sought.one A look at what’s next

Beyond ask

Be the onethey’re looking for.

Make your products and services understandable to people and their agents. Clear offerings. Qualified inquiries. A better way to find what fits.

Explore an offering See how it works

One approved offer. Clear next steps. Your business stays in control.

Intent → discovery → connectionIllustrative preview

Someone asks their agent

“Find a social scheduler with an API, under $50 a month.”

A real need. Not another keyword search.

Example PublishFictional offering

Social scheduling software · available remotely

Plan priceUS$29 / month
CapabilitiesScheduling + API
Next step: a qualified inquiry

A product illustration, not a live search, recommendation, or connected transaction.

For what your business brings to the table.

Software & APIsProductsServices

More than being mentioned

A mention isn’t
a next step.

Your website tells your story. An agent also needs the details: what you offer, who it fits, what it costs, and what it can actually do next.

01

Your offer is scattered.

Pricing on one page. Capabilities on another. Important conditions buried in a document.

Bring the facts into one structured offering.
02

The details can drift.

An old price or an unapproved edit should not become the basis for someone’s decision.

Publish the version your business has reviewed.
03

Interest has nowhere useful to go.

A relevant answer is only a beginning. Your team still needs the context to help the customer.

Turn the request into a qualified inquiry.

Same facts. Different interfaces.

Clear for a person.
Useful to an agent.

One approved offering should power both views. Explore how that could look for three different businesses.

Choose a fictional offering example
The human viewExample only

Example Publish

Social scheduling · software subscription

Price
US$29 per month
Includes
Post scheduling and API access
Availability
Remote
Before an inquiry
Which networks? How many accounts?
Published version
3 · provider-supplied details
Permitted next step: submit an inquiry

Illustration only. No account, inquiry, or subscription is created.

The agent viewIllustrative JSON
{
  "offering": "Example Publish",
  "type": "subscription",
  "version": 3,
  "price": {
    "amount_minor": 2900,
    "currency": "USD",
    "period": "month"
  },
  "capabilities": ["scheduling", "api"],
  "next_action": "submit_inquiry",
  "contact_sharing": "consent_required",
  "example_only": true
}

An action describes a supported next step. It does not authorize spending or activate the service.

The human viewExample only

Example Studio

Product photography · regional service

Price
Quote required · CAD
Includes
Scope agreed before quoting
Service area
Greater Vancouver
Before an inquiry
Item count, deadline, usage rights
Published version
3 · provider-supplied details
Permitted next step: submit an inquiry

An unknown price is not zero. No quote or appointment is confirmed.

The agent viewIllustrative JSON
{
  "offering": "Example Studio",
  "type": "service",
  "version": 3,
  "price": {
    "model": "quote_required",
    "amount_minor": null,
    "currency": "CAD"
  },
  "region": "Greater Vancouver",
  "next_action": "submit_inquiry",
  "contact_sharing": "consent_required",
  "example_only": true
}

The provider needs the brief before it can quote. Proposed timing is not a confirmed booking.

The human viewExample only

Example Desk Lamp

Lighting · physical product

Item price
US$79 before shipping and tax
Availability
Confirm with the provider
Delivery
Destination and cost not yet confirmed
Before an inquiry
Quantity and destination
Published version
3 · provider-supplied details
Permitted next step: submit an inquiry

A listed item price is not the final total. No purchase is made.

The agent viewIllustrative JSON
{
  "offering": "Example Desk Lamp",
  "type": "product",
  "version": 3,
  "price": {
    "item_amount_minor": 7900,
    "currency": "USD",
    "shipping": null, "tax": null
  },
  "availability": "recheck_required",
  "next_action": "submit_inquiry",
  "contact_sharing": "consent_required",
  "example_only": true
}

Unknown costs stay explicit. Discovery does not create an order or establish stock availability.

Fictional examples and simplified payloads, not the production API contract. Compatible agents need a supported, authorized connection. A public page alone does not install tools in an assistant.

A clearer path from interest to inquiry

Simple to publish.
Useful to act on.

The intended workflow starts with the offering you know best. Not a new CRM. Not a second website to maintain by hand.

01 / DESCRIBE

Make the offer clear.

Add your products, services, pricing, capabilities, and boundaries. A person or authorized seller agent can prepare the draft.

Your knowledge, structured

02 / APPROVE

Publish the right version.

Review before publishing. The same approved facts should appear on the public page and in the agent response. Draft edits stay private.

One version, two interfaces

03 / CONNECT

Receive useful context.

Ask for the details your team needs. Get a qualified inquiry, respond, and let the customer’s authorized agent continue the conversation.

A better first conversation

Connect. Don’t replace.

Your tools stay.
The handoff improves.

Start with discovery and qualified inquiries. Add quoting, scheduling, or signing only when the integration and approvals are ready.

HighLevel

Keep contacts, CRM workflows, and appointment authority in your existing system.

Planned connection

Microsoft 365

Connect enterprise identity and provider-owned Bookings or Outlook scheduling.

Planned connection

SharePoint

Work with approved catalogs, policies, documents, and transaction evidence.

Planned connection

SumoSign

Route approved agreements to people. Keep the human signing ceremony human.

Optional · planned

Integration roadmap, not endorsements or a claim of live connectivity. Each connection must be configured, authorized, and tested.

A shared business layer, designed for compatible agent interfaces.

REST  /  MCP  /  OpenAPI

Trust is in the details

Discovery is open.
Authority is explicit.

An agent should understand what it knows, what is still unknown, and when a person needs to decide.

Approved facts.

Separate the published offering from drafts and unreviewed changes.

Honest unknowns.

A missing price is not zero. A proposed time is not an appointment.

Consent before sharing.

Keep private requests and customer information inside the right permissions.

Activity you can observe.

Measure actual inquiries and agent calls, not invented recommendation counts.

A few useful answers

Built for agents.
Grounded in reality.

Is this a GEO platform or a marketplace?

The idea combines GEO-oriented publishing with structured agent access. Public pages explain the offering. Connected tools provide a supported next step. The first product focus is approved listings and qualified inquiries, not just counting brand mentions.

Will a listing guarantee recommendations?

No. A listing, structured data, or an llms.txt file is not a promise of indexing, ranking, recommendations, traffic, or automatic access from every assistant. The goal is clearer information and supported connections, not a ranking shortcut.

Does the customer have to start on this website?

No. The intended buyer experience can begin in the agent the customer already uses. A compatible, authorized integration lets that agent search offerings and continue a request. Public website discovery is a complementary path.

Can our own agent maintain our offerings?

That is part of the design. Authorized seller agents can prepare or propose changes within their scopes. Owning a draft does not automatically grant publication authority, and private edits must not change the approved public version.

Can an agent buy, book, or sign automatically?

This preview performs none of those actions. In the product, only implemented and authorized actions should be exposed. Spending and booking need the appropriate approval and provider confirmation. A human signature remains a human action.

What you do best.
Easier to find.

Give your next customer—and their agent—a clearer picture of what you offer and where to go next.

Explore the examples Visit the teaser

Explainer concept · no form submissions or live transactions.