AI Visibility Scorecard
HICKIES
hickies.com · E-commerce
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read HICKIES, but it is missing signals that would get it named ahead of competitors.
AI engines read this profile 8 times
Claude · ChatGPT · Meta AI · ShapBot
#2,178 of 739,337 in E-commerce for AI visibility
90
AI Naming Predictability
iAI names companies like this often · 90/100
E-commerce average 18
Top 1% of E-commerce
See what's behind this score →6
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Network Authority
iNot connected yet
E-commerce average 0.0
0 relationships · E-commerce average 9
See what's behind this score →50
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Transactable · 50/100
E-commerce average 27
See what's behind this score →0
About HICKIES
from our crawl and measurement
"HICKIES No Tie Shoelaces turn shoes into slip ons so you never have to tie your sneakers again. HICKIES laces can be used on almost any type of shoes." That is how HICKIES introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 6.1 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (Organization, WebSite), an llms.txt file for AI models and a sitemap.
AI crawlers have visited 5 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic), GPTBot (ChatGPT) and Meta AI.
- Company ·
- HICKIES
- Website ·
- hickies.com
- Industry ·
- E-commerce
- Location ·
- Brooklyn, New York
- Site status ·
- Live (The website showed an active business site when last checked (Aug 26, 2026).)
- Last scored ·
- Oct 25, 2026
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Fair
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Good
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Strong
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Good
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Strong
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Fair
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Strong
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Weak
No community discussion yet.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) can read your site and name it in answers. At 6.1/10, HICKIES has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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HICKIES lists 5 products, 5 in stock, priced 5.99 to 45.00.
Show all 5 products
- HICKIES with Crystals · 45.00 · Hickies
- DooHICKIES Charms · 5.99 · hickies_charms
- HICKIES Originals · 17.99 · Hickies
- HICKIES Kids · 11.99 · Hickies
- HICKIES Metallics · 19.99 · hickies_metallics
Machine-readable copy: the product feed (JSON).
Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on October 25, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/hickies
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for HICKIES." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/hickies
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