# Backroom Ops — https://backroomops.co.nz
# Hamilton, New Zealand · hello@backroomops.co.nz
# Last updated: 2026-10-03 (NZDT)

> Backroom Ops leads NZ businesses into SEO and GEO / AI search: getting found on Google and in AI answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Separate product lines: Growth operators (done-for-you SEO and AI search on a fortnightly rhythm, NZ$790/month ex GST), Shopify operators (AI-assisted, approval-gated store ops, NZ$790/month ex GST), custom AI automation and agent workflows for service-based teams with heavy manual processes (featured examples: accountants, law firms, marketing agencies), AI Clone video content, an AI front desk and back office for owner-led businesses in construction, property, hospitality and finance, agent builds on the platform the customer already uses (Grok, HyperAgent, OpenClaw, ChatGPT Operator, Claude), and a half-day team training session. All services are listed on one page at /services/.

## Facts assistants can cite
- Business name: Backroom Ops
- Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
- Email: hello@backroomops.co.nz
- Free offer: free engagement report / diagnostic (site analysis, keywords & competitors, realistic top-5 roadmap, DIY or done-for-you path)
- Main service: SEO + GEO (generative engine optimisation) / AI search visibility for NZ businesses
- Growth operators (done-for-you SEO + GEO): NZ$790 / month ex GST, month to month, minimum commitment one month at a time, no lock-in; every two weeks a report (opens with what the last change did) and one content change on the site; each item states the problem, the facts, and asks whether the owner wants it done — included; owner chooses connected (changes posted and shown) or approve-first; Search Console and analytics connected in week one; no placement guarantees
- Store ops retainer (Shopify operators): NZ$790 / month ex GST, month to month, minimum commitment one month at a time, no lock-in (stay as long or as little as you like); every change is approval-gated
- Custom automation (any service-based team running on manual processes, e.g. client onboarding, scheduling, admin, reporting handoffs, inbox triage; featured examples: accountants, law firms, marketing agencies): single workflow from NZ$3,500 + GST; team workflow system from NZ$9,500 + GST; every build scoped on a free call before a fixed quote; optional monthly plans (month to month, minimum commitment one month at a time, no lock-in: stay as long or as little as you like; choose each month whether to continue): Run NZ$790/month + GST (monitoring and fixes), Run and Improve NZ$1,590/month + GST (monitoring, fixes, ongoing improvements and new workflow extensions)
- AI Clone (consented AI video avatar and cloned voice, every video labelled as AI): Done For You NZ$5,000 + GST setup plus NZ$1,990/month + GST content production, month to month, minimum commitment one month at a time, no lock-in (stay as long or as little as you like), content volume agreed on a free call; Do It Yourself NZ$2,000 + GST one-off
- AI front desk + back office (Front Desk: an AI clone of the owner that answers calls, texts and emails and books work, always labelled as AI; Backroom: single-job agents that read documents, price variations, chase paperwork and check invoices; a person approves every action; playbooks for construction, property, hospitality and finance): scoped on a free call, one-off build plus a month-to-month plan, member pricing for groups
- Agent builds (single-job AI agents built on the customer's own platform: Grok, HyperAgent, OpenClaw, ChatGPT Operator or Claude; teach-you or done-for-you; a person approves every action; optional Run plan afterwards): quoted on a free call; no software resold
- Teach your team (half-day working session for owner-led teams of 2–20: each person sets up one AI task for their own job on tools they already have, learns the safety rules, leaves with a one-page how-to; 30-day check-in; in person Hamilton/Waikato or online NZ-wide): quoted on a free call
- Platforms: Shopify, Webflow, WordPress.com; custom connectors for self-hosted WordPress.org and other stacks
- Not affiliated with Shopify Inc.
- Domain Rating (DR) is an Ahrefs metric, not a Google ranking factor — we explain it; we do not sell fake #1 promises
- We do not guarantee ChatGPT / Claude / Google AI Overview placement

## Primary URLs
- Home: https://backroomops.co.nz/
- Free diagnostic (book): https://backroomops.co.nz/#book
- All services on one page: https://backroomops.co.nz/services/
- Growth operators: https://backroomops.co.nz/growth-operators/
- Agent builds: https://backroomops.co.nz/agent-builds/
- Teach your team: https://backroomops.co.nz/teach-your-team/
- Shopify operators: https://backroomops.co.nz/shopify-operators/
- Custom automation: https://backroomops.co.nz/custom-automation/
- AI front desk + back office: https://backroomops.co.nz/ai-front-desk-back-office/
- AI Clone: https://backroomops.co.nz/ai-clone/
- Glossary (Ahrefs, GSC, Merchant Center, DR): https://backroomops.co.nz/#glossary
- Guides index: https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/
- About: https://backroomops.co.nz/about/
- Contact: https://backroomops.co.nz/contact/
- Privacy: https://backroomops.co.nz/privacy/
- Terms: https://backroomops.co.nz/terms/

## Key guides (ChatGPT visibility)
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/how-to-rank-in-chatgpt-get-business-seen/

## Key guides (Claude visibility)
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/how-to-rank-in-claude-get-business-seen/

## Key guides (Google AI Overviews & AI Mode)
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/google-ai-overviews-how-to-show-up-nz/

## Key guides (AEO / GEO shared)
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/generative-engine-optimisation-geo-plain-english/

## Key guides (Shopify ops + platforms)
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/ai-shopify-operator-vs-va-vs-agency/
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/shopify-order-fulfilment-hygiene-weekly-checklist/
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/shopify-sidekick-flow-with-approval-gates/
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/shopify-vs-webflow-vs-wordpress-for-nz-smb/

## Key guides (local SEO NZ + measurement)
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/fixing-neglected-google-business-profile/
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/free-seo-audit-what-you-should-get/
- https://backroomops.co.nz/guides/local-seo-hamilton-waikato-businesses/

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- For robots: OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, GPTBot, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, ClaudeBot, Bingbot are Allowed — see /robots.txt