Does shop.app block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
shop.app doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from shop.app/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 0
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#591)
Can AI assistants cite shop.app?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
shop.app doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on shop.app |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How shop.app compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; shop.app does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; shop.app does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; shop.app does not.
- Among 205 sites of similar popularity, 28% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /bag Disallow: /cart Disallow: /download/ Disallow: /download-shop-ai Disallow: /explore Disallow: /home-feed Disallow: /interstitial/bag Disallow: /interstitial/offers Disallow: /offers-compact Disallow: /opt-out/confirm Disallow: /shop-cash/boosted-shops Disallow: /track/ Disallow: /tracking-number/ Disallow: /u/download Disallow: /u/notifications Disallow: /u/order-import Disallow: /u/settings Disallow: /*?*shpxid=* Disallow: /checkout/ Disallow: /pay/authorize Disallow: /pay/wallet Disallow: /pay/email-verifications/ Disallow: /pay/installments/ Disallow: /pay/phone_verification/ Disallow: /pay/session Disallow: /pay/webauthn_features Disallow: /pay/sdk-session Disallow: /pay/authentication Disallow: /pay/sdk-authorize Disallow: /pay/hop Disallow: /pay/session Disallow: /checkouts/internal Disallow: /delete-account/confirm Disallow: /u/account Disallow: /account Disallow: /accounts/bounce Disallow: /oauth/authorize Disallow: /oauth/continue
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does shop.app block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, shop.app's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from shop.app?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does shop.app have an llms.txt file?
Yes — shop.app/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: shop.app's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.