Part of GEOly's "GEO / AEO Expert Watch" series · meet **Drew Sanocki**, a quick map of their public work and where to follow them — with links to the original sources.
Who is Drew Sanocki
Drew Sanocki is the founder and executive chairman of PostPilot, the direct-mail platform built for DTC and ecommerce brands, which he co-founded with Michael Epstein. A multi-exit operator and investor with 20+ years in ecommerce, he has long published practical retention marketing under the 'Nerd Marketing' banner. His work centers on lifecycle marketing, customer retention, and full-funnel discovery for online stores.
These experts look further ahead: as AI agents begin to compare, decide and even purchase for users, the entrance to commerce shifts from "humans clicking links" to "agents reading data." This is the layer after GEO. Their recurring focus areas include: Retention marketing, PostPilot, ecommerce operations.
What GEO / AEO practitioners can learn from Drew Sanocki
- **Product data becomes the fuel**: structured, accurate, machine-readable product information decides whether your items enter an agent’s consideration set. - **Trust and rules**: governance of payments, liability and authorization determines whether an agent dares transact with you on a user’s behalf. - **Agent Experience (AX)**: after UX, making AI agents understand and choose you efficiently becomes the new discipline.
**GEOly angle**: Brings a retention-first, full-funnel lens to how DTC brands stay discoverable and profitable as AI reshapes commerce.
What it means for brands going global
For DTC and ecommerce brands going global, agentic commerce is both threat and opportunity: the sooner you shape product data, reviews and trust signals into a machine-readable, trustworthy form, the more likely you are to be chosen in agent-led shopping.
Follow Drew Sanocki: homepage & socials
- [Website](https://www.postpilot.com/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanocki/) - [X](https://x.com/drewsanocki)
To meet more experts across GEO, AEO and agentic commerce, visit the [GEOly author hub](/blog/author).
*This profile is an editorial compilation of publicly available information, curated by the GEOly team for industry learning and reference. All links point to the expert's own public pages. Contact us for any correction or removal.*
