AI SEO Statistics: Ecommerce SEO Consultant B2b Wholesale (2026-07 edition)

Reading the 45 answers model by model shows how differently the three assistants treat the same ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale questions. On the most consequential behavior — whether to send the buyer to a professional at all — the rate ranged from 40% (ChatGPT) down to 20% (Gemini), a 20-point gap on an identical question set.

Across the 15 ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale answers it produced, ChatGPT recommended hiring a professional in 40% of them and suggested a DIY approach first 46.7% of the time. It named a specific provider in 0% of answers (about 0 distinct providers per answer) and included price or cost information 6.7% of the time. ChatGPT asked a clarifying question before answering in 73.3% of cases, warned about red flags or scams in 13.3%, and told the buyer to verify credentials in 6.7%, averaging 757 words per answer. On the remaining cues it told the buyer to check reviews in 0%, pointed to case studies or a portfolio in 33.3%, and framed the choice around local proximity in 6.7%; a selection-criteria checklist appeared in 26.7% of its answers and a recommendation to gather multiple quotes in 6.7%.

Across the 15 ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale answers it produced, Claude recommended hiring a professional in 33.3% of them and suggested a DIY approach first 20% of the time. It named a specific provider in 0% of answers (about 0 distinct providers per answer) and included price or cost information 13.3% of the time. Claude asked a clarifying question before answering in 60% of cases, warned about red flags or scams in 20%, and told the buyer to verify credentials in 0%, averaging 369 words per answer. On the remaining cues it told the buyer to check reviews in 0%, pointed to case studies or a portfolio in 13.3%, and framed the choice around local proximity in 0%; a selection-criteria checklist appeared in 46.7% of its answers and a recommendation to gather multiple quotes in 0%.

Across the 15 ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale answers it produced, Gemini recommended hiring a professional in 20% of them and suggested a DIY approach first 6.7% of the time. It named a specific provider in 0% of answers (about 0 distinct providers per answer) and included price or cost information 13.3% of the time. Gemini asked a clarifying question before answering in 0% of cases, warned about red flags or scams in 20%, and told the buyer to verify credentials in 0%, averaging 213 words per answer. On the remaining cues it told the buyer to check reviews in 0%, pointed to case studies or a portfolio in 0%, and framed the choice around local proximity in 6.7%; a selection-criteria checklist appeared in 33.3% of its answers and a recommendation to gather multiple quotes in 0%.

Taken together, ChatGPT is the assistant most likely to route an ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale buyer to a professional (40%) and Gemini the least (20%). ChatGPT produced the longest answers, at 757 words on average. No model named a specific provider in more than 0% of answers.

On other behaviors the three models move almost in lockstep — the points of near-consensus for ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale, where all three landed within a few points of each other:

• Names a specific provider: 0% across all three models.
• Tells the buyer to check reviews: 0% across all three models.
• Gives price or cost information: 6.7%–13.3% across all three (a 7-point spread).
• Tells the buyer to verify credentials: 0%–6.7% across all three (a 7-point spread).

Measured question by question, the three assistants coded a response the same way most consistently on "names a specific provider" (identical coding in 100% of questions) and least consistently on "asks a clarifying question" (13.3%).

Beyond whether to hire, the rubric codes how carefully each assistant protects the ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale buyer once a decision is made. Telling the buyer to check reviews or ratings appeared in 0% of answers on average. Verifying credentials or certifications appeared in 2.2%. Warning about red flags or scams appeared in 17.8%.

On structuring the decision, a selection-criteria checklist showed up in 35.6% of answers on average and a recommendation to gather multiple quotes in 2.2%. The single least-reproduced protective signal for ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale is "tells the buyer to check reviews" at 0% on average — the clearest opening for content that supplies it, since the models are not yet reliably surfacing that guidance on their own.

The 15 questions behind every percentage on this page were drawn from real ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale (ecommerce / online retail; buyer hiring decisions for this specific service) buyer journeys. Each was put to all 3 models once, with identical wording, so the rates above describe how the assistants handled this exact ecommerce seo consultant b2b wholesale question set — not a general prior or a hand-picked subset. The full list is shown earlier on this page; the coded percentages are what those specific questions produced.