Essence Beauty Supply
When San Francisco shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode about skincare, none of the 30 answers names Essence Beauty Supply. #23 of 60 local skincare shops; AI names Credo Beauty in 20.
- ChatGPT0 of 10
- Perplexity0 of 10
- Google AI Mode0 of 10
Leader: Credo Beauty, 20 of 30
Asked on 30 October 2026Essence Beauty Supply
- 4.8 · 161 Google reviews
- 411 E 18th St, Oakland, CA 94606
- Skincare
- essenceoakland.com
More Google reviews than 76% of the skincare shops in San Francisco. Yet AI names 16 other skincare shops here, Credo Beauty first, with 92 reviews.
What AI answers instead
A shopper asks Perplexity: “best skincare shop in San Francisco”. The answer names:
- Credo Beauty
- Ayla
- Dermaplus Skin + Body
- Macy's
Essence Beauty Supply 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 Essence Beauty Supply or links its site.
- best skincare shop in San Francisco
- where to buy natural skincare products in San Francisco
- clean beauty store in San Francisco
- Korean skincare store in San Francisco
- local skincare brands in San Francisco
- where to buy organic skincare in San Francisco
- beauty boutique in San Francisco with an online shop
- best place to buy a face serum in San Francisco
- independent beauty store in San Francisco
- which local skincare shop in San Francisco do people recommend
What AI finds on essenceoakland.com
Its home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, checked on 3 November 2026: what AI assistants read first.
- Store details in structured dataNo Organization or LocalBusiness data on the home page: AI has to guess who and where the store is.
- 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)Does not open over HTTPS.
Stores like it that AI names
Close in Google rating and reviews.
- Dermaplus Skin + Body2 of 30 · ★ 4.9 · 76 reviews
- ZGO Perfumery2 of 30 · ★ 4.9 · 521 reviews
- Credo Beauty20 of 30 · ★ 4.3 · 92 reviews
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