Komoda
When Chicago shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about candles, none of the 30 answers names Komoda. #35 of 71 local candle shops; AI names Edgewater Candles in 22.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Edgewater Candles, 22 of 30
Asked on 29 October 2026Komoda
- 4.9 · 134 Google reviews
- 2448 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
- Candles
- shopkomoda.com
More Google reviews than 60% of the candle shops in Chicago. Yet AI names 21 other candle shops here, Edgewater Candles first, with 238 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best candle shop in Chicago”. The answer names:
- Edgewater Candles
- Black Luxe Candle Co.
- AURA Candle Bar
- The Scent Queens Candle Company & Apothecary Shoppe
Komoda is not in it, or in any of the other 29 answers.
The 10 questions we asked
Each asked in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode. A tick: at least one answer to it names Komoda or links its site.
- best candle shop in Chicago
- where to buy handmade candles in Chicago
- local candle makers in Chicago
- soy candles made in Chicago
- candle store in Chicago with online ordering
- best place to buy candle gifts in Chicago
- luxury candles in Chicago
- natural candle shop in Chicago
- custom scented candles in Chicago
- which local candle shop in Chicago do people recommend
What AI finds on shopkomoda.com
Its home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, checked on 3 November 2026: what AI assistants read first.
- Store details in structured dataName, address and hours in a form AI reads directly.
- Products in structured dataNo Product data on the home page: AI cannot see what the store sells or for how much.
- Ratings in structured dataNo rating or review data: AI leans on other sites to judge the store.
- Open to AI assistantsrobots.txt lets the AI crawlers in.
- llms.txtNo llms.txt: no short summary written for AI assistants.
- Secure site (HTTPS)Opens over HTTPS.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- The Scent Queens Candle Company & Apothecary Shoppe11 of 30 · ★ 4.9 · 98 reviews
- Humboldt House1 of 30 · ★ 4.7 · 128 reviews
- YSV Candles and Gifts1 of 30 · ★ 4.9 · 75 reviews
Nearby, in 60622
Other candle shops with the same ZIP code.
- Black Luxe Candle Co.11 of 30 AI answers
- Lovely Intentions1 of 30 AI answers
- Humboldt House1 of 30 AI answers
- Eleventh House1 of 30 AI answers
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