# Achelous Salon and Apothecary: Agent-Direct Score D (43.1%)

Site: http://www.acheloussalon.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/acheloussalon.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Achelous Salon and Apothecary is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Achelous Salon and Apothecary's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://acheloussalon.com/m/orders (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +18572332827
- Address: 268 Newbury St, 02116, Boston
- Prices: 6 prices on the site, the middle one $21.50

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Achelous Salon and Apothecary that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Skinkind Facial Retreat (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/skinkind.com
- Hair by Darren Le (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/darrenle.com
- Wellness Indulgence (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/wellnessindulgence.net
- The Threading Place (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/thethreadingplace.com
- Anfa Barbershop (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/anfabarbershop.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No price list of services found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer and what does it cost?' from marketplaces and directories instead. Add a page that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **6 prices on the landing page, the middle one $21.50.** In Boston, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $89.50.

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Achelous Salon and Apothecary",
  "url": "http://www.acheloussalon.com/",
  "telephone": "+18572332827",
  "address": "268 Newbury St, 02116, Boston",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 42.34915235435536,
    "longitude": -71.08325421810152
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://acheloussalon.com/m/orders",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
401 of 671 in Boston hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 60% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 94% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 15% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 18% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 46% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Four Seasons Laser Center (C, 15 m, https://directindex.org/r/fourseasonslasercenter.com); Skinkind Facial Retreat (C, 21 m, https://directindex.org/r/skinkind.com); Pathos Salon Boston (C, 21 m, https://directindex.org/r/pathossalonboston.com); Hair by Darren Le (C, 34 m, https://directindex.org/r/darrenle.com); Rachel's Make-Up and Brow Studio (D, 41 m, https://directindex.org/r/rachelsmakeupstudio.com); Wellness Indulgence (B, 52 m, https://directindex.org/r/wellnessindulgence.net); The Threading Place (C, 53 m, https://directindex.org/r/thethreadingplace.com); FADA Body & Beauty (D, 63 m, https://directindex.org/r/fadabb.com); Anfa Barbershop (B, 73 m, https://directindex.org/r/anfabarbershop.com); Glam (D, 76 m, https://directindex.org/r/glam.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Boston hairdressers and beauty salons and named 51 places. Achelous Salon and Apothecary wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/boston-salons/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 35% (9% A or B, 7300 sites); This site 43.1%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/acheloussalon.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Achelous Salon and Apothecary in Boston hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Boston hairdressers and beauty salons | 671 | 49% | 20% | 43.1% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Boston hairdressers and beauty salons | 27 | 42% | 19% | 43.1% |

The best of the sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Boston hairdressers and beauty salons: Haute Coiffure Salon (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/hautecoiffureboston.com); Help Relax Me (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/helprelaxme.com); Jro The Studio (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/jrothestudio.com); Salon Euphoria (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/saloneuphoria.com); Seaport Barbers (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/seaportbarbers.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No price list of services found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 671 in Boston hairdressers and beauty salons.

## The direct record
What agents get for Achelous Salon and Apothecary, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/acheloussalon.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://acheloussalon.com/m/orders (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +18572332827
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/acheloussalon.com/order

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 13 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/acheloussalon.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/acheloussalon.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=acheloussalon.com&force=1