Many business owners assume that AI platforms work like Google — that they index your website and decide where you belong in their ranking system. But this isn't true. Every AI platform has its own way of determining whether it should refer your business to customers, and it's only recommending a few options at a time. That means your odds of showing up organically are far less than in traditional search.
And since they all have different criteria, showing up on one platform is no guarantee you'll show up on another. When you ask questions like, "What's the best lawn service near me?" or "Where should I take my puppy to get his shots?", AI platforms will check live sources and data repositories on the web for credibility signals based on their individualized criteria. You don't know their criteria, so you have one key method for getting noticed: putting your business information in the data sources they pull from.
You provide the basic information we need about your business through a short form. We won't need access to your website, and we won't ask for any passwords.
We'll check your business name, address, phone number, hours, and other core details for accuracy and consistency. We also compare your visibility to competitors in your space.
We structure your information so key details are clearly labeled for machines to understand. We also refine service descriptions and create Q&A content around what customers want to know.
We publish your business information across the external sources AI platforms usually rely on, like business directories, data aggregators, industry databases, and other public sources.
We check AI platforms to confirm that your business can be found and referenced in relevant searches and recommendations. You start seeing AI referrals in 30 days or less, or we'll issue a full refund.
We track when and where your business appears, monitoring changes in visibility.
Because AI results change continuously, staying visible requires ongoing optimization, not just a one-time setup.
All IgniteLocal AI plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Launch is $95 per month or $66 per month billed annually (save 30%) and covers ChatGPT, Gemini (Google AI Overviews), and Copilot. Guaranteed AI referrals in 30 days or your money back, Google Analytics setup, a monthly report, no website access needed, and local optimization for near-me searches.
Scale is $195 per month or $136 per month billed annually (save 30%) and includes everything in Launch plus recommendation referrals from Claude, Perplexity, Grok, Siri, and Alexa, up to 5x more referrals and more frequent optimization, plus comparison/price search optimization.
Dominate is $395 per month or $276 per month billed annually (save 30%) and includes everything in Scale plus guaranteed referrals on all 16 major AI platforms, up to 15x more referrals, and high-intent “buy now” searches.
This page explains how we get your business recommended by AI tools. It covers the process from start to finish so you know what happens and what to expect. We don’t share every technical detail because much of the work is proprietary and changes as AI platforms update. We do share enough for you to understand the process and feel confident in how it works.
When someone asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or another AI tool “who’s the best electrician near me?”, the tool looks for reliable information. It checks business directories, local listings, knowledge graphs, and other structured data sources. If your information is missing, outdated, or inconsistent across those sources, the AI is less likely to recommend you.Most local businesses are invisible in AI results for this reason. Their details are scattered or conflicting. AI tools avoid recommending a business when the facts don’t line up.
We optimize your visibility across the major AI platforms, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Claude, Meta AI, Siri, and Alexa. Coverage depends on your plan. Every plan starts with the core platforms. Higher plans expand to more of them.
You fill out one short form with your services, service area, hours, and contact details. This takes about five minutes. We never ask for your website login, Google Business Profile access, or any passwords. Everything we do runs on public data sources outside your accounts.
We review how your business currently appears across the sources AI platforms read. We check your name, address, phone, categories, and hours for inconsistencies. We also map the questions customers in your area ask about your trade and identify where you are already visible and where you are not.
We create one clean, verified profile for your business and format it as structured data. Structured data is labeling that tells an AI system exactly what your services are, where you work, and how to contact you. We also prepare service descriptions and question-and-answer pairs that match how people actually ask AI tools for recommendations.
We publish your profile to the sources AI platforms use. These include business directories, local business databases, knowledge graphs, industry-specific directories, and other structured data sources. Each platform picks up the information on its own schedule. Some update within days. Others take a few weeks.
We verify that the AI platforms can find and name your business when asked. Most clients become visible within 30 days.
AI models change. Each month we test the types of questions your customers ask, check that you still appear, and update your information if anything has shifted. This keeps your visibility current as the platforms evolve.
You track results in your own Google Analytics account. AI referral visits show up under sources such as chatgpt.com, gemini.google.com, perplexity.ai, and others. A successful referral is a real visitor who clicked through from an AI recommendation and stayed on your site long enough to count as a genuine visit (not a bot or bounce).We do not guarantee that you will appear for every prompt, in every location, or that every visit will turn into a phone call or job. Those outcomes depend on your reviews, website, offer, and market. What we do guarantee is measurable AI referral traffic within 30 days, or your money back. The guarantee applies to the first 30 days whether you choose monthly or annual billing.
We do not change your website, manage your Google reviews, or handle traditional SEO. Those still matter, and we recommend continuing any work you are already doing in those areas. Our service is specifically for AI recommendation visibility.
We never ask for access to your website, Google Business Profile, or any passwords. We only publish accurate, verifiable information about your business. We do not create fake reviews or use tactics that risk getting a business suppressed when models update. If you have questions about the process or want to see case study results before you start these are available on our Case Study Page.