# SHADE Ink Lab: Agent-Direct Score F (27.7%)

Site: http://shade-inklab.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/shade-inklab.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.)
SHADE Ink Lab is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open SHADE Ink Lab's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.vagaro.com/shadeinklab/book-now (through vagaro acting for the business)
- Phone: +17042589810
- Address: 8846 Arbor Creek Dr, 28269, Charlotte
- Prices: 10 prices on the site, the middle one $300

## Nearby, also direct
Places near SHADE Ink Lab that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Madison and Mane Salon (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/madisonmane.com
- Rock Style and Grace (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/rockstyleandgrace.com
- Lavish Hair Spa & Boutique (40 m): https://directindex.org/r/storevantage.com
- Belladev Studio (120 m): https://directindex.org/r/belladevstudio.com
- Bambu Massage and Spa (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/bambumassagespa.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 (cloudflare_challenge). 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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **10 prices on the landing page, the middle one $300.** In Charlotte, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $57.75.

## 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": "Organization",
  "name": "SHADE Ink Lab",
  "url": "http://shade-inklab.com/",
  "telephone": "+17042589810",
  "address": "8846 Arbor Creek Dr, 28269, Charlotte",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 35.38434778,
    "longitude": -80.7831897
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.vagaro.com/shadeinklab/book-now",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Appointments through vagaro on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Vagaro works with agents through its partners.** Vagaro's user agreement (September 2025), section 3, bars robots, data mining and any software that interacts with the services without prior written consent; Google names Vagaro as an AI Mode agentic booking partner. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://www.vagaro.com/pro/user-agreement. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
879 of 1024 in Charlotte hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 86% 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 | 93% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 20% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 15% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 53% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Madison and Mane Salon (B, 16 m, https://directindex.org/r/madisonmane.com); Rock Style and Grace (A, 19 m, https://directindex.org/r/rockstyleandgrace.com); Foundation Studio (C, 33 m, https://directindex.org/r/foundationstudiola.com); Lavish Hair Spa & Boutique (C, 43 m, https://directindex.org/r/storevantage.com); Belladev Studio (B, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/belladevstudio.com); Bellissima Hair Salon (C, 148 m, https://directindex.org/r/bellissimahairsalon.com); Bambu Massage and Spa (D, 1189 m, https://directindex.org/r/bambumassagespa.com); My Day Spa (F, 1354 m, https://directindex.org/r/mydayspacharlotte.com); Haircolorxperts (C, 1364 m, https://directindex.org/r/haircolorxpertsalon.com); Nail Care Paradise (D, 1384 m, https://directindex.org/r/nailcareparadise.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 48% (26% A or B, 7656 sites); Sites using Vagaro 57% (24% A or B, 270 sites); This site 27.7%.

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

## Businesses like SHADE Ink Lab in Charlotte hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Charlotte hairdressers and beauty salons | 1024 | 49% | 21% | 27.7% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Charlotte hairdressers and beauty salons | 53 | 55% | 30% | 27.7% |
| Sites using Vagaro in Charlotte hairdressers and beauty salons | 86 | 63% | 38% | 27.7% |
| Sites built with Shopify and using Vagaro in Charlotte hairdressers and beauty salons | 5 | 54% | 40% | 27.7% |

The best of the sites built with Shopify and using Vagaro in Charlotte hairdressers and beauty salons: Avi Aesthetics Medical Spa (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/aviaesthetics.com); Lash Me Now (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/lashmenow.com); Express Press Hair Care (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/expresspresshaircare.com); Natural Beauty Hair Studio (F 15.4%, https://directindex.org/r/naturalbeautyhairstudio.net).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Structured data is incomplete; No price list of services found), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 6th of 1,024 in Charlotte hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 879th.

## The direct record
What agents get for SHADE Ink Lab, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/shade-inklab.com
- Book: https://www.vagaro.com/shadeinklab/book-now (vendor on own site: Vagaro; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +17042589810
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/shade-inklab.com/book

## 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
- Vendor terms for agents, Vagaro: Through partners. Vagaro's user agreement (September 2025), section 3, bars robots, data mining and any software that interacts with the services without prior written consent; Google names Vagaro as an AI Mode agentic booking partner. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.vagaro.com/pro/user-agreement

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/shade-inklab.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/shade-inklab.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=shade-inklab.com&force=1