# robots.txt for the-store.com
# Optimized for SEO + AI discoverability (updated Oct 2025)
# Default rules
User-agent: *
Disallow: /a/downloads/-/*
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /cart
Disallow: /orders
Disallow: /checkouts/
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /12250170/checkouts
Disallow: /12250170/orders
Disallow: /carts
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /collections/*sort_by*
Disallow: /*/collections/*sort_by*
Disallow: /collections/*+*
Disallow: /collections/*%2B*
Disallow: /collections/*%2b*
Disallow: /*/collections/*+*
Disallow: /*/collections/*%2B*
Disallow: /*/collections/*%2b*
Disallow: */collections/*filter*&*filter*
Disallow: /blogs/*+*
Disallow: /blogs/*%2B*
Disallow: /blogs/*%2b*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*+*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*%2B*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*%2b*
Disallow: /*?*oseid=*
Disallow: /*preview_theme_id*
Disallow: /*preview_script_id*
Disallow: /policies/
Disallow: /*/policies/
Disallow: /*/*?*ls=*&ls=*
Disallow: /*/*?*ls%3D*%3Fls%3D*
Disallow: /*/*?*ls%3d*%3fls%3d*
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /apple-app-site-association
Disallow: /.well-known/shopify/monorail
Disallow: /cdn/wpm/*.js
Disallow: /recommendations/products
Disallow: /*/recommendations/products
Disallow: /products/*-[a-f0-9]{8}-remote
Disallow: /*/products/*-[a-f0-9]{8}-remote
Disallow: /collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9]{8}-remote
Disallow: /*/collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9]{8}-remote
# Block alternate template views for all bots (fixes orphaned rule)
Disallow: /*?*view=*

# Ads bot (Google Ads crawler) — keep checkout blocked
User-agent: adsbot-google
Disallow: /checkouts/
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /carts
Disallow: /orders
Disallow: /12250170/checkouts
Disallow: /12250170/orders
Disallow: /*?*oseid=*
Disallow: /*preview_theme_id*
Disallow: /*preview_script_id*
Disallow: /cdn/wpm/*.js
Disallow: /products/*-[a-f0-9]{8}-remote
Disallow: /*/products/*-[a-f0-9]{8}-remote
Disallow: /collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9]{8}-remote
Disallow: /*/collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9]{8}-remote

# Block noisy crawlers or slow them down
User-agent: Nutch
Disallow: /
User-agent: AhrefsBot
User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-delay: 10

# Major search & image bots
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# AI/LLM & assistants (you are currently allowing; adjust as desired)
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /
User-agent: Amazonbot-Image
Allow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
User-agent: Pinterestbot
Allow: /
User-agent: Googlebot-Mobile
Allow: /


# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://www.the-store.com/sitemap.xml