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Boxed.com

boxed.com · Retail · BOXD

Ranked 1,102 of 2,047 companies in the study

31Overall score
  • Visibility21
  • Citations1
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness7
What this means for Boxed.com

AI assistants name Boxed.com in 20% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in the retail sector. Its overall score is 31 out of 100, ranking 1,102nd of 2,047 companies. The website passes 1 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the retail market: none named Boxed.com. AI assistants named it in 12 of 60 answers (20.0%). The typical retail company is named in 6.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Boxed.com ranks 144 of 640 in its sector.

Named by AI in
20.0%
12 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
22.2%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
1/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
386 of 640
by overall score, where the typical retail company scores 34
How Boxed.com compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
21

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
1

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
7

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with retail

640 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score31
Ranks 386 of 640. Typical company: 34
Named in answers20%
Ranks 144 of 640. Typical company: 7%
AI readiness7
Ranks 570 of 640. Typical company: 29
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“How much do online bulk grocery deliveries typically cost?”

The cost of online bulk grocery deliveries can vary significantly due to membership fees, delivery charges, and potential markups on individual items. While it might seem more expensive, the convenience can outweigh the costs for some, especially when factoring in time and gas saved.

Here's a breakdown of typical costs and factors to consider:

1. Membership Fees:

Many services offer annual or monthly memberships that can reduce or eliminate delivery fees.

Walmart+: $98 annually or $12.95 monthly, with free delivery and no order minimums.

Instacart: $99 annually or $9.99 m …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Costco9Sam's Club5WebstaurantStore1BJ's Wholesale Club1
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Costco
34.7%
Sam's Club
32.7%
Boxed.com
24.5%
BJ's Wholesale Club
4.1%
WebstaurantStore
4.1%
Smart & Final
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
5/15
Perplexity
3/15
Claude
2/15
OpenAI
2/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

This website turned most of our scan away, so it has no level. Only 8% of the checks could run. That reflects the website’s rules for automated visitors, and an AI agent arriving by itself meets the same rules.

Can an AI agent buy here?

We could not tell. The website turned away our requests for the files an agent would read. An agent arriving by itself is turned away the same way.

  • UCPCould not check
  • ACPCould not check
  • AP2Not present
  • x402Not present
  • MPPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
85 of 100
  • robots.txtCould not check

    Publish a valid robots.txt with crawl rules and a Sitemap line.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPartly met

    Serve an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersCould not check

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
  • Markdown negotiationCould not check

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtCould not check

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
  • AI bot rulesCould not check

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsCould not check

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthCould not check

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
  • API CatalogCould not check

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryCould not check

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceCould not check

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdCould not check

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardCould not check

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardCould not check

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsCould not check

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestCould not check

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 85 of 100 · 8% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · boxed.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

1 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Not metrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • Not metToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

justdial.com
16
dollardays.com
15
target.com
11
samsclub.com
9
sofi.com
8
consumer.ftc.gov
7
boxed.com (its own website)
7
boxncase.com
7
shopify.com
7
thepennyhoarder.com
6

In the study as Consumer brands.

Every question, and where the company came up (7 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • How can I avoid damaged products when ordering household supplies in bulk online?
  • Are online bulk orders worth it for single-person households?
  • How much do online bulk grocery deliveries typically cost?
  • Online bulk wholesale retailers vs local warehouse clubs: What are the pros and cons?
  • What should I do if my online bulk order is missing items?
  • What are some alternatives to online bulk wholesale shopping for households?
  • Does buying groceries in bulk online help save money in the long run?
  • Best ways for small offices to stock up on cleaning products online
  • Top places to order bulk snacks and pantry staples for home delivery
  • What are the best online stores to buy groceries and household items in bulk?
  • Is purchasing household items in bulk online actually a good value?
  • Where can small businesses find affordable wholesale household supplies online?
  • Tips for families on organizing pantry staples after ordering in bulk
  • Are online bulk shopping platforms better for families or businesses?
  • How does shopping for groceries in bulk online compare to in-store bulk buying?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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