Mention Network is an AI visibility (generative engine optimization, GEO) solution for e-commerce. It measures whether AI assistants (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Claude) name your store when shoppers ask where to buy a product, in a specific location and language, then explains why you are or are not visible and helps you fix it. The product launches first as a Shopify app, listed as Mention Network AI Visibility, and the underlying engine is open source in this organization.

Mention Network is not an SEO rank tracker. SEO tools track Google search rankings; Mention Network measures what AI assistants actually answer when shoppers ask where to buy. That is a different channel with different rules, where trust signals and structured data matter more than keywords.

Shopping is moving from "ten blue links you rank in" to "one assistant that names a few stores." When someone asks "where to buy PDRN collagen serum in Dubai", an AI names a handful of retailers: either yours is one of them, or a competitor selling the same product wins the sale invisibly. Most store owners have no idea which. We build the tooling to measure it, explain it and fix it, and we track the fast-moving standards (UCP, ACP, MCP, AP2) that decide how agents buy.

Built for Shopify resellers: multi-brand shops, dropshippers and regional retailers. No technical skills needed. Your first product check and audit are free, no credit card.

• 🖥️ Desktop app: paste a URL, get a report. For store owners.
• 🐳 Self-host: docker compose up. For teams.
• ⌨️ CLI: visibility checks in CI, Lighthouse-style. For developers.
• 📦 Library: build on the engine. For makers.

Bring your own OpenRouter key (free path, pay providers directly) or plug in Mention Cloud for managed sampling, geo-located answers, and engines without APIs.

• Packs = the buying questions (base per vertical + industry-specific), pure YAML → mn-pack-*
• Connectors = read/write site access per platform (Shopify, WooCommerce, marketplaces…) → mn-connector-*
• Engines = a registry-delivered catalog; new LLMs are config entries, not releases

The engine is FSL-1.1-ALv2: free to use, self-host, fork, and modify; you can't sell a competing product with it for 2 years, then each version automatically becomes Apache-2.0. The pack format and connector SDK are plain Apache-2.0 so the ecosystem can build on them freely, forever. We think that's a fair trade, and we wrote it down plainly instead of hiding it.

Which AI assistants does Mention Network cover? ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Claude, with new engines added as config entries through the registry, not code releases.

Who is Mention Network for? Shopify merchants who resell products: multi-brand retail shops, dropshippers and regional retailers. It works for any industry and any country; English-language markets are best supported today.

Is Mention Network free? Your first product check and audit are free, no credit card. After that, actions that use AI consume credits; viewing reports again is always free.

What is AI visibility? AI visibility (also called generative engine optimization, or GEO) is whether AI assistants mention or recommend your store and products in their answers. It is the AI-era equivalent of search ranking: shoppers ask AI where to buy, and only the stores the AI names get the sale.