# The Belmont Barber Shop: Agent-Direct Score C (63.8%)

Site: https://belmontbarbers.ca/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/belmontbarbers.ca
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Belmont Barber Shop is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of The Belmont Barber Shop. It finds no menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://belmontbarbers.ca/book-now/ (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://squareup.com/gift/49B6AGD7NKYC3/order (through square acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-604-568-6238

## What to fix first
- **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 with services and prices as text and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+4 points) Missing: address, telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "HairSalon",
  "name": "The Belmont Barber Shop",
  "url": "https://belmontbarbers.ca/",
  "telephone": "+1-604-568-6238",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "East Broadway 111"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 49.2630851,
    "longitude": -123.1024709
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://belmontbarbers.ca/book-now/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://squareup.com/gift/49B6AGD7NKYC3/order",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# The Belmont Barber Shop

> hair salon in East Broadway 111, Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +1-604-568-6238.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://belmontbarbers.ca/book-now/ (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://squareup.com/gift/49B6AGD7NKYC3/order (through square acting for the business)

## About

- Website: https://belmontbarbers.ca/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (HairSalon).** opening hours
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without a marketplace in the loop.
- **Ordering through square on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
56 of 190 in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 29% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 26% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 16% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 11% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Express Rütbar (C, 82 m, https://directindex.org/r/expressrutbar.com); Knowledge Barbers (C, 179 m, https://directindex.org/r/knowledgebarbers.com); Jerry's European Hair Styling (F, 223 m, https://directindex.org/r/jerryshairstyling.ca); Crafty Nail Bar (B, 339 m, https://directindex.org/r/craftynailbar.com); Pomp & Proper (C, 365 m, https://directindex.org/r/pompandproper.com); Spa paradise (C, 492 m, https://directindex.org/r/spaparadisemassage.com); Barbers Legacy (C, 540 m, https://directindex.org/r/barberslegacy.ca); Dapper Barber Lounge (C, 692 m, https://directindex.org/r/dapperbarberlounge.ca); StyLash & Brown Bar (B, 707 m, https://directindex.org/r/stylashbrowbar.ca); La Pina Lash Studio (B, 713 m, https://directindex.org/r/lapinalashes.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (29% A or B, 36926 sites); Sites using Square 69% (47% A or B, 793 sites); This site 63.8%.

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

## Businesses like The Belmont Barber Shop in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 190 | 46% | 19% | 63.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 69 | 60% | 20% | 63.8% |
| Sites using Square in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 9 | 73% | 67% | 63.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Square in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons | 1 | 64% | 0% | 63.8% |

The best of the sites using Square in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons: Onyx Aesthetics Studio (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/onyxstudio.ca); Contrast Lash Studio (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/contrastlash.ca); Mod on Main (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/modonmain.com); Big Joy (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/bigjoybarberandsalon.com); Alyssa Essential Beauty (B 72.5%, https://directindex.org/r/alyssaessentialbeauty.com).

With the two fixes above (No price list of services found; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 77.5%: 13th of 190 in Vancouver hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 56th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Belmont Barber Shop, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/belmontbarbers.ca
- Book: https://belmontbarbers.ca/book-now/ (own site; could not verify: failed (2026-10-14))
- Order: https://squareup.com/gift/49B6AGD7NKYC3/order (vendor on own site: Square; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-604-568-6238
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/belmontbarbers.ca/book, https://directindex.org/go/belmontbarbers.ca/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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 11 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/belmontbarbers.ca
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/belmontbarbers.ca/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/belmontbarbers.ca/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=belmontbarbers.ca&force=1