CandleScience
When Raleigh shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about candles, none of the 30 answers names CandleScience. #23 of 57 local candle shops; AI names Ky's Kandles in 28.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Ky's Kandles, 28 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026CandleScience
- 4.5 · 232 Google reviews
- 1247 Person St, Durham, NC 27703
- Candles
- candlescience.com
More Google reviews than 75% of the candle shops in Raleigh. Yet AI names 21 other candle shops here, Ky's Kandles first, with 125 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks ChatGPT: “best candle shop in Raleigh”. The answer names:
- Ky's Kandles
- Deco Raleigh
- Oak City Scents
CandleScience 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 CandleScience or links its site.
- best candle shop in Raleigh
- where to buy handmade candles in Raleigh
- local candle makers in Raleigh
- soy candles made in Raleigh
- candle store in Raleigh with online ordering
- best place to buy candle gifts in Raleigh
- luxury candles in Raleigh
- natural candle shop in Raleigh
- custom scented candles in Raleigh
- which local candle shop in Raleigh do people recommend
What AI finds on candlescience.com
A free check of the store's home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, on 3 November 2026. These are the signals 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.
- Deco Raleigh15 of 30 · ★ 4.7 · 360 reviews
- Grandma G's Soaps & Such1 of 30 · ★ 5.0 · 222 reviews
- Bath & Body Works1 of 30 · ★ 4.6 · 648 reviews
Nearby, in 27703
Other candle shops with the same ZIP code.
- The Raw Edition Candle Company1 of 30 AI answers
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