TenantPay: the most-cited rent payment brand in AI answers
How GoBlinkly turned a sharp drop in TenantPay's Google visibility into 16× more impressions, and made it the most-cited brand in AI answers about paying rent in Canada.
A visibility crash, and ground to make up in AI answers
TenantPay lets Canadian renters pay rent by credit card and build credit, and helps landlords collect rent online. When we started in March 2026, its Google visibility had just fallen by more than 80% in a month.
When we began tracking AI answers in July, TenantPay sat at #2. When renters asked ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity how to pay rent with a credit card or report rent to a credit bureau, a competitor was named more often, and TenantPay was actively recommended in fewer than 2 of every 100 answers.
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Published 200+ articles for renters and landlords
From July to October, built around real questions: credit-card rent guides (Pay Rent with Mastercard in Canada, Does Paying Rent With a Credit Card Count as a Cash Advance?), rent reporting and credit (Cheapest Way to Report Rent to a Credit Bureau in Canada), and province guides (BC Tenant Rights, Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board).
Wrote the comparisons AI assistants quote
Pages like TenantPay vs E-Transfer vs Cheques and Borrowell vs FrontLobby vs TenantPay for Rent Reporting, so TenantPay appears by name when buyers compare options.
Answered questions about TenantPay's own product
What Happens If a TenantPay Rent Payment Fails? and How to Get TenantPay Approved by Your Condo Board, giving AI engines a clear source for TenantPay's own features.
Tracked AI visibility daily
Ran 48 buyer-intent prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, measured TenantPay against 11 competitors, and used the gaps to decide what to write next.
AI visibility, search, and real conversions — all up.
AI visibility: TenantPay climbed to #1
In July, TenantPay was the 2nd most-cited rent payment brand in AI answers. By September it had climbed to #1, named in nearly half of all AI answers about paying rent in Canada.
| Jul 10 – Aug 6 | Sep 6 – Oct 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Share of voice rank | #2 of 12 | #1 of 12 |
| Share of voice | 19% (closest competitor 21%) | 24% (closest competitor 22%) |
| Cited in AI answers | 34% | 47% |
| Actively recommended | 1.8% | 8.1% (4.5×) |
| Recommended when named | 5% | 17% (3.4×) |
And it kept growing: by early November, TenantPay was cited in 51% of AI answers about paying rent in Canada, and recommended in 10%, up from 2% when tracking began.
Search visibility: 16× more impressions
Google impressions grew 16× and clicks grew 3.8×, with keywords ranking up 7.2× and average position improving 16%.
Traffic that converts
Conversions from Google search grew 125%, and visits from AI assistants, led by ChatGPT, grew 63%.
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