◆ for retailers · partnership

Be in the grid before the agent goes looking.

Gridscoot is how AU AI agents — Claude, Cline, OpenWebUI, ChatGPT, Ollama — find products to buy. If you’re an Australian retailer with an affiliate feed (or you’d like one), we want to index you. You don’t pay to rank — it’s algorithmic, pure-cheapest by default (ADR-0007). You pay only on the click.

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01What ‘in the grid’ means— for retailers

◆ visibility

Agent-native indexing

When an agent calls search_products(‘15mm bent socket wrench Melbourne’) your SKU is a top candidate — if your price + shipping wins, you win the click.

◆ ranking

No paid placement

We don't sell ad slots, accent badges, or sort tweaks. The same algorithm runs for every product. The default ranking is pure-cheapest delivered total — no thumb on the scale. Agents that opt into trust-weighted ranking (ADR-0007) see a disclosed formula in the response, not a hidden boost. See /rankings for the actual sort code.

◆ economics

Pay on the click, not the impression

Standard affiliate model — Commission Factory / EPN / Amazon Associates. We never charge retailers a listing fee. If you have no affiliate program, you still appear in results; we just don't get paid for those clicks.

02What we ask for— data quality bar

GTIN coverageRequired for product dedup across retailers. If your feed doesn't have GTINs, we can still ingest but match-confidence drops to medium.

Stock + price refreshDaily minimum; 6h preferred. Stale feeds get tagged with their last-pull timestamp on results — agents see it and de-prioritise.

Affiliate URLOne templated URL pattern that wraps your product page with our subId. We tag at response-time, not rank-time — see /partners § 04 below.

Returns + warranty policy URLLinked from product cards. We're a comparison surface; refunds + warranty are between you and the buyer.

No paid placement asksRequired. If you ask us to bump your rank in exchange for revenue share, we'll politely decline + post the email to GitHub.

◆ affiliate disclosure · public · for users + auditors

How commissions flow.

The cheapest in-stock retailer wins. We don’t take money to rank higher. Some click-throughs earn us a commission; this section tells you exactly which, how much, and where the money goes.

updated · 2026-05-29region · AU + NZ + EU + UScomplies with · ACCC + ASA

03The short version

When you (or your agent) clicks a Gridscoot result and buys at the retailer, that retailer pays us a commission — typically 2–6% of the order. The commission rate does not influence how we rank that retailer. Retailers without an affiliate program still appearin results; we just don’t get paid for those clicks. See the proof in /rankings.

The ranking model is locked by ADR-0007: the default is pure cheapest delivered total (list price + shipping + cross-border VAT differential). An agent can opt into a trust-weighted blend via the trust_weight parameter on find_alternatives, but the formula and the per-candidate inputs travel back in the response. There is no hidden boost. Vouchers, loyalty pricing, and personal discounts are never read — they’re user-specific and would corrupt the comparison.

04What pays us — by network— early access · 0 retailers live yet

network	status	commission band	paid · 30d
Commission Factory Application submitted 2026-05-26 with site verification file. 3-business-day SLA.	pending	2–6%	—
eBay Partner Network (EPN) Dev-program key issued; campaign live (5339154603); awaiting human review for production App ID.	pending	1–4%	—
Amazon Associates AU Deferred until live traffic. AU Associates rejects pre-launch sites.	considered	0.5–10%	—
Amazon Associates Germany (DE) Phase 13 expansion target. Not applied yet — same posture as AU: defer until live EU traffic.	considered	1–10% (PartnerNet rates)	—
Amazon Associates US Phase 13 expansion target. US Associates does not gate as strictly as AU; will apply when US traffic justifies.	considered	1–10%	—
AWIN (pan-EU) Major EU affiliate network. Covers German big-box (MediaMarkt, Saturn), Zalando, idealo. Application requires public site + EUR-denominated catalogue — deferred.	considered	2–8% varies by merchant	—
Tradedoubler (pan-EU) Older EU affiliate network; strong in Nordic + DACH retailers. Phase 13 expansion target.	considered	1–10%	—
CJ Affiliate (US, formerly Commission Junction) Largest US affiliate network. Best Buy, Walmart, Target use CJ. Phase 13 expansion target.	considered	1–15% varies	—
Rakuten Advertising (US/global) Strong on US apparel + tech; some EU coverage. Phase 13 expansion target.	considered	1–12%	—
total			—

◆Why every ‘paid · 30d’ cell is —: Zero live affiliate revenue. We’re in early access; networks are applied-for or considered (see status column). When the first dollar lands, this table auto-fills from the underlying CF / EPN / Amazon Associates portals. We can’t fudge it without it showing up here.

05How we keep this honest

The ranking function (apps/web/src/lib/search/run-search.ts) is in the public repo. It never reads commission rates. See the full sort on /rankings.
The alternatives engine (apps/web/src/lib/alternatives/) is in the same repo. It defaults to pure-cheapest delivered total per ADR-0007. It enforces three honesty rules at the type level: list price only (no vouchers); every declared baseline spec is a hard floor (no silent downgrades); delivered total includes shipping + cross-border VAT differential.
Every affiliate URL is appended at response time, after rank is already decided. The matcher SQL has no path to the commission table.
When live revenue lands, the numbers above flow from the affiliate-network portals, not from a number we control. Auditors can ask us for the raw CSVs.
If you spot a discrepancy: contact via /about. Auditors, journalists, ACCC welcome. 24h response.