Founding Partner Program | Free bCloud AI Implementation

⚡Enterprise AI search

Founding Partner

Program

Enterprise AI search on your store — implementation, onboarding, and support fully waived.

What every Founding Partner gets

01

Implementation — $0

Our team indexes your catalog, configures relevance, and integrates search into your storefront. Standard fee: [$50,000]. Waived.

02

24×7 support — $0.

Not a shared inbox. Direct access to the people who built the platform, for as long as you're a partner. Standard fee: [$30,000]. Waived.

03

Onboarding — $5,000.

Hands-on setup, relevance tuning against your real queries, and merchandising training for your team. Standard fee: [$5,000].

Plus, free every month — permanently

20,000

Search requests

100,000

Catalog records

10,000

AI recommendation requests

Included

Scheduled crawls

That’s a real working tier, not a trial. For a catalog under 100,000 records doing moderate search volume, most Founding Partners run entirely inside it. No contract, no credit card to start, and pricing beyond the free tier is based on catalog size rather than per search — so a strong Black Friday doesn’t produce a painful invoice.

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Founding Partner criteria

We’re selective about this because five slots a month means each one gets our full attention.

Strong fit:

Ecommerce store with 5,000–200,000 SKUs
On Shopify Plus, BigCommerce, Magento/Adobe Commerce, WooCommerce, or headless
Currently running native platform search, or a search tool that's visibly underperforming
List ItemSomeone on the team who owns ecommerce or merchandising outcomes and can act on results
Willing to measure — you'll get before-and-after numbers, and we'd like you to look at them

Probably not a fit:

If you’re outside these lines but think you’re a fit, apply anyway and tell us why. We read every application.

From application to live in about four weeks

Week 0

Application and fit call

A 30-minute conversation about your catalog, your current search, and what's failing. If we're not a fit, we'll say so on the call.

Week 1

Catalog indexing

We connect to your platform and index your products. You'll see search running on your real data within days.

Week 2

Relevance tuning

We run your actual search logs against the new system, find what's failing, and tune. This is where most of the improvement comes from.

Week 3

Merchandising setup and training

Your team learns the controls — pinning, boosting, campaign scheduling — so you're not dependent on us for day-to-day changes.

Week 4

Measured rollout

We ship to a slice of traffic first, measure conversion and zero-result rate against a control, then ramp. You get the numbers either way.

Ongoing — 24×7 support and quarterly reviews. We stay involved.

What we'll measure together

Founding Partners get a baseline before anything changes and a report after. The metrics:

Zero-result rate

The share of searches returning nothing today

Search conversion
rate

Compared to your site average

Revenue per
search

The number that matters

Top failing queries

A ranked list of searches your current setup can't answer

We run the rollout against a control group, so the results are a measurement rather than a claim. If the numbers don’t move, you’ll know, and so will we.

Five spots a month,25 total

The Founding Partner Program closes at 25 partners. We onboard five a month because implementation is hands-on and we won’t compromise it by taking more. [7] spots remaining. Once the program closes, implementation and onboarding return to standard pricing. The free monthly tier stays available to everyone — that part isn’t going anywhere.

[7]

spots remaining

Founding Partner Program- 25 Total

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Founding Partner Program actually cost?

Nothing for implementation, onboarding, or support. The free monthly tier — 20,000 search requests, 100,000 catalog records, 10,000 AI recommendation requests, and scheduled crawls — is permanent and requires no payment. If you exceed it, pricing is based on catalog size and features rather than per search, and we’ll show you the numbers before anything changes.

Why is bCloud giving this away?

Because we need reference customers and published results more than we need early revenue. Founding Partners get a fully implemented platform at no cost; we get a case study, a reference, and honest feedback. It’s a straightforward trade, and we’d rather state it plainly than dress it up.

How long does implementation take?

About four weeks from kickoff to measured rollout — catalog indexing in week one, relevance tuning in week two, merchandising training in week three, and a controlled traffic ramp in week four.

What do I have to commit to?

Being a reference for occasional prospect calls, allowing a case study you approve before publication, use of your logo, product feedback, and one verified review on G2 or Capterra in your own words. There’s no minimum contract term and no exclusivity.

What if the results aren't good?

You’ll know, because we measure against a control group. If search doesn’t improve, we’d rather fix it than have you stay quiet — and if it can’t be fixed, you’re free to leave. There’s no contract holding you.

Which platforms do you support?

Shopify and Shopify Plus, BigCommerce, Magento and Adobe Commerce, and WooCommerce natively, plus a REST API for headless and custom storefronts.

What happens when the program closes?

Implementation and onboarding return to standard pricing for new customers. Founding Partners keep their terms. The free monthly tier remains available to everyone regardless.

How do you choose Founding Partners?

Catalog size and platform fit, whether your current search is genuinely underperforming, whether someone on your team owns the outcome, and whether you’re able to be a public reference. We’d rather onboard five partners properly than fifteen badly.

Five spots this month.

Implementation, onboarding, and 24×7 support — waived. A free tier that covers most mid-market catalogs. Live in about four weeks, measured against a control so you know whether it worked.

No contract. No credit card.