- Do buyers really pick agencies through ChatGPT?
- Increasingly, yes. The first step of an agency search used to be a Google query and ten blue links; now it's often a conversational question like “who are the best B2B marketing agencies?” — and the engine answers with two or three names and a reason for each. Buyers still do diligence afterward, but the shortlist is formed in that first answer. If you're not on it, you're not in the deal.
- How is this different from our SEO rank tracking?
- Rank trackers tell you where a URL sits on a results page. Tibly tells you what an AI engine says when a buyer asks it a question — which agencies it recommends, in what order, with what justification, and which sources it cited to get there. Those are different systems with different inputs. Agencies routinely rank well on Google and appear nowhere in AI answers.
- Which sources actually influence whether AI recommends an agency?
- In our tracking, agency recommendations lean heavily on Clutch profiles and reviews, G2 listings, UpCity, and “best agency for X” roundup articles, plus your own case-study and service pages when they're structured clearly. Tibly shows the exact citations behind every answer for your market, so you invest in the surfaces that engines are actually reading rather than guessing.
- Can we resell this to our clients?
- Yes — that's how many agencies use it. Your clients face the same problem: AI answers about their category name 2–3 brands. Agencies run Tibly reports for clients, add AI-visibility tracking to retainers, and use the drafted content fixes as deliverables. You get a new recurring line item; the client gets a metric nobody else is reporting on.
- What does it cost to get started?
- Start with the free report: we run your market's buyer questions across the major AI engines and show you who's being recommended today, including whether you appear at all. If you want it monitored continuously, daily tracking starts at $49/month with no contracts — cancel whenever you like. Most agencies run the free report first to see the size of the gap.