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1-800-PetMeds (PetMed Express)

1800petmeds.com · Retail · PETS

Ranked 946 of 2,047 companies in the study

33Overall score
  • Visibility22
  • Citations8
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality73
  • AI readiness21
What this means for 1-800-PetMeds (PetMed Express)

AI assistants name 1-800-PetMeds in 25% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in the retail sector. Its overall score is 33 out of 100, ranking 946th of 2,047 companies. The website passes 3 out of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the retail market: none named 1-800-PetMeds (PetMed Express). AI assistants named it in 15 of 60 answers (25.0%). The typical retail company is named in 6.7% of answers. By how often it is named, 1-800-PetMeds (PetMed Express) ranks 116 of 640 in its sector.

Named by AI in
25.0%
15 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
17.9%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
327 of 640
by overall score, where the typical retail company scores 34
How 1-800-PetMeds (PetMed Express) compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
22

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
8

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
73

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with retail

640 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score33
Ranks 327 of 640. Typical company: 34
Named in answers25%
Ranks 116 of 640. Typical company: 7%
AI readiness21
Ranks 351 of 640. Typical company: 29
What Claude actually said

An answer that names the company

“Where can I buy pet health supplies with fast shipping in the US?”

I can help you find options for buying pet health supplies with fast shipping in the US. Here are some major retailers known for fast shipping:

1. Amazon - Offers Prime membership with 1-2 day shipping on many pet health supplies, plus a dedicated pet store section.

2. Chewy.com - A leading online pet retailer that specializes in pet supplies and medications. They offer same-day delivery in some areas and fast standard shipping.

3. Petco - Has both online and physical stores. Their online orders qualify for fast shipping options, including same-day delivery in some locations.

4 …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Allivet2VetRxDirect2Chewy Pharmacy2
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Chewy Pharmacy
36.7%
1-800-PetMeds (PetMed Express)
19.0%
Petco Pet Pharmacy
15.2%
Allivet
11.4%
PetSmart Pet Pharmacy
10.1%
VetRxDirect
7.6%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Perplexity
5/15
Claude
4/15
Gemini
3/15
OpenAI
3/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent buy here?

Not by itself. 1-800-PetMeds (PetMed Express) publishes none of the purchase protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the checkout like a person.

  • UCPNot present
  • ACPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present

The shop runs on Salesforce Commerce Cloud.

Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

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

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

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

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

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

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

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

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

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

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

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

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

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

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

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

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

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

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

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

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

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

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

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

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

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

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

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

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

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

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.1800petmeds.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

1800petmeds.com (its own website)
44
chewy.com
42
petsmart.com
16
fda.gov
14
consumerreports.org
14
vetrxdirect.com
12
vcahospitals.com
11
petcarerx.com
11
petco.com
10
avma.org
9

In the study as US-listed.

Every question, and where the company came up (6 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Online pet pharmacy vs in-clinic purchase for flea and tick prevention meds
  • Where can I buy pet health supplies with fast shipping in the US?
  • Best places to shop for cat and dog vitamins with free shipping
  • How much can I save buying pet supplements online compared to at the vet?
  • What should I do if my pet prescription order is delayed?
  • Are there extra fees for urgent pet medication delivery through online retailers?
  • Options for getting non-prescription pet health supplies without a vet visit
  • Best online pet pharmacies for affordable prescription medications
  • How do I resolve prescription approval issues when buying pet meds online?
  • Is ordering prescription pet medications online safe and reliable?
  • Subscription pet medications vs one-time purchase—what's better for long-term savings?
  • Alternatives to online pet pharmacies for accessing affordable medications
  • Are online discounts on pet health supplies worth it for routine medications?
  • How to order specialized pet medications for chronic conditions online
  • Easiest way to get heartworm prevention delivered for multiple pets
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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