# Sultans of Shave: Agent-Direct Score F (38.9%)

Site: http://sultansofshave.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/sultansofshave.com
Scanned: 2026-10-22 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Sultans of Shave is largely invisible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Sultans of Shave's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through book.vaniday.com.

## Direct links
- Phone: 6735 3280
- Address: #02-07 Palais Renaissance, 238871, Singapore
- WhatsApp: a link on the site

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Sultans of Shave that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- medical aesthetics spa (uk) (10 m): https://directindex.org/r/renaza.com
- Stile Hair Studio (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/stilehair.com.sg
- Estheva Spa (30 m): https://directindex.org/r/estheva.com
- Signature Massage Singapore (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/signaturemassage.org
- La Source Spa (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/lasource.com.sg

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (HairSalon, BeautySalon or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Appointments through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows +6588391104, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists 6735 3280. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## 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": "Sultans of Shave",
  "url": "http://sultansofshave.com",
  "telephone": "6735 3280",
  "address": "#02-07 Palais Renaissance, 238871, Singapore",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 1.3066643167836378,
    "longitude": 103.82961452007294
  }
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Sultans of Shave

> local business in #02-07 Palais Renaissance, 238871, Singapore, Singapore hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone 6735 3280.

## About

- Website: http://sultansofshave.com
- 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 main AI user agents.

## Where it stands
876 of 1261 in Singapore hairdressers and beauty salons. Top 69% 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 | 92% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 24% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 23% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 61% | no |

Nearest places in the index: medical aesthetics spa (uk) (B, 7 m, https://directindex.org/r/renaza.com); Passion (F, 15 m, https://directindex.org/r/ihbf.com); Bio Aesthetic Laser Clinic (C, 17 m, https://directindex.org/r/baclinic.sg); Stile Hair Studio (A, 32 m, https://directindex.org/r/stilehair.com.sg); Estheva Spa (C, 33 m, https://directindex.org/r/estheva.com); New Chain Hair Centre (D, 49 m, https://directindex.org/r/newchain.com.sg); Signature Massage Singapore (B, 67 m, https://directindex.org/r/signaturemassage.org); La Source Spa (B, 75 m, https://directindex.org/r/lasource.com.sg); Salon Dor La Mode (F, 125 m, https://directindex.org/r/satendra.com); LE ROUGE (F, 126 m, https://directindex.org/r/lerouge.sg).

## 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.

Recommended when people ask: "A barber for a beard trim and a cut today. Can I book online?" (Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); This site 38.9%.

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

## Named by Gemini for "A barber for a beard trim and a cut today. Can I book online?" in Singapore hairdressers and beauty salons, October 2026
- "A barber for a beard trim and a cut today. Can I book online?" (2026-10-25): Gemini with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/singapore-salons/recommended/barber-today
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/sultansofshave.com.svg

## Businesses like Sultans of Shave in Singapore hairdressers and beauty salons

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Singapore hairdressers and beauty salons | 1261 | 50% | 18% | 38.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Singapore hairdressers and beauty salons | 532 | 55% | 23% | 38.9% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Singapore hairdressers and beauty salons: Stile Hair Studio (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/stilehair.com.sg); De Hair Profile (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/de-hairprofile.com); Arium Clinic (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/ariumclinic.com); Elements Wellness Centrepoint (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/elements.com.sg); Princess's Cottage (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/princessscottage.com).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Appointments through an unrecognised third party; No price list of services found), the score would be about 85.1%. That would be 18th of 1,261 in Singapore hairdressers and beauty salons, up from 876th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Sultans of Shave, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/sultansofshave.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 6735 3280

## 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 1 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/sultansofshave.com
- 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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/sultansofshave.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/sultansofshave.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=sultansofshave.com&force=1
