OpenAI Ads Readiness Checker — AdsBot, HTTPS, Feed

Evidence-based technical scan for OpenAI Ads readiness: HTTPS, robots.txt rules for OAI-AdsBot (required) and OAI-SearchBot (advisory), landing-page and image reachability, and an optional product-feed sample.

Independent tool — not affiliated with OpenAI. This Actor does not spoof the OAI-AdsBot user-agent and does not produce an “AI visibility score.” A passing report does not guarantee ad approval or that the real OpenAI crawler will clear every CDN/WAF.

Store: apify.com/kondasviktor/openai-ads-readiness-checker

When to use

• Agencies onboarding many client stores for ChatGPT / OpenAI product ads
• Merchants checking crawler access before uploading a catalog feed
• Non-Shopify shops (Woo, Shoprenter, custom) that Shopify apps do not cover

Pricing (PPE)

Event	When	Price
Actor start	Platform default	Platform default
readiness-report	One completed domain report (up to 20 URL/image checks)	$0.15
additional-url-check	Each check above the included 20	$0.003

Prefer PPE only (not + usage). Paid Apify plans (Bronze / Silver / Gold) can get lower PPE rates — see the Pricing table on the Actor page.

Input

Field	Notes
storeUrls	Public homepage URL(s) — one report charged per URL
feedUrl	Optional public Merchant XML/CSV to sample
sampleProductUrls	Optional product pages (same domain)
maxProductPages	Cap for product/image checks (QA prefill: 3)
checkImages	Fetch og:image / sample <img> URLs
checkSearchBot	Also evaluate OAI-SearchBot (advisory)

Output

• Dataset: one summary row per store + one check row per finding
• Key-value store:
  • OUTPUT.json — full report
  • REPORT.html — human-readable evidence
  • README.txt — file legend + limitations

Statuses: ready | needs_attention | blocked | incomplete.

Examples

• Allbirds — HTTPS + AdsBot
• eMAG Hungary — AdsBot scan
• Store + Merchant feed sample
• Agency batch — two stores
• Product page + images

Use with Claude, Cursor, and MCP

Available on the Apify MCP server. Pass a public store URL; ask for an OpenAI Ads readiness report.

Legal

Respect each site's terms and robots rules. You are responsible for how you use the results. Not legal advice. Not an official OpenAI validator.

FAQ

Does this guarantee OpenAI / ChatGPT ad approval?
No. It is an independent evidence scan. It does not spoof OAI-AdsBot and does not produce an “AI visibility score.”

What is OAI-AdsBot vs OAI-SearchBot?
OAI-AdsBot is the crawler relevant to Ads readiness (checked by default). OAI-SearchBot is advisory when checkSearchBot is on.

Can I check a Merchant feed?
Yes — pass feedUrl to a public Google Merchant XML/CSV/JSON or Shopify products.json. Do not use a sitemap URL.

What about Hungary / HUF?
HTTPS and robots checks still run. Official product-feed markets verified in our pin are US / CA / MX only — we never claim HU feed readiness.

How do I convert the feed after this?
Use OpenAI Ads Feed Converter.

Related

• OpenAI Ads Feed Converter — Merchant XML/CSV/JSON → OpenAI Ads CSV
• Product Catalog Scraper — Shopify / Woo / Shoprenter catalogs when you still need a feed file
• Website Change Monitor — Watch landing pages after a readiness fix

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