ChatGPT visibility
Does ChatGPT recommend competitors before you?
Buyers now ask ChatGPT shortlist questions before they visit vendor sites. CompeteDesk tests those questions, records which rivals are named, then checks whether the same loss appears across Google, AI Overview and Perplexity.
Questions
The check starts with buyer language.
The report tests the prompts a buyer would use when they are building a shortlist, not branded vanity prompts.
- Category questionsBest tools, services or software for the buyer's use case.
- Alternative questionsWho appears when a buyer asks for alternatives to a known rival.
- Review questionsWhether your proof, pricing or reviews are visible enough to be mentioned.
- Comparison questionsWhich two or three vendors ChatGPT frames as the obvious options.
Why it matters
A single ChatGPT miss is noise. A repeated miss is a sales problem.
Weak signalOne answer
ChatGPT names a rival once, with no source trail.
Useful to know, but too thin to build a fix around on its own.
ResultOne rival namedWatch
RiskCould be prompt variationLow proof
Strong signalRepeated loss
ChatGPT, Google and Perplexity all point buyers to the same rivals.
That is when the report creates a Buyer Loss Card and shows the page or source gap to fix first.
ResultSame rivals repeatedAct
ProofCited source or ranking page foundHigh
Output
The useful answer is the page to fix.
- Buyer Loss CardsThe questions where competitors appear and you do not.
- Source trailThe pages, reviews or roundups that explain the answer when available.
- Demand metricsGoogle volume, CPC and ranking difficulty for searches worth chasing.
- Agent fix briefA copyable brief for the team or agent changing your site.