Is your store dark?
Enter your store. We'll show you what Google and the AI answers say today for the searches you should be winning — and what they show instead of you.
The searches that should end at your door.
Your categories, your top products, your neighborhood. We look at what Google Search, Maps, and AI answers return — and whether your shelf is anywhere in them.
Your dark score, and the why behind it.
The queries you're missing from, who's winning them instead, and the specific reason why. Built to be shared — send it to your co-op, your distributor rep, or the family group chat that keeps telling you to "get online."
Three tiers. Plainly explained.
Your inventory is invisible. Shoppers nearby can't see a single item you stock.
Your business shows up; your shelf doesn't. People can find your door but not your products — so the product searches still go elsewhere.
Your inventory is live and machine-readable. The near-me moment is yours to win.
Being dark isn't a verdict. It's a starting line.
The fix doesn't require new hardware or new skills. Start Free puts your shelf on Google and on your own Local Commerce storefront at no cost. Request a Demoif you'd rather see the whole picture first.
How honest is this? Honest.
The checker reads public search results and your public business presence. It can't see your POS, so it can't know what you stock — it knows what the internet can see, which is exactly the problem being measured. It's a diagnosis of visibility, not an audit of your store.
Every scan feeds an anonymous, aggregate picture of local retail visibility — the industry scoreboard nobody has ever had. [PLACEHOLDER — activates with scan volume: "We've scanned N stores. X% are invisible." → State of Local Visibility]