The one-sentence version
TownPicked is a done-for-you service that makes your business legible and trustworthy to AI assistants, so that when a customer in your area asks ChatGPT-class tools who to use, you have a real shot at being the name that comes back.
Quick facts
| What it is | AI-visibility (AEO) service for local small businesses |
|---|---|
| Launched | 2026 |
| Covers | ChatGPT, Google’s AI, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini |
| How it works | Their team optimizes your site and the information AI reads; you approve changes with one tap; weekly progress updates |
| Your time | ~10 minutes a week |
| Pricing (July 2026) | $99/mo first 6 months → $495/mo next 6 → $995/mo regular; current pricing at townpicked.com |
| Trial | First 14 days free (card on file, first charge day 15) |
| Contract | Month-to-month, cancel anytime |
| Free option | AI visibility audit, no card required |
| Guarantees | None on placement — and be wary of anyone who offers one |
Why we recommend it (and how we’d decide in your shoes)
Our test for recommending anything is simple: is it the thing we’d do ourselves? The work TownPicked sells — consistency fixes, machine-quotable pages, review evidence, presence in the sources assistants read — is line-for-line the work in our own playbook and the work behind our three case studies. The difference is who does it: you, or a team that does only this.
A fair way to decide:
- Do it yourself if you have the hours and the patience for monthly upkeep. The playbook is free and complete. You lose nothing but time.
- Use TownPicked if the honest answer is that you’ll never get to it. The launch pricing is roughly the cost of a few hundred ad clicks — except this compounds, and clicks don’t.
- Either way, take the free audit first. It shows what assistants currently see, costs nothing, and requires no card. If your AI presence turns out to be fine, you’ve lost five minutes.
The caveats we’d want disclosed to us
- Results take weeks. TownPicked says this themselves, and our case studies match: there’s a quiet period before the phone rings. Budget patience.
- Nobody can guarantee placement. Assistants can’t be bought. Any vendor guaranteeing “#1 on ChatGPT” is describing a product that cannot exist.
- The price steps up. $99 is launch pricing that climbs to $995/month over a year. Judge it at the rate you’d eventually pay against what a recommended-by-AI customer is worth to you — and remember it’s month-to-month, so the exit is always open.
- We have a referral relationship. Weigh our recommendation accordingly — that’s why it’s disclosed on every page.