Marketplace Platform

How Shomigo Markets made their entire marketplace visible to AI search

From JavaScript shells to fully structured product data — with zero code changes.

12xAI-Crawled Pages
340%More Product Citations
0Lines of Code Changed
72AI Visibility Score
We had no idea AI crawlers were seeing empty pages. Within a week of deploying Appear, our products started showing up in ChatGPT recommendations, and we did not change a single line of code.
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Shomigo Markets TeamProduct and Growth

The Challenge

Shomigo Markets operates a dynamic marketplace connecting buyers and sellers across dozens of product categories. Their platform relies heavily on client-side rendering, where listings, category pages, and merchant profiles are built with JavaScript at runtime.

That meant AI crawlers were receiving empty HTML shells instead of real product data. When users asked ChatGPT or Perplexity about marketplaces in Shomigo's category, the platform was either absent or described with vague, inaccurate information pulled from generic sources.

Before Appear

  • Product listings were invisible to AI crawlers.
  • Category hierarchy was unreadable by bots.
  • Zero structured product data reached LLMs.
  • Marketplace differentiation was missing from AI answers.

After Implementation

  • Full product catalog surfaced to AI systems.
  • Category hierarchy translated into machine-readable format.
  • Structured data added for products, sellers, and categories.
  • Shomigo cited as a relevant marketplace in high-intent prompts.

Platform Performance

Citation rate growth across major LLMs after implementation.

ChatGPT+74%
Baseline: 4%Current: 78%
Perplexity+82%
Baseline: 3%Current: 85%
Claude+61%
Baseline: 3%Current: 64%

Implementation Timeline

Day 1

Setup and Activation

Guided setup routed traffic through Appear's edge with zero disruption for human visitors.

Days 2-5

Marketplace Crawl and Profile Generation

Appear crawled the marketplace and generated AI response profiles for core categories and representative listings.

Days 6-10

Review and Schema Enhancement

The Shomigo team refined positioning language and validated structured product, seller, and category markup.

Days 11-30

Monitoring and Optimization

Citation growth was tracked across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude while content was iteratively improved.

Have a JavaScript-heavy site AI still cannot read?

Appear turns client-rendered experiences into crawler-readable product and category data without forcing a rebuild.

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