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What this costs depends on where you start.

Two businesses in the same city can need very different amounts of work. We look at your market, your website and what AI says about you today, then quote a number built for that. No packages to decode.

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What sets the price
  1. Competition in your market
  2. The state of your website
  3. Your online presence today
  4. How many services and locations
  5. How far you want to reach

Including, but not limited to. We look first, then quote.

No setup feeNo twelve-month contractForensic audit credited to month one
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Start with a forensic audit.

Nobody should pay us monthly before they know where they stand. The audit tells you, in writing, with the evidence. It is also how we quote the plan: the number comes from what the audit finds.

Forensic audit
One fixed fee
quoted up front, credited to month one if you hire us
  • 50 to 100 real customer questions across five AI platforms
  • Every answer traced back to its sources
  • Three named competitors scored against you
  • A fix list written by a person, not a template
  • Delivered on a call within two business days
Ask about an audit
What it answers
  • Does AI know your business exists, and does it get the facts right?
  • When a customer asks for someone like you, who gets named instead, and why?
  • Which sites AI trusted for those answers, and whether you are on them.
  • What to fix first, second and third, and how long each one takes.

Want to see what one looks like? Ask us on the call. We keep client audits private.

The plan

One plan, scoped to your market. Everything below is in it.

No tiers to decode, no add-ons that turn out to be the part you needed. Every client gets all three jobs. What changes is how much of each your market needs.

Month one

Fix what AI cannot read

  • A forensic audit of what AI says about you, on five platforms
  • Listings corrected: Google, Bing, Apple Maps, the directories AI reads
  • Behind-the-scenes code fixes so AI can read your site
  • A map of the questions your customers actually ask AI
Every month

Build what AI trusts

  • Pages that answer your customers' questions, written so AI quotes them
  • Mentions on the sites AI already trusts
  • A review program that follows the rules
  • Monthly re-check across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and AI Overviews
What lands in your inbox

Proof, in plain English

  • A monthly report: who AI named, where, and why
  • Results cross-checked with several state-of-the-art AI visibility tracking tools
  • Screenshots of the answers, not a score out of ten
  • A 30-minute call to walk it through
What moves the price
How hard your competition works

If the businesses AI already names are quiet, you move fast. If they are spending, we have to outwork them.

The state of your website

A fast, clear site AI can read is a head start. A slow one, a thin one, or one AI cannot make sense of is work we do first.

Your online presence today

Listings, reviews, mentions, social profiles, press. If the web already agrees about who you are, we build on it. If it contradicts itself, we clean it up.

How many services you sell

Every service is its own set of customer questions to win. A roofer who also does gutters is two jobs, not one.

How far you want to reach

One city is one set of answers. A region, a state or the whole country multiplies the questions and the sources. One location or fifty.

And the rest

How fast you want to move, how much good content you already have, whether you need press to catch up. It all comes up on the call.

No setup fee

Month one is the same price as month twelve. The forensic audit, if you bought one, comes off the first invoice.

Month to month

No twelve-month contract. We ask for a quarter because the work takes a quarter to show, and then you decide.

In writing

If AI still is not naming you after a quarter, you get the reason in writing, with the evidence, not a renewal pitch.

For agencies

Agency rates are different. Ask us.

We white label the audit, the work and the reports under your name, priced for resale. Bring one client or twenty.

White label for agencies
Questions people ask

Before you call.

How much does AEO cost?
It depends on where you start. Competition in your market, the state of your website, your online presence today, how many services and locations you have, and how far you want to reach all move it. We look first and quote a number built for your business, usually on the first call.
Why not just publish a price?
Because one number on a page would be wrong for most people reading it. A business in a quiet market with a solid site needs a fraction of the work of one fighting three national chains with a site AI cannot read. We would rather quote the real number than a teaser.
Is there a setup fee or onboarding charge?
No. Month one costs the same as every other month. The first month is heavier on our side, not yours.
Do I have to sign a twelve-month contract?
No. Plans are month to month. We ask you to give it a quarter, because listings, reviews and new pages take that long to show up in AI answers, and after that you decide every month.
Can I buy the audit and stop there?
Yes. The forensic audit is a one-time purchase with no obligation. You keep the fix list. If you hire us later, it is credited to your first month.
What does a monthly plan include?
Three jobs, every month: fixing what AI cannot read about you, building the reviews, mentions and pages AI trusts, and a monthly report with screenshots of what AI says about you. The full list is above under The plan.
What if it does not work?
Most clients see first results in two weeks to two months. Some see them within days. In a crowded market it can take six to eight weeks. If AI is still not naming you after a quarter, you get the reason in writing, with the evidence, and you can stop.
What does the rest of the market charge?
Anywhere from a few hundred dollars for a tool subscription to five figures a month from large agencies. We wrote up what those prices include and what to watch for. Read more.

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