# CartCited

> CartCited reviews tools and ideas for small online stores: AI search visibility, Shopify and ecommerce apps, online business ideas, building an affiliate site, and SEO basics. Prices come from vendor pages, with a last-checked date. The site does not publish hands-on scores, star ratings, or invented test results. Publisher: CartCited Editorial Team. Some links may be affiliate links. Advertising is not turned on. The @cartcited YouTube channel is planned and has not been created.

CartCited is a static site at https://cartcited.com. New guides are one Markdown file each, under src/content/articles, and are published by pull request.

## Start here

- [Home](https://cartcited.com/): Five sections, the latest articles, and the video strip.
- [Methodology](https://cartcited.com/methodology): What a page is allowed to claim, what "hands-on tested" will require, and why affiliate status does not rank tools.
- [How we make money](https://cartcited.com/affiliate-disclosure): Which links may be affiliate links. Profound and Judge.me pay nothing.
- [Editorial policy](https://cartcited.com/editorial-policy): No paid rankings, dated corrections, vendor contact rules.
- [About](https://cartcited.com/about): CartCited Editorial Team. How we research, update, and disclose money. The channel is not live.
- [Contact](https://cartcited.com/contact): hello@cartcited.com
- [Privacy](https://cartcited.com/privacy): Static site. No ad cookies today. YouTube loads only after a click. Theme choice stays in the browser.
- [Terms](https://cartcited.com/terms): Research pages, not professional advice. Prices change.
- [Videos](https://cartcited.com/videos): CartCited videos. Empty until the channel exists.
- [Changelog](https://cartcited.com/changelog): Site-wide dated changes.

## AI search visibility

- [Section hub](https://cartcited.com/ai-visibility): What the section is for.
- [What is llms.txt](https://cartcited.com/ai-visibility/what-is-llms-txt): The proposal, the August 2026 v2 format, and the studies that have not shown a citation lift. Research checked October 27, 2026. No CartCited experiment.
- [Best AI visibility tools for small stores](https://cartcited.com/ai-visibility/best-ai-visibility-tools): OtterlyAI, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, SE Ranking, Peec AI, Profound. Research-based. Sorted by verified entry price.
- [Pricing index](https://cartcited.com/ai-visibility/pricing): Plan prices, prompt slots, and cost per prompt (monthly price divided by included prompts). Canonical price table. Last checked October 26, 2026.
- [SE Ranking vs Semrush](https://cartcited.com/ai-visibility/se-ranking-vs-semrush): Suite-plus-add-on versus a per-domain AI toolkit. The AI Results Tracker add-on is called out separately.

## Shopify and ecommerce

- [Section hub](https://cartcited.com/shopify): Reviews first. Email and platform comparisons are not published yet.
- [Best Shopify review apps](https://cartcited.com/shopify/best-review-apps): Judge.me, Loox, Okendo, and Yotpo at 50, 200, 500, and 1,500 orders a month.

## Other sections

- [Online business ideas](https://cartcited.com/ideas): Hub only. No guide published yet.
- [Building an affiliate site](https://cartcited.com/build): Hub only. AdSense is not applied for.
- [SEO basics](https://cartcited.com/seo): Hub only.

## Optional

- [Full text summary](https://cartcited.com/llms-full.txt): Longer plain-text version of the published pages.
- [Sitemap](https://cartcited.com/sitemap-index.xml)