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Category overviews: what a budget buys

For “what does it cost?” and “what does more money get me?”, gaisho describes a whole product type from current listings: the features that set the price, the low, median and high end, and the brand mix.

Shopper asksI'm looking at a 12-inch queen hybrid mattress from a brand I don't recognize for $450. Is that cheap or pricey for a hybrid, and what would spending around $800 get me instead?

What your agent gets

  • The key features that separate products, each value's share and typical price.
  • Price levels: low end, median and high end, with the features typical at each.
  • The brand mix (national, marketplace and store brands) with typical prices.
  • Per store type: the typical price and range, the brands carried and who sells there.
  • Features worth knowing, and common return reasons.
  • Only the products that meet the shopper's needs, when your agent passes them as conditions. The result says which conditions were used.

In a recorded run

Recorded output, Nov 5, 2026 · trimmed
## Hybrid Mattresses
Only products meeting: Mattress size = queen; Height = 12 in.
Few products meet these conditions: shares and typical prices below are rough.

Key features
1. Firmness: medium firm (common, ~$190) · medium (some, ~$460)
2. Comfort layer materials: memory foam (most, ~$180)
   · gel memory foam (common, ~$200) · polyfoam (common, ~$340) · …

Price levels
| Low end  | ~$160 | zoned support, comfort layer materials: memory foam |
| Median   | ~$230 | comfort layer materials: memory foam, firmness: medium firm |
| High end | ~$420 | comfort layer materials: fiber, firmness: medium, zoned support |

Brands
- marketplace brands (common, ~$180)
- brands not yet classified (common, ~$240)
- national brands (some, ~$430)
…

The overview behind the mattress question. Sections, features and some listed traits trimmed.

What the agent told the shopper

The overall market looks the same: about $160 at the low end, $230 in the middle and $420 at the high end. Most of the cheap ones are marketplace brands that sell for around $180.

From the same run's final answer.

How to use it in your agent

  • Answer first from the overview

    Say what the budget buys and what the next step adds, in two to four sentences with at most three figures. Products can follow.

  • Pass needs as conditions

    Turn the shopper's needs into specs (queen, 12-inch) so every figure covers only matching products. Say which needs were not applied.

  • Don't wait for product research

    Start product research at the same time and send the overview answer as soon as it's ready.

Limits

  • Price levels describe what a budget covers, not quality or one product's price history.
  • Prices are approximate. When few products meet the conditions, the result says the figures are rough.
  • When a subtype is missing or can't be priced, the agent should say so instead of using the whole category's prices.

The mattress use case →Guide: answer “what does it cost?” →

Source: gaisho's tool descriptions and daily shopping skill as of Nov 6, 2026; sample from a recorded run on Nov 5, 2026 (the mattress question).