General questions
What is RankCited?
RankCited is a managed AI visibility service. We measure how often ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI mention and cite your brand, then do the work that moves that number: editorial placements, branded mentions, and answer-ready content on the sources those engines already trust.
How does RankCited work?
Sign up with your domain and get a free report: your RankCited Score, the prompts where competitors are cited instead of you, and the sources the engines rely on. When you want the gaps closed, pick a monthly plan. Each plan is a fixed amount of placement work per month — our team plans it, our vetted publishers fulfil it, and your dashboard shows what went live and how the answers changed.
Is RankCited safe for my domain?
Yes. Every publisher in our network passes a human review of audience, editorial standards, and link hygiene — most applicants are rejected. Placements are editorial articles with disclosed sponsorship where the publisher's policy requires it. We never use networks, farms, or automated link schemes.
For brands
What does the free report include?
Your visibility across the major AI engines, prompt by prompt: where you are mentioned, where you are cited as a source, how the engines describe you, which competitors own the answers you don't, and which pages those answers are built from. No card required.
What do the paid plans cover?
Each tier is a month of work capacity. We spend it on the placements your gaps call for — editorial links, branded mentions, new or upgraded content — on publications the engines already cite. You set goals once (priority pages, competitors, topics to avoid); we build and execute the plan every cycle and send a monthly summary of what we did.
Do I choose the publishers?
No — and that is the point. There is no catalog to browse. Our agents pick the publication whose context matches each goal, a strategist approves the plan, and you see the shape of every target (niche, authority, AI-citation profile) plus the live URL once it is published. You set the goals; we handle the outreach, editing, and publication.
How fast do we see results?
First placements usually go live within 2-3 weeks. AI engines refresh their sources on their own schedule, so answer changes typically show in 4-8 weeks and compound from there. We re-measure every prompt monthly so you see the movement, not just the placements.
Can I cancel or change plans?
Yes. Plans are monthly and can be changed or cancelled any time from your billing page. Unused monthly capacity does not roll over. Placements are paid in dollars — per placement, or from prepaid credit that stays valid for 12 months. Payments are processed securely through Stripe.
For publishers
How do I join as a publisher?
Create a free publisher account, add your website, and verify ownership. Our team reviews the site — audience, editorial history, link hygiene, topical focus — and assigns a payout tier. Once approved, briefs that match your niche are sent to you directly.
What are the requirements?
A real audience with organic traffic, a clear topical focus, editorial standards an editor would recognise, and a clean outbound-link history. Sites built to sell links, sites covering dozens of unrelated niches, and sites with no readers are declined.
How and when do I get paid?
Every placement pays a guaranteed amount set by your site's tier — you see it before you accept the brief. Once the piece is live and confirmed, the payout lands in your balance; withdraw via PayPal or bank transfer from your publisher dashboard.
Support
How can I contact support?
You can reach our support team at [email protected]. We typically respond within 24 hours on business days.
What if a placement drops or something goes wrong?
We monitor every live placement. If a link or mention drops, we chase the publisher and replace it where needed at no extra cost. Anything else — contact support with the details and we will sort it out.