Do I need to prepare my own server?

You need a cloud server with at least 2 cores and 2 GB of RAM; mainstream providers in China and abroad are all fine. After purchase, we provide deployment assistance, and domain resolution and HTTPS certificates are configured as well.

Where is my data stored?

All of it is in your own server and database. We do not host your site, and we cannot access your customer information or inquiry data — this is the most fundamental difference between private deployment and SaaS.

I don't understand technology. Can I use it?

The admin panel is visual: product listing, multiple languages, multiple currencies, template switching, and page design are all done by clicking in the admin panel. Daily operations do not require touching code.

Do templates and plugins need to be purchased separately?

The plan already includes the templates and plugins for the corresponding plan: Basic 2 sets (including the built-in default template), Advanced 4 sets, Enterprise 8 sets, and Flagship all of them. If you want more, templates can be purchased separately; plugins in upgrade packages are not sold separately.

Is there an extra charge for upgrades?

Within the same license period, version updates are completed with one click in the admin panel at no extra charge. If a cross-major-version upgrade is required, we will explain it separately in advance.

What exactly does GEO Agent do?

It organizes products and brand into structured facts that AI retrievers can understand, so that tools like ChatGPT, Doubao, and Perplexity cite you when answering "who can do this" — instead of giving all the traffic to ad slots.

How many plugins are included in the version I bought?

There are 53 plugins in the entire system. Inquiry sites can use up to 40, and online stores can use up to 50, effective according to the version you choose. The Flagship version includes all of them, and future additions are also free.

How is GEO Agent calculated?

Annually, in the same period as the plan. Advanced can be added separately, 3 articles per day; Enterprise already includes it, 5 articles per day. If the volume is not enough, you can contact customer service to add more.

GEO Fundamentals

Buyers Are Starting to Ask AI: What GEO Actually Changes

GEO is not just a new SEO term—it changes who AI cites when answering questions. A clear explanation of why AI would cite you, five actionable steps, and how to verify whether you are being cited.

2026-10-18 2 min read

Buyers Are Starting to Ask AI: What GEO Actually Changes

Search hasn't disappeared—the entry point has changed. Buyers used to type keywords into a search box; now more and more people ask AI directly: "Who can make this product? Recommend a few suppliers."

1. How GEO differs from SEO

	SEO	GEO
What you compete for	Ranking positions in search results	Citation slots in AI answers
Who sees it	Search engine crawlers	AI retrieval and generation models
Winning conditions	Keywords, backlinks, authority	Clear facts, parseable structure, consistent statements
Output format	Ten blue links	One answer plus a few sources

The two don't conflict: if GEO is done well, SEO generally won't be bad either, because the foundation is the same—stating the facts clearly.

2. Why AI would cite you: three prerequisites

Models don't "like" a website; they do one thing: find reliable facts that support an answer. So three prerequisites must be met.

Facts must be structured—sentences like "We do metal stamping, MOQ 500 pieces, lead time 25 days" that can be read directly are far more useful than a large promotional image.
Pages must be crawlable—content that only appears after JavaScript rendering is invisible to many retrievers; pure HTML output is reliable.
Statements must be consistent—if the official website says MOQ 500 but a product page says 300, AI cannot confirm which is true and usually uses neither.

3. Five things you can act on

Describe your entity clearly: who the company is, what it does, where it is, which industries it serves, what its capacity is. Write it in text, don't just use images.
Give products a "facts section": material, specifications, MOQ, lead time, available processes—list them item by item.
Maintain llms.txt: tell AI which URLs contain authoritative content (products, solutions, articles).
Add structured data: Product for products, FAQPage for Q&A, Article for articles. Machines read these more easily than layouts.
Unify your statements: fix store-level statements such as logistics, payment, after-sales, and MOQ so they are consistent site-wide.

4. How to verify whether you've been cited

Ask AI three fixed questions every week: "Who can make this type of product," "What suppliers are there," "How to choose between XX and YY," and record who appears in the answers.
Check the trend of AI crawler UA visits (GPTBot, PerplexityBot, Bytespider, etc.) in your site logs.
See whether branded search volume rises along with AI citations—this is the most concrete indirect indicator.

GEO isn't a one-time configuration; it's more like long-term work of "continuously stating facts clearly." But once you've done one round, your site's readability improves for both people and machines at the same time.

Conclusion

If your customers are starting to use AI to find suppliers, and your website only has images and adjectives—that's not a ranking problem, it's that AI has no material to cite you with.