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Boxed OnlineGary Kellett · Architect · CTO · AI, home

Case study

An AI deal-finder that spots under-priced auction lots

AI vision and live price comparisons that work out the maximum bid for a target resale profit.

AuctionAgent (my own product)Retail and e-commerce
Built from conceptDelivered
-, delivered in 5 days
Quoted versus delivered67 commits between 10 and 14 June 2026; tests grew from 1,371 to 2,187

The problem

Finding profitable auction lots means reading hundreds of listings and checking prices by hand.

How I approached it

  1. Seven build waves in five days, each with its own tests
  2. AI vision to classify and tag lots automatically

What was built

  • Auction scraping and resale price comparison
  • Maximum-bid calculation for a 30% resale profit
  • AI classification, tagging and automatic categories
  • Workflow engine and discovery scheduler

Stack

  • .NET 10
  • React
  • Playwright
  • Azure OpenAI

Outcomes

  • Lot detail load time cut from 16 seconds to 10 milliseconds
  • Hours of manual research replaced

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