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ALTERNATE

alternate.deOnline retail
EHI top 100 online shops #22
Level
1
Basic web presence
Agent readiness score
35
AEO score
24
AI mention rate
37%

ALTERNATE achieves an agent readiness score of 35 at level 1 (Web fundamentals), above the industry median of 29. AI engines name the brand in 36.7% of answers (AEO score 24, ranked 44th of 59 in online retail). Link headers, markdown negotiation, content signals, an API catalogue and OAuth discovery are not yet in place.

The next three steps
  1. 1Content Signals

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    A step toward level 2

  2. 2Markdown negotiation

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

  3. 3MCP Server Card

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

Compared with Online retail
  • Agent readiness35
    Industry median 29 · rank 12 of 57
  • AEO score24
    Industry median 28 · rank 44 of 59
  • Mentions in AI answers37
    Industry median 13 · rank 8 of 59
  • Visibility4
    Industry median 20 · rank 47 of 59
  • Citations1
    Industry median 1 · rank 24 of 59
  • Sentiment83
    Industry median 74 · rank 13 of 59
Agent readiness level
  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Areas
  • Discoverability77
  • Content accessibility50
  • Bot access control32
  • APIs, auth and MCP0
Every check
Discoverability
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    Top sites: 98%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    Top sites: 88%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    Top sites: 0%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    Top sites: 5%
Content accessibility
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    Top sites: 2%
  • llms.txtPassed

    An llms.txt that tells language models what the site offers.

    Top sites: 15%
Bot access control
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    Top sites: 99%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    Top sites: 2%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    Top sites: 0%
APIs, auth and MCP
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    Top sites: 0%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    Top sites: 1%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    Top sites: 1%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    Top sites: 0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    Top sites: 0%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    Top sites: 0%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    Top sites: 0%
  • WebMCPNot met

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    Top sites: 1%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    Top sites: 0%
AI crawler rules (robots.txt)
Training
  • GPTBotallowed
  • ClaudeBotallowed
  • Anthropic-AIallowed
  • Google-Extendedallowed
  • GoogleOtherallowed
  • Applebot-Extendedallowed
  • Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
  • FacebookBotallowed
  • Bytespiderallowed
  • CCBotallowed
  • AI2Botallowed
  • Cohere-AIallowed
  • Claude-Weballowed
  • Omgilibotallowed
  • Diffbotallowed
Search
  • OAI-SearchBotallowed
  • Claude-SearchBotallowed
  • PerplexityBotallowed
  • Applebotallowed
  • Amazonbotallowed
  • YouBotallowed
  • Timpibotallowed
Assistant
  • ChatGPT-Userallowed
  • Claude-Userallowed
  • Perplexity-Userallowed
  • DuckAssistBotallowed
  • MistralAI-Userallowed
Agentic commerce
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
  • UCPNot present
  • ACPNot present
  • AP2Not present

Protocols that let AI agents shop and pay by themselves. They don't count toward the level.

Agent readiness score 35 · coverage 100% · checked on 19/09/2026 · www.alternate.de

Mentions per AI engine
  • AIOpenAI7/15 · 47%
    Sentiment: 43% positive, 57% neutral, 0% critical
  • CClaude2/15 · 13%
    Sentiment: 50% positive, 50% neutral, 0% critical
  • PPerplexity4/15 · 27%
    Sentiment: 75% positive, 25% neutral, 0% critical
  • GGemini9/15 · 60%
    Sentiment: 56% positive, 44% neutral, 0% critical
Spotlight: Gemini
60%9 of 15 answers name ALTERNATE
„Wo finde ich spezielle Angebote für Gaming-PCs und Computerzubehör online?“
Es gibt im Internet eine Vielzahl an Anbietern, bei denen du gezielt nach Angeboten für Gaming-PCs und Computerzubehör (wie Mäuse, Tastaturen, Headsets oder Monitore) suchen kannst. Hier ist eine Übersicht von beliebten und zuverlässigen Online-Shops in Deutschland: 1. Spezialisierte PC-Shops & Konfiguratoren Diese Shops sind besonders dafür bekannt, fertige Gaming-PCs anzubieten oder dir die Möglichkeit zu geben, …

AI answer as returned, unverified and shortened.

Gemini names instead
  • Notebooksbilliger
  • Amazon
  • Beschaffungsamt des Bundesministeriums des Innern
  • ITZBund
  • ITEBO-Unternehmensgruppe
  • ekom21
  • Dataport
  • Heinzsoft
Sources: fuer-gruender.de, berliner-kurier.de, caseking.de, reddit.com, memorypc.de, dubaro.de
Share of voice
  • Mindfactory5%
  • Cyberport3.5%
  • ALTERNATE1.1%
  • Conrad Electronic1.1%
  • Computeruniverse0.7%
  • Notebooksbilliger.de0.7%
Most cited sources
  1. 1.verbraucherzentrale.de10
  2. 2.gutefrage.net9
  3. 3.idealo.de9
  4. 4.pcwelt.de8
  5. 5.computerbild.de7
  6. 6.5.de6
  7. 7.reddit.com6
  8. 8.chip.de6

Own domain's share of all citations: 1.3%

Every question and answer
Question (original German)AIOpenAICClaudePPerplexityGGemini
Wo finde ich spezielle Angebote für Gaming-PCs und Computerzubehör online?
Welche Onlinehändler eignen sich am besten für maßgeschneiderte PC-Projekte?
Was sind die besten Online-Shops für Elektronik und Computerzubehör in Deutschland?
Wo finden öffentliche Einrichtungen passende Angebote für IT-Bedarf im Internet?
Onlineshops für gebrauchte vs. neue Computerhardware – was lohnt sich mehr?
Welche Alternativen zu klassischen Elektronik-Onlineshops gibt es für Technik und Computer?
Was tun, wenn bestellte Technikartikel im Onlineshop nicht lieferbar sind?
Sind Komplett-PCs aus Onlineshops eine gute Wahl für Einsteiger?
Wie gehe ich vor, wenn mein Technikprodukt nach dem Onlinekauf defekt ist?
Wie unterscheiden sich die Preise für Elektronikartikel zwischen verschiedenen Technik-Onlinehändlern?
Welche Technik-Onlineshops bieten eine große Auswahl für Geschäftskunden?
Lohnt es sich, Computerhardware direkt beim Elektronik-Onlinehändler zu kaufen?
Gibt es Unterschiede zwischen Onlineshops für Privat- und Geschäftskunden im Elektronikbereich?
Technik-Onlinehändler vs. klassische Elektronikmärkte – welches Modell bietet mehr Vorteile?
Gibt es Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten für teure Computerprodukte bei Onlinehändlern?
  • Brand named, positive
  • Brand named, neutral
  • Brand named, critical
  • Only competitors named
  • Brand not named
  • No answer
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Agent Readiness Stufe 1, KI-Check Deutschland 2026
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Audit completed on 19 September 2026. Methodology

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