Use a visual browser to compare online stores
A commenter used ChatGPT Agent as a visual web browser to check many stores for one item and see which ones would ship to their country.
- What they did
- They ran ChatGPT Agent Mode in browser form instead of as a text-only crawler. The agent opened live pages in a virtual machine, viewed the rendered sites, and clicked through buttons and menus like a person would. They pointed it at a shopping task: search a large set of online stores for one product and verify shipping to their country.
- How it went
- They said this handled interactive sites far better than text-based scraping. It let the agent review hundreds of stores and settle on the option they thought was best.
- Tips
- This works best when you can state the item, the country limit, and what counts as a good result. Ask the agent to stop and wait before any checkout, submission, or other irreversible step.
Try it yourself with ChatGPT Agent
Open web pages in a visual browser and research [topic or product] across [number] sources. Use the rendered pages, scroll where needed, click through menus or filters, and note for each source what you found plus the page link. Check whether each store can ship [product] to [country]. After that, give me a short comparison and recommend the best option, but pause and ask before you submit anything, place an order, sign in, or make any other irreversible change.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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