings is either lying or selling something else.
I won't lock you into a 12-month contract.
If I'm not earning my keep month by month, you should be free to leave. Maintenance is rolling, cancel anytime.
I won't outsource your work to a content farm.
Every audit, every fix, every report comes from me. Birmingham-based, UK-trained, full stop.
I won't hide what's included until after you've paid.
What you see in our discovery call is what you get. No surprise add-ons. No hidden fees.
I won't sell your email or share your data with anyone.
You contact me, you talk to me. Your details stay between us.
Because UK consultancy needs more of this, not less.
2026 SHIFT · WHY THIS MATTERS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Soon, AI won't just recommend your business. It will try to book it.
Customers are already asking ChatGPT and Perplexity to "book me a hair appointment for Saturday" or "order the part I need by Friday". If your website cannot handle that, the AI quietly moves on to a competitor.
GROWTH IN 12 MONTHS
4,700%
Year-over-year jump in AI-driven traffic to retail sites
Source: Adobe Analytics, 2025
BY 2030
£3 to 5T
Global retail spend projected to be orchestrated by AI agents
Source: McKinsey QuantumBlack, October 2025
THE BOOKING GAP
3x lower
Conversion rate when AI tries to buy in-chat vs redirecting to your own site
Source: Walmart, 2025
THE STRUCTURED DATA GAP
71%
Of pages cited by ChatGPT use structured data. If yours does not, you are not in the conversation.
Source: commercetools, 2026
In 2026, AI is not just answering questions about your business. It is trying to do things for customers. Book an appointment. Place an order. Complete a purchase. These are called AI agents, and tools like ChatGPT Instant Checkout, Walmart's Sparky, and Google's shopping AI are already live. The problem is that most UK small businesses have not set their websites up for this. So when an AI agent visits, it cannot complete the task and quietly recommends a competitor instead.
AGENTREX is a free scan that checks if AI agents can actually use your website.
Customer asks AI
AI agent visits your site
6 checks
PASS: customer books with you
FAIL: AI tries competitor
AGENTREX is a free scan that checks if AI agents can actually use your website. We test six things:
Does your website "speak AI"?
Structured data tells AI agents what your business does, where you are, and what you sell.
Can an AI agent actually book you?
Tests whether your booking, contact, or order forms work with AI assistants.
Does AI know who you are?
Checks if your business is verified across Wikidata, Companies House, and trusted directories.
Are you in the sources AI trusts?
Checks for press mentions, Trustpilot reviews, and Chamber listings AI engines weight heavily.
Are you accidentally blocking AI?
Many sites unknowingly block ChatGPT and Perplexity from indexing them.
Can voice assistants find you?
Tests Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant readiness, separate from text-based AI.
We tested aeo-rex.com first. We built AGENTREX from the gap we found in our own scan.
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You now know your AI Visibility Score and you have seen three of the issues holding your business back.
But knowing you have a problem is only the first step.
Most business owners try to fix these issues themselves and spend weeks researching technical changes that take minutes for an expert to implement.
The £97 AI Visibility Roadmap gives you the complete picture: every issue found, exactly how to fix each one in plain English, in priority order, with step by step instructions written specifically for your business. Delivered within 5 working days, personally reviewed by Shanaz.
No technical knowledge required. No agency jargon. Just clear actions. Your £97 is credited toward Done For You AEO if you book within 30 days.
What do you get with each option?
The Snapshot shows you the problem. The Roadmap shows you exactly how to fix it.
FREE
£0
✓ AI Visibility Score out of 100
✓ Which AI platforms don't recommend you
✓ 3 headline issues identified
✓ Estimated monthly revenue being lost
✗ Full issues list (12+ issues)
✗ Step by step fixes
✗ Priority action plan
✗ Schema markup recommendations
✗ Competitor analysis
✗ 30 day roadmap
✗ Professional PDF report
✗ Direct support from Shanaz
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AI VISIBILITY ROADMAP · 5 WORKING DAYS
£97
✓ Per-engine visibility scores across 6 AI platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot)
✓ 5 sector-relevant prompts tested on each engine
✓ Top 3 competitor benchmarking with entity-signal gaps
✓ Entity graph audit: Companies House, Wikidata, Crunchbase, Trustpilot, LinkedIn, Schema.org, GBP, Bing Places
✓ Top 5 prioritised fixes with code snippets, ranked by impact and effort
✓ 30 / 60 / 90 day visibility roadmap with milestones
✓ PDF report plus written summary (no video)
✓ 14 days email follow-up access to Shanaz
✓ Personally reviewed, not automated
✓ £97 credited toward Done For You if booked within 30 days
✗ We implement fixes for you
ONE-TIME
£447
✓ Everything in the £97 Roadmap PLUS:
✓ Shanaz implements every fix for you
✓ Schema markup installed on your website
✓ Entity signals built across directories
✓ Content optimised for AI recommendations
✓ Google Business Profile optimised
✓ 90 day results guarantee
✓ Nothing for you to do
"Think of it this way. The Snapshot is like a doctor telling you your blood pressure is high. The £97 Roadmap tells you exactly why it is high, what is causing it and precisely what to change. Done For You is having the doctor treat you directly. You do not have to do anything."
Roadmaps are prepared personally by Shanaz and delivered within 5 working days. Limited to 10 new Roadmaps per week to maintain quality.
About Your AI Visibility Score
Your score shows how AI platforms currently perceive your business based on trained data.
- AI models may not reflect changes from the last 2 to 4 weeks
- Recently placed Google Ads or new pages may not yet appear in your score
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Frequently Asked Questions
AEO is the practice of optimising your business to be cited by AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Unlike SEO which focuses on search rankings, AEO focuses on becoming the answer AI gives to user questions.
SEO gets you ranked on Google (blue links). AEO gets you recommended by AI directly. When someone asks ChatGPT "Who is the best plumber in Birmingham?", AEO determines whether your business gets cited. AI search is growing 400% year-over-year.
AI Visibility Audit is £97, Implementation is £447, and Maintenance is £97/month. No long-term contracts required.
Typically 8-12 weeks for consistent results. AI platforms build recommendations from accumulated trust signals: citations, mentions, reviews, and authority markers. Our structured approach accelerates this through strategic citation building.
All major platforms: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Perplexity AI, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, and other emerging answer engines.
Shanaz Begum, a former educator with 10+ years in STEM based in Birmingham. She pioneered AEO for UK businesses after recognising AI search was changing how consumers discover services.
No. One-off services (AI Visibility Audit, Implementation) are single purchases. Maintenance is rolling, cancel anytime. We earn your business through results.