# Is my business on ChatGPT? > Is your business on ChatGPT? Ask it the questions a stranger would and see if it names you, who it names instead and the sites it read. Free, no signup. Type your business and what you sell. We ask ChatGPT (or Claude if ChatGPT is unavailable) 3 questions a stranger would and show whether it names you, and who it names instead. - Page: [Is my business on ChatGPT?](https://www.rankli.io/tools/is-my-business-on-chatgpt) - Free, with no account and no email. ## How the check works You give your business name and what you sell, and where if it matters, and your website if you want a link to it to count. The check asks ChatGPT 3 questions with web search on, the way a customer's question reaches it: 1. I am looking for the best bookkeeping for small businesses in Denver. Who should I go with? 2. Where can I find the best bookkeeping for small businesses in Denver? Name a few and say why. 3. If I want the best bookkeeping for small businesses in Denver, who are the top-rated options, and why? (Shown with the page's example values; the check fills in yours.) For each answer it shows whether ChatGPT named your business, who it named instead, and which sites it read. An answer to the same question is shared for 7 days, and the report says when it was given. ## How to check by hand, and why one try is not enough You can open ChatGPT and ask it yourself. Do it the way a customer would, and do it more than once, because the list it gives changes. - Who is a good accountant for a small online shop in Ohio? - Which marketing agency should a ten-person software company hire? - I need a reliable electrician in Raleigh for a panel upgrade. Who should I call? - What is the best way to find a fractional CFO, and who offers it? - Can you name three firms that do bookkeeping for restaurants? - Which law firm handles trademark filings for startups in Austin? - Who sells good organic dog food online and ships fast? - What are the best alternatives to hiring a full-time bookkeeper? The check asks 3. On Growth, Rankli asks 50 of yours every week on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. ## Why ChatGPT may not know you exist Not being named is rarely a penalty. It usually means ChatGPT found nothing clear to say about you for that question. ### No page answers the question ChatGPT searches the web for many questions and names the businesses on the pages that come back. If none of your pages states what you do, for whom and where in plain words, there is nothing to quote. ### Your name is easy to confuse Businesses that share a name with another company, a product or a common phrase get mixed up or skipped. Naming your site, city and category together in your page text and listings keeps you distinct. ### Few other sites mention you An assistant trusts a business that directories, reviews, press and comparison pages all describe the same way. One mention on your own site is a claim; several independent ones are a pattern. ### The question names a place or a group You may be named for "bookkeeper" and missed for "bookkeeper for restaurants in Denver". Each narrower question is its own contest, and a check shows which ones you win. ## What this check shows, and what it cannot - It asks three questions through ChatGPT's API with web search on. The ChatGPT app can use a person's location and past chats, so one customer may see a different list. - A single run is a snapshot. The same question can name different businesses next week, which is why Rankli asks again on a schedule and counts how often you appear. - It looks for your business name and website in the answer. Use the name customers know you by. - It asks only ChatGPT, unless ChatGPT cannot answer, when it asks Claude and says so. Claude, Gemini and Perplexity can name other businesses for the same question. ## Questions ### How do I know if my business is on ChatGPT? Ask it the questions your customers ask, in their words, and read whether your name appears. This page does that for you with three questions and shows who was named instead. Rankli repeats the check every week so you can see a trend. ### Why does ChatGPT not mention my business? Usually because the pages it read do not clearly describe you as a fit for that question. Publish a page that answers it plainly and make sure other sites describe you the same way. Rankli finds the questions you lose and writes a page for each. ### Do I need to pay to be listed on ChatGPT? There is no listing to buy. ChatGPT names businesses its sources describe well. The free trial of Rankli shows which questions you lose and drafts the pages that answer them. ### Is the answer the same for everyone? No. Answers vary by wording, by day and by what the person has asked before. That is why one check is a snapshot, and why Rankli asks the same questions every week and reports how often you are named. ### Is this check free? Yes, with no account and no email. When you want more than three questions, the 7-day free trial of Rankli asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini up to 50 of your questions. ## Related checks - [Why is my business not showing up on ChatGPT?](https://www.rankli.io/tools/why-is-my-business-not-showing-up-on-chatgpt): See the answer ChatGPT gives your customers, who it names in your place and the sites it read to decide. - [How to get recommended by ChatGPT](https://www.rankli.io/tools/how-to-get-recommended-by-chatgpt): Start from where you stand: see which questions ChatGPT answers with your name and which it gives to someone else. - [ChatGPT visibility checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/chatgpt-visibility-checker): Does ChatGPT recommend your business? Ask it three buyer questions and see who it names. - [AI visibility checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/ai-visibility-checker): Ask ChatGPT three questions your customers ask and see whether it names you, or who it names instead. - [AI visibility checker for law firms](https://www.rankli.io/tools/ai-visibility-checker-for-law-firms): See whether ChatGPT names your firm when people in your city ask which lawyer to call. - [AI visibility checker for SaaS](https://www.rankli.io/tools/ai-visibility-checker-for-saas): See whether ChatGPT puts your product on the shortlist when buyers ask for software in your category. - [Every free tool](https://www.rankli.io/tools) ## About Rankli Rankli is an answer engine optimization (AEO) tool that gets businesses recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Every week it asks the questions your customers ask AI. It publishes an article for each question you are losing, then asks again 7 and 14 days after it goes live. Find the questions customers ask AI. Publish the answers. See if AI starts recommending you. - [How it works](https://www.rankli.io/how-it-works) - [Pricing](https://www.rankli.io/pricing) - [Everything about Rankli, for AI assistants](https://www.rankli.io/llms.txt)