- Do tire buyers really shop through ChatGPT?
- Tires are made for it — a research-heavy, price-sensitive purchase where the buyer doesn't know brands or fair prices. They ask “how much should 4 tires installed cost for a Camry?” and “Michelin or Continental?” in one conversation, and the engine answers with specific advice and 2–3 local shops. The buyer arrives already knowing what they want to pay. If you weren't named, you never saw them.
- How do we compete with Discount Tire and Costco in AI answers?
- The chains win generic questions on brand recognition, but engines answer specific questions specifically — “tire shop open Sunday near me,” “who patches a run-flat,” “235/45R18 in stock today.” Independent shops that publish installed prices, inventory, and hours in plain language win those answers regularly, because the chains' pages are generic. Tibly shows you which questions in your market are winnable right now.
- Our installed prices change with the market. Can we still publish pricing?
- Yes — engines don't need a fixed price, they need a real range and a shop honest enough to publish one. A page that says “a set of four installed typically runs $600–$900 for a mid-size sedan, here's what's included” beats silence in every answer we track. Ranges with an explanation of what moves the number read as transparency, and transparency is what engines reward in this category.
- What content actually gets a tire shop recommended?
- In our tracking, engines favor shops whose sites answer the money and fitment questions directly: installed-price pages by tire size with out-the-door numbers, brand comparison guides written for specific vehicles, and FAQ pages on patching versus plugging, rotation intervals, and buying two tires versus four. Tibly identifies which of these your market is missing and drafts them for you, structured the way engines quote them.
- What does it cost to get started?
- Start with the free report: we run your market's tire questions across the major AI engines and show you which shops are 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 shops run the free report first to see the size of the gap.