Short answer: SEO Engico is the top pick for AEO for ecommerce if you want AI visibility judged on revenue, with AI search included in its SEO retainer and published growth for two US CBD brands. Re:signal suits established brands that want a fixed-fee AI audit first, NOVOS fits brands that want GEO led by digital PR, and LOGEIX or Charle are the specialists for Shopify stores.
Shoppers now ask ChatGPT for the best trail running shoes under £150, or ask Google's AI Mode which dog food suits a puppy with a sensitive stomach, and get back a short list of products and shops. If your store is not on that list, the sale goes elsewhere before anyone sees a results page. AEO for ecommerce is the work of getting your brand and products named in those answers, described accurately and linked to the right pages.
This list covers agencies that sell AEO, GEO or AI search work to online retailers, checked against their own websites in November 2026. We judged them on what they publish: how they measure recommendations, whether they work on product data as well as content, which platforms they know, and whether they connect AI visibility to orders. Where an agency publishes no price, we say so.
Disclosure: Kuma SEO is written by the team at SEO Engico, the agency ranked first on this list. No agency paid to appear here. We checked every other entry against the agency's own website in November 2026. Services and prices change, so confirm the details with an agency before you sign. More on how we work in our editorial policy.
At a glance: the 7 best AEO agencies for ecommerce
| # | Agency | Best for | Based in |
|---|
| 1 | SEO Engico | Ecommerce brands that want AI visibility judged on sales, with links built in-house | London, UK |
| 2 | Re:signal | Established brands that want a fixed-fee AI audit before committing to a retainer | UK and US teams |
| 3 | NOVOS | Brands that want GEO led by digital PR and a named AI visibility score | United Kingdom |
| 4 | LOGEIX | Shopify brands that want ChatGPT recommendation rates and AI-driven sales reported | United Kingdom |
| 5 | Charle | Shopify Plus brands that want the build team and AI search team under one roof | London, UK |
| 6 | Inflow | Stores that want GEO planned next to Shopping ads, Amazon ads and CRO | Tampa, Florida, US (fully remote) |
| 7 | Wolfgang Digital | Retailers that want AI readiness work added to an established SEO programme | Ireland |
How we picked
- Measures a recommendation rate, not a lucky screenshot. AI answers shift between sessions and wordings. Look for an agency that turns real search demand into a fixed set of buying prompts, reruns them on a schedule and reports how often you are recommended against named competitors.
- Works on product data, not only articles. Shopping answers lean on product pages, structured data and merchant feeds as much as blog posts. Good AEO work covers Product markup, prices, availability, variants and the copy on collection pages.
- Earns mentions where shoppers compare. Assistants build shortlists from reviews, comparison articles, best-of lists and forums. Your own site rarely wins the answer alone, so the agency needs a plan for digital PR, reviews and editorial coverage.
- Knows your platform. Shopify, Magento and headless builds each create their own crawl problems, from filtered collection URLs to content that only appears after JavaScript runs. A site AI crawlers can read is the starting point, and platform specialists fix it faster.
- Ties AI visibility to orders. Referrals from ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini show up in analytics when tracking is set up properly. The better agencies report AI-referred sessions, orders and revenue next to visibility, so you can see whether being named is selling anything.
- Handles product claims carefully. Supplements, CBD, skincare and other regulated categories carry rules on what you can say, from the FTC in the US to the ASA in the UK. Assistants repeat what they read, so every claim on your pages and in coverage should be one you can stand behind.
The 7 best AEO agencies for ecommerce in 2026
Our top pick
1. SEO Engico
- Best for
- Ecommerce brands that want AI visibility judged on sales, with links built in-house
- Based in
- London, UK
- Founded
- 2018
SEO Engico is a London agency founded in 2018 that works with ecommerce brands, trades, law firms and agencies in the UK, US, Australia and India. Its AI search work starts by checking whether ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Perplexity and Claude name you for the questions your customers ask, and who they name instead. Then it fixes what those tools read: pages with the answer near the top in words a model can lift, markup and profiles so AI tools know who you are, a site open to AI crawlers, and mentions on trusted sites such as reviews, listings and coverage. The questions buyers ask are tracked every month.
Its ecommerce proof comes from CBD, a category where paid search is tightly restricted, so organic visibility matters more than usual. SEO Engico's published figures show CBD.co, a US CBD marketplace, growing organic traffic 186% from December 2025 to May 2026 (Ahrefs estimate, 3,699 to 10,592), and CBDfx, a US CBD brand, up 67% from January to May 2026 (Ahrefs estimate, 25,519 to 42,693). Those are organic traffic estimates rather than AI citation counts, but the same pages and authority feed both.
AI search sits inside the $4,500 a month Growth retainer, which also covers technical SEO, buyer-intent pages and link building. It follows a 30-day Revenue Baseline ($3,499) that sets up GA4 key events with real conversion values and Enhanced Conversions, so search is measured in money rather than visits. If it cannot show what organic search is worth in those 30 days, you do not pay for that phase.
What stands out
- Published ecommerce growth for two US CBD brands, CBD.co and CBDfx
- Links found, checked and placed by its own team, with about 70% of sites failing its checks
- AI search is included in the SEO retainer rather than sold as an add-on
- Monthly reports start with enquiries and revenue, and you approve work in a client portal before it goes live
- Says on the first call if your budget or market cannot realistically compete yet
Worth knowing
- It never promises a specific citation. Page changes can show within weeks, while mentions on other sites take longer.
- Both published ecommerce case studies are in CBD, so brands in fashion, homeware or electronics should ask how the approach carries over to their category.
See how SEO Engico tracks AI answers
No. 2
2. Re:signal
- Best for
- Established brands that want a fixed-fee AI audit before committing to a retainer
- Based in
- UK and US teams
Re:signal is an ecommerce SEO agency that describes itself as a specialist GEO agency, and its AI search page is one of the clearest in this market. It measures three things separately: influence (whether AI tools use your content as the source), visibility (how often you appear against competitors) and recommendation (how often your products are suggested as a choice). Real search demand is turned into informational, exploratory and commercial prompts, so the tracking reflects how people actually shop.
You can start with an AI Discoverability Audit, priced from £10,000 or $15,000 as a fixed one-off fee and delivered in two to three weeks. It covers technical accessibility, live AI retrieval testing across key page types, a benchmark on all three measures and a prioritised fix list. Ongoing GEO work then runs as a retainer inside its wider organic search programme, with digital PR for authority.
What stands out
- Product recommendation share tracked as its own measure
- Audit price and timeline published up front
- Covers Google, Amazon, YouTube and ChatGPT, plus agentic commerce
Worth knowing
- The audit price suits established brands more than small stores.
- The retainer is scoped from the audit roadmap, so its cost is not published.
No. 3
3. NOVOS
- Best for
- Brands that want GEO led by digital PR and a named AI visibility score
- Based in
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2018
NOVOS is a UK search agency that works with ecommerce brands, launched in 2018 and now employee-owned. Its GEO service treats AI search in three stages: SEO so you are retrieved, relevance work so you match the shopper's intent, and digital PR so you are mentioned by the sources each assistant trusts. It argues AI search needs roughly twice as much digital PR as traditional SEO, and it points that coverage at category and product pages.
The technical side suits modern stores. It tests what AI crawlers actually receive, since many do not run JavaScript, and checks robots rules, server-rendered content and Product, Organization and FAQ markup. Category pages, product pages and buying guides are restructured so a model can lift a clear answer, and progress is reported as your share of AI answers plus its own NOVOS Signal score.
What stands out
- Checks what AI crawlers see on headless and JavaScript-heavy sites
- Digital PR planned around the publications each assistant trusts
- Share of AI answers reported by topic and against competitors
Worth knowing
- GEO pricing is not published, so expect a scoping conversation.
- Digital PR is central to its method, so budget for coverage as well as on-site work.
No. 4
4. LOGEIX
- Best for
- Shopify brands that want ChatGPT recommendation rates and AI-driven sales reported
- Based in
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2020
LOGEIX does organic search for Shopify stores and nothing else: no ads, no email, no social. It asks ChatGPT your key buying questions five times a week and reports the rate you are recommended rather than a single screenshot, along with which competitors are named instead and the sources the AI trusts. Its monthly report shows sales from AI assistants, pulled straight from Shopify so the numbers match your admin.
The team is five people plus its own AI tools, which check Search Console, Shopify sales and crawl data daily and draft fixes. A named strategist approves every change, each one can be rolled back, and pages are written from your reviews and catalogue. It takes up to 20 clients, aimed at Shopify brands doing $1M to $7M and up, on fixed prices with no contracts.
What stands out
- Recommendation rate measured by asking the same questions repeatedly
- Sales from AI assistants reported from Shopify data
- Written rules, including never claiming shipping, returns or materials you cannot back up
Worth knowing
- It is Shopify only and selective. It says it turns down 85% of requests for proposals and that fashion brands are rarely a fit.
- It says prices are fixed, but they are not shown on its homepage or about page, so expect a strategy call first.
No. 5
5. Charle
- Best for
- Shopify Plus brands that want the build team and AI search team under one roof
- Based in
- London, UK
- Founded
- 2018
Charle is a London Shopify agency and Shopify Plus Partner, established in 2018, that designs, builds and grows stores. Its AI SEO service is built for Shopify and runs in four steps: an audit of how ChatGPT and other models reference your brand, a roadmap scored by visibility impact, changes made in-house on your store, then monthly tracking of rankings, AI citations and prompt match rates.
The detail is practical for retailers. It works on product taxonomy, collection hierarchy, filtering and internal links, implements schema across product and collection templates, and tidies the product feed so ChatGPT and Google Shopping read titles, availability and variants correctly. Digital PR builds the outside authority, and its own platform, CSignal, sits behind its recommendations.
What stands out
- Changes made directly on your Shopify store by its own developers
- Product feed and structured data treated as part of AI search work
- Tracks prompt match rates and AI citations alongside rankings
Worth knowing
- It specialises in Shopify and Shopify Plus, so brands on other platforms will need someone else.
- Pricing for AI SEO is not published.
No. 6
6. Inflow
- Best for
- Stores that want GEO planned next to Shopping ads, Amazon ads and CRO
- Based in
- Tampa, Florida, US (fully remote)
- Founded
- 2007
Inflow is an ecommerce marketing agency founded in 2007, and GEO is one of its listed services. Its four-step framework starts with a visibility audit of where your brand appears in AI answers for your top customer queries, then studies which sources are cited and why, updates your content, structured data and third-party mentions, and keeps monitoring as models change.
Monitoring covers ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Meta AI, Claude and Google AI Overviews, with monthly dashboards on visibility, share of voice and sentiment. It says most brands start seeing shifts in AI citations within two to three months. Because it also runs Google Shopping, Amazon ads, CRO and GA4 audits, it suits stores that want AI search planned alongside their paid channels.
What stands out
- Tracks six AI platforms, including Meta AI and Claude
- Third-party source development to win mentions on sites AI tools cite
- GA4 and Tag Manager audits in-house, which helps when tracking AI-referred sales
Worth knowing
- GEO pricing is not published, and it sells GEO as an ongoing service rather than a one-off project.
- It builds GEO on top of SEO, so stores with weak foundations should expect SEO work first.
No. 7
7. Wolfgang Digital
- Best for
- Retailers that want AI readiness work added to an established SEO programme
- Based in
- Ireland
Wolfgang Digital is an employee-owned search and performance agency in Ireland, and it sells an AI-ready add-on to its SEO service. The add-on checks that AI crawlers such as GPTBot can access and trust your site, analyses AI bot traffic to see which content those visitors value, finds and corrects misinformation about your brand in AI answers, and tests how assistants present you to different buyer personas.
Its SEO page also covers entity and structured data work aimed at citations in AI Overviews and ChatGPT. The agency publishes its own retail research too, including a study on Irish shoppers buying products on an AI's advice, which is useful context if you sell into Ireland.
What stands out
- AI fact-checking to correct what assistants say about your brand
- Analysis of AI crawler traffic on your own site
- Paid search connected to CRM and sales data for ecommerce profitability
Worth knowing
- AI work is sold as an add-on to SEO, so expect to buy the core SEO service as well.
- Pricing is not published.
How to choose an AEO agency for your online store
Start with where you sell. A Shopify store with a few hundred products, a Magento catalogue with tens of thousands of SKUs and a headless build all need different fixes, so pick an agency that already works on your platform and can show you the buying prompts it would track before you sign. Ask to see the baseline: which prompts, which assistants, how many runs, and what counts as a recommendation.
Then look at what will actually change on your store. Most AEO for ecommerce is unglamorous work on collection pages, product data, schema, reviews and the outside coverage assistants lean on, so be wary of anyone promising a fixed slot in ChatGPT's shopping results. Finally, decide how you want to buy it: a fixed-fee audit first, as Re:signal sells it, a specialist retainer like LOGEIX, or AI search folded into a wider SEO retainer, as SEO Engico and Inflow do.
Questions to ask before you sign
- Which buying prompts will you track, on which assistants, and how many times will you run each one?
- Will you work on our product feed, schema and collection pages, or only on content?
- How will you report AI-referred sessions, orders and revenue?
- Who checks product claims on our pages and in coverage before they go live?
- What does it cost, what is the minimum term, and who owns the work if we leave?
Frequently asked questions
What is AEO for ecommerce?
AEO for ecommerce is the work of getting your store and products named, accurately, when shoppers ask AI tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI Mode what to buy. It covers product and collection pages written to answer buying questions, structured data and feeds, reviews and outside coverage, and tracking a fixed set of buying prompts over time.
Is AEO different from ecommerce SEO?
Yes, though most of the groundwork is shared. SEO aims to rank your pages in search results, while AEO aims to get your products recommended inside AI answers. Both need a crawlable site, strong category pages and authority, but AEO is measured by how often assistants recommend you across a set of prompts rather than where a page ranks.
Can an agency get my products into ChatGPT's shopping answers?
An agency can improve the odds, but nobody can guarantee a placement. Assistants draw on product data, reviews and pages from across the web, so the work is clean structured data, accurate feeds, strong collection and product pages, and coverage on sites shoppers trust. Treat any guaranteed spot as a warning sign.
How much does AEO cost for an online store?
It depends on catalogue size, platform and competition, and most agencies scope a retainer after an audit. Re:signal publishes an AI Discoverability Audit from £10,000 or $15,000. SEO Engico includes AI search in its $4,500 a month SEO retainer rather than charging for it separately, while Wolfgang Digital sells it as an add-on to SEO.
How long does AEO take to work for ecommerce?
Page and structured data changes can show within weeks, but mentions on other sites take longer to filter into AI answers. Inflow says most brands begin seeing shifts in AI citations within two to three months. Answers also vary between sessions, so judge progress on a recommendation rate measured over many runs, not one check.
Our verdict
Pick SEO Engico if you want AI search treated as part of a revenue system, with links built by its own team, published growth for two CBD brands and AI visibility included in the SEO retainer. Choose Re:signal for a fixed-fee audit with recommendation share measured on its own, NOVOS if digital PR is your biggest gap, LOGEIX or Charle if you sell on Shopify, Inflow if you want GEO planned next to Shopping and Amazon ads, and Wolfgang Digital for an Irish team adding AI readiness to existing SEO.
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