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BigCommerce AI readiness statistics

In November 2026, we could only tell which sites run on BigCommerce where our scanner could read the page, so this page covers those sites and says nothing about how many turned our scanner away.

Updated 04:07 UTC · November 2026

Based on the sites Bot Appétit has scanned. Most of these sites come from lists we scan for research. Not a random sample of the web.

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How BigCommerce sites land

Every page we read gets a score out of 100, the number at the top of its report (how scoring works). Each row is a range of scores. Where too few sites score in the lowest ranges, they are joined into one row.

Not enough sites yet There are not enough sites yet to split them by score.

A platform is only detectable on a page our scanner could read, so these shares are of the BigCommerce sites we could read.

Based on the sites Bot Appétit has scanned. Most of these sites come from lists we scan for research. Not a random sample of the web.

Better or worse

Not enough history yet.

Based on the sites Bot Appétit has scanned. Most of these sites come from lists we scan for research. Not a random sample of the web.

AI access

  • robots.txt disallows some AI crawlers 3%
  • robots.txt disallows major AI crawlers 1%
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What we foundShare of sites
robots.txt disallows some AI crawlers3%
robots.txt disallows major AI crawlers1%

Based on the sites Bot Appétit has scanned. Most of these sites come from lists we scan for research. Not a random sample of the web.

What BigCommerce sites get right and wrong

Passed more often than on the average site: “WebMCP tools in the page” (89%, against 2% of all sites); “AI bot rules are explicit and intentional” (98%, against 16% of all sites); “Clean content for agents (Markdown)” (79%, against 6% of all sites). Least often passed: several checks that no BigCommerce site we could read passed.

Every check, BigCommerce against all sites

Share of sites that pass each check, over the sites the check applies to. The Gap column is the difference in percentage points between the two shares; a dash means not enough sites yet.

Check BigCommerce sites All sites Gap (points)
Served over a secure HTTPS connection 100% >99% Level
HTTP redirects to HTTPS 99% 93% +6 points
No mixed (insecure) content 99% 99% Level
Core security headers are set 2% 12% −10 points
Not flagged for malware or phishing 100% 100% Level
No server version leakage 98% 90% +8 points
security.txt is published 1% 4% −3 points
Reached without a redirect chain 100% 98% +2 points
Caching or validation headers are set 100% 94% +6 points
The site settles on one host (www vs non-www) 99% 87% +12 points
robots.txt is present and not over-blocking 99% 88% +11 points
Not accidentally set to noindex 100% 99% +1 point
This page declares its canonical URL 100% 63% +37 points
Mobile viewport is set 77% 91% −14 points
Has a title tag 100% >99% Level
Title fits a search snippet 49% 52% −3 points
Has a meta description 94% 90% +4 points
Description fits a search snippet 63% 61% +2 points
The page has an H1 49% 77% −28 points
Logical heading order 47% 62% −15 points
Topic is consistent across title, H1 and description 30% 57% −27 points
Images have descriptive alt text 74% 90% −16 points
Your page's HTML isn't oversized 100% 98% +2 points
Open Graph tags for sharing 4% 34% −30 points
Twitter/X card tags 13% 69% −56 points
XML sitemap is present and referenced 53% 70% −17 points
Missing pages return a real 404 96% 89% +7 points
Images are optimised 5% 16% −11 points
Language and charset declared 100% 89% +11 points
hreflang for language variants — 99% —
Analytics is installed 92% 72% +20 points
Search Console / Bing verification 99% 79% +20 points
A favicon is set 100% 95% +5 points
No meta-refresh redirect 100% 99% +1 point
Your content survives without JavaScript 99% 93% +6 points
Your answer is in the HTML 100% 92% +8 points
Buttons, links and fields have names 19% 37% −18 points
Semantic HTML landmarks 56% 53% +3 points
Content is scannable in self-contained chunks 99% 89% +10 points
Claims come with figures, quotes or sources 18% 54% −36 points
Section headings are phrased as questions 13% 22% −9 points
Reading the page is affordable for a machine 82% 87% −5 points
No hidden text written for an AI model 100% >99% Level
Sitemap dates tell a machine what changed — 63% —
The links in llms.txt resolve — 87% —
Author / publisher is clear 32% 47% −15 points
A machine-readable published / updated date 0% 13% −13 points
llms.txt is present and valid 11% 23% −12 points
Clean content for agents (Markdown) 79% 6% +73 points
Structured data is present 45% 53% −8 points
Structured data is valid 89% 97% −8 points
FAQ / Q&A schema — 44% —
Organization schema with sameAs 24% 27% −3 points
Right schema type for the page 73% 85% −12 points
Schema facts also appear in the page text — 54% —
Breadcrumb structured data — 23% —
AI crawlers aren't blocked 97% 89% +8 points
Automated visitors can reach your pages — — —
Engines are allowed to quote the page 100% 99% +1 point
Your page arrives quickly 98% 95% +3 points
AI bot rules are explicit and intentional 98% 16% +82 points
Content usage preferences declared 2% 5% −3 points
Resource-discovery Link headers 1% 1% Level
No broken links 91% 87% +4 points
Links don't point at redirects 67% 88% −21 points
Descriptive anchor text 100% 99% +1 point
Sensible internal/external link mix 100% 94% +6 points
Links are real links 59% 86% −27 points
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) — — —
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) — — —
Interaction to Next Paint (INP) — — —
Page weight and render-blocking — — —
MCP Server Card 1% 1% Level
AI catalog 0% 1% −1 point
A2A Agent Card 0% <1% Level
WebMCP tools in the page 89% 2% +87 points
AI usage preferences (Content-Usage) 0% <1% Level
Licensing terms for AI (RSL) 0% <1% Level
Text-and-data-mining reservation (TDMRep) 0% <1% Level
Markdown version linked from the page 0% 1% −1 point
Content signals agree everywhere — — —
Agent Skills index 0% 1% −1 point
API catalog 1% 1% Level
OAuth authorization-server metadata 0% 3% −3 points
OAuth protected-resource metadata 0% 2% −2 points
OpenID Connect discovery 0% 2% −2 points
Web Bot Auth (operates a signed bot) 0% <1% Level
Universal Commerce Protocol manifest — 10% —
Auth.md agent registration 0% <1% Level
AI discovery via DNS 0% <1% Level

Based on the sites Bot Appétit has scanned. Most of these sites come from lists we scan for research. Not a random sample of the web.

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