Perplexity
Does Perplexity recommend my products? How to check
Perplexity lists its sources under every answer, which makes it the easiest assistant to check by hand.
The short answer
Ask three buyer questions without your brand name in an incognito thread, write down the products and sources Perplexity names, and repeat the next day.
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Check Perplexity in 10 minutes
Free. Perplexity lists its sources under every answer, which makes it the easiest assistant to read.
Write three buyer questions
Without your brand name, with the condition that matters: "best waterproof hiking boots for wide feet under $200".
Use an incognito thread
So your earlier questions don't shape the answer.
Note the products and the product cards
Perplexity shows product cards on shopping questions. Write down every product named, in order.
Read the sources
Under each answer. Note which sites appear: retailers, review sites, forums, your own pages.
Repeat tomorrow
Same questions. In our data, Perplexity put the same brand first when asked again in 53% of questions.
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What to expect from Perplexity
From 264 Perplexity answers to one brand's buyer questions, September to October 2026.
sources cited per answer, against 3.9 in ChatGPT.
It reads widelyProdukto data, 264 answersof answers cited Amazon. Target, Ulta and Etsy followed.
Retailers leadProdukto dataof answers named at least one specific product.
The rest gave adviceProdukto dataOne brand, one category, three weeks. Use it as a pattern to check against your own questions.
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If Perplexity doesn't name you
From what Perplexity says about its own shopping results.
Let PerplexityBot in
Allowed in robots.txt and not blocked by a firewall. Shopify's default doesn't block it.
Sell and ship to the US
Perplexity's Shopify integration covers stores that sell and ship to the US.
Fix retailer listings
If retailers stock you, their pages should carry the same facts as yours. Perplexity reads them.
Get into roundups
Review sites and magazines were among its most-cited sources.
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Frequently asked questions
Checking Perplexity.
How do I check if Perplexity recommends my products?
Ask three buyer questions without your brand name in an incognito thread, write down the products and sources it names, and repeat the next day.
Can I pay to appear in Perplexity's product cards?
Perplexity says its product cards aren't sponsored. Its ads are a separate product.
Does Perplexity agree with ChatGPT?
Not often. In our data, same-day Perplexity and ChatGPT answers to the same question shared no brand 53% of the time.
Sources
- Perplexity's shopping announcement (November 2024) and crawler documentation. Summary: How Perplexity recommends products.
- Produkto data: 264 Perplexity answers, September 18 to October 8, 2026.
About this site
doesairecommendmyproducts.com is made by Produkto, an AEO and GEO tool for ecommerce brands. Produkto measures which of a store's products ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity recommend on its buyer questions, and shows the products AI picks instead. Facts about other tools on this site come from each tool's own website. getprodukto.com
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