diff --git a/backend/services/spec_extractor.py b/backend/services/spec_extractor.py
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+"""
+Specification extractor service for search results parsing.
+
+Extracts product specifications (manufacturer, model, capacity, specs) from search
+results and maps them to Item model fields for pre-population in onboarding UI.
+"""
+
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
+import logging
+
+log = logging.getLogger("ainventory")
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ExtractedSpecs:
+    """Extracted specifications from search results."""
+
+    manufacturer: Optional[str] = None
+    model: Optional[str] = None
+    capacity: Optional[str] = None  # e.g., "16GB"
+    memory_type: Optional[str] = None  # e.g., "DDR4"
+    speed: Optional[str] = None  # e.g., "3200MHz"
+    latency: Optional[str] = None  # e.g., "CAS 16"
+    storage_type: Optional[str] = None  # e.g., "SSD", "HDD"
+    processor_brand: Optional[str] = None  # e.g., "Intel"
+    processor_model: Optional[str] = None  # e.g., "Core i7-12700K"
+    power_rating: Optional[str] = None  # e.g., "850W"
+    description: str = ""  # Full snippet/details from search
+    confidence: float = 0.0  # 0.0-1.0 score
+
+    def to_item_fields(self, category: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """
+        Map extracted specs to Item model fields.
+
+        Args:
+            category: Item category (e.g., "Memory", "Storage", "Processor")
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict with keys: type, description, notes
+        """
+        type_str = ""
+        notes_parts = []
+
+        if category.lower() in ["memory", "ram"]:
+            if self.memory_type:
+                type_str = self.memory_type
+            if self.capacity:
+                notes_parts.append(f"Capacity: {self.capacity}")
+            if self.speed:
+                notes_parts.append(f"Speed: {self.speed}")
+            if self.latency:
+                notes_parts.append(f"Latency: {self.latency}")
+
+        elif category.lower() in ["storage", "ssd", "hdd"]:
+            if self.storage_type:
+                type_str = self.storage_type
+            if self.capacity:
+                notes_parts.append(f"Capacity: {self.capacity}")
+            if self.model:
+                notes_parts.append(f"Model: {self.model}")
+
+        elif category.lower() in ["processor", "cpu", "gpu"]:
+            if self.processor_brand:
+                type_str = self.processor_brand
+            if self.processor_model:
+                notes_parts.append(f"Model: {self.processor_model}")
+
+        elif category.lower() in ["power", "psu"]:
+            if self.power_rating:
+                type_str = self.power_rating
+            if self.model:
+                notes_parts.append(f"Model: {self.model}")
+
+        if self.manufacturer and self.manufacturer not in type_str:
+            notes_parts.insert(0, f"Manufacturer: {self.manufacturer}")
+
+        return {
+            "type": type_str or "Generic",
+            "description": self.description[:200] if self.description else "",
+            "notes": " | ".join(notes_parts) if notes_parts else ""
+        }
+
+
+def extract_specs_from_search(title: str, snippet: str, url: str = "") -> ExtractedSpecs:
+    """
+    Extract specifications from a search result (title + snippet).
+
+    Args:
+        title: Search result title
+        snippet: Search result snippet/description
+        url: Source URL (optional)
+
+    Returns:
+        ExtractedSpecs object with extracted fields and confidence score
+    """
+    full_text = f"{title} {snippet}".upper()
+    specs = ExtractedSpecs(description=snippet or title)
+    confidence_score = 0.0
+
+    # Manufacturer extraction
+    manufacturers = ["KINGSTON", "SAMSUNG", "CORSAIR", "INTEL", "AMD", "NVIDIA",
+                     "CRUCIAL", "ADATA", "WESTERN DIGITAL", "SEAGATE", "HP", "DELL",
+                     "LENOVO", "ASUS", "GIGABYTE", "MSI", "EVGA", "SAPPHIRE"]
+    for mfg in manufacturers:
+        if mfg in full_text:
+            specs.manufacturer = mfg.title()
+            confidence_score += 15
+            break
+
+    # Memory type extraction (DDR3/4/5, SODIMM, DIMM)
+    memory_patterns = {
+        r"DDR5?(\s|-)?LP?": "DDR5",
+        r"DDR4\b": "DDR4",
+        r"DDR3\b": "DDR3",
+        r"SODIMM\b": "SODIMM",
+        r"DIMM\b": "DIMM",
+    }
+    for pattern, memory_type in memory_patterns.items():
+        if re.search(pattern, full_text):
+            specs.memory_type = memory_type
+            confidence_score += 20
+            break
+
+    # Capacity extraction (16GB, 512GB, 1TB, etc.)
+    capacity_match = re.search(r"(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\s*(GB|TB|MB)", full_text)
+    if capacity_match:
+        specs.capacity = f"{capacity_match.group(1)}{capacity_match.group(2)}"
+        confidence_score += 25
+
+    # Speed extraction (3200MHz, 6400MT/s, etc.)
+    speed_match = re.search(r"(\d+)\s*(MHz|MT/S)", full_text)
+    if speed_match:
+        specs.speed = f"{speed_match.group(1)}{speed_match.group(2)}"
+        confidence_score += 10
+
+    # Latency extraction (CAS 16, CAS 18, etc.)
+    latency_match = re.search(r"CAS\s*(\d+)", full_text)
+    if latency_match:
+        specs.latency = f"CAS {latency_match.group(1)}"
+        confidence_score += 10
+
+    # Storage type extraction (SSD, HDD, NVMe, M.2)
+    storage_patterns = {
+        r"NVME\b|NVMe\b": "NVMe",
+        r"SSD\b": "SSD",
+        r"HDD\b|HARD DRIVE": "HDD",
+        r"M\.2\b": "M.2",
+    }
+    for pattern, storage_type in storage_patterns.items():
+        if re.search(pattern, full_text):
+            specs.storage_type = storage_type
+            confidence_score += 20
+            break
+
+    # Processor extraction
+    processor_patterns = {
+        r"INTEL\s+(CORE\s+)?(I[3579]|PENTIUM|CELERON|XEON)": "Intel",
+        r"AMD\s+(RYZEN|EPYC|FX)": "AMD",
+        r"NVIDIA\s+GEFORCE": "NVIDIA",
+    }
+    for pattern, brand in processor_patterns.items():
+        if re.search(pattern, full_text):
+            specs.processor_brand = brand
+            confidence_score += 15
+            break
+
+    # Model number extraction (alphanumeric patterns after brand)
+    if specs.manufacturer:
+        # Look for patterns like "Kingston KF466C40RS-16" or "Samsung 870 EVO"
+        model_match = re.search(rf"{specs.manufacturer.upper()}\s+([A-Z0-9\-]+)", full_text)
+        if model_match:
+            specs.model = model_match.group(1)
+            confidence_score += 20
+
+    # Power rating extraction (850W, 1000W, etc.)
+    power_match = re.search(r"(\d+)(\s*)W(?=\s|$|\D)", full_text)
+    if power_match:
+        specs.power_rating = f"{power_match.group(1)}W"
+        confidence_score += 15
+
+    # Normalize confidence to 0.0-1.0 range
+    specs.confidence = min(100.0, confidence_score) / 100.0
+
+    return specs
+
+
+def extract_specs_from_multiple_results(
+    results: list[Dict[str, str]],
+    category: str
+) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """
+    Extract specs from multiple search results and return best candidate fields.
+
+    Aggregates specifications across multiple results, preferring specs with
+    highest confidence and deduplication.
+
+    Args:
+        results: List of search result dicts with 'title', 'snippet', 'url'
+        category: Item category for field mapping
+
+    Returns:
+        Dict with keys: type, description, notes
+    """
+    if not results:
+        return {"type": "", "description": "", "notes": ""}
+
+    # Extract from all results and pick highest confidence
+    all_specs = []
+    for result in results:
+        specs = extract_specs_from_search(
+            result.get("title", ""),
+            result.get("snippet", ""),
+            result.get("url", "")
+        )
+        all_specs.append(specs)
+
+    # Pick spec set with highest confidence
+    best_specs = max(all_specs, key=lambda s: s.confidence) if all_specs else ExtractedSpecs()
+
+    return best_specs.to_item_fields(category)
diff --git a/backend/services/web_scraper.py b/backend/services/web_scraper.py
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+"""
+Web scraping service for spare-parts search with rate limiting and fallback engines.
+
+Provides HTTP request handling with User-Agent rotation and resilient search across
+Google and Bing with graceful fallback and rate limiting (1 request per 5 seconds).
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import random
+import time
+import urllib.parse
+import logging
+from typing import Optional, List, Dict, Any
+import aiohttp
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+log = logging.getLogger("ainventory")
+
+USER_AGENT_POOL = [
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (Chrome/120.0.0.0) Safari/537.36",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (Chrome/120.0.0.0) Safari/537.36",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (Chrome/120.0.0.0) Safari/537.36",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:121.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/121.0",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:121.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/121.0",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.1 Safari/605.1.15",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (Chrome/119.0.0.0) Safari/537.36 Edg/119.0.0.0",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (Chrome/119.0.0.0) Safari/537.36",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 17_1_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.1.2 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 17_1_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.1.2 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1",
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14) AppleWebKit/537.36 (Chrome/120.0.0.0) Mobile Safari/537.36",
+]
+
+
+class SearchRateLimiter:
+    """
+    Token bucket rate limiter for search requests.
+
+    Ensures maximum request rate to avoid IP blocking.
+    Default: 1 request per 5 seconds (0.2 req/sec).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, requests_per_second: float = 0.2):
+        """
+        Initialize rate limiter.
+
+        Args:
+            requests_per_second: Rate limit (default 0.2 = 1 request per 5 seconds)
+        """
+        self.capacity = 1.0
+        self.refill_rate = requests_per_second
+        self.tokens = 1.0
+        self.last_refill = time.time()
+
+    async def acquire(self):
+        """
+        Block until rate quota is available (token bucket algorithm).
+
+        Uses time-based token refill without asyncio.sleep loops.
+        """
+        while self.tokens < 1.0:
+            now = time.time()
+            elapsed = now - self.last_refill
+            self.tokens = min(
+                self.capacity,
+                self.tokens + elapsed * self.refill_rate
+            )
+            self.last_refill = now
+
+            if self.tokens < 1.0:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+
+        self.tokens -= 1.0
+
+
+async def search_google(query: str, timeout: int = 10) -> Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]]:
+    """
+    Search Google for spare-parts information.
+
+    Args:
+        query: Search query string
+        timeout: Request timeout in seconds
+
+    Returns:
+        List of dicts with 'title', 'url', 'snippet' keys, or None on error
+
+    Example:
+        >>> results = await search_google("Kingston DDR4 16GB RAM")
+        >>> results[0]['title']  # Product name
+    """
+    url = f"https://www.google.com/search?q={urllib.parse.quote(query)}"
+    headers = {"User-Agent": random.choice(USER_AGENT_POOL)}
+
+    try:
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+            async with session.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=timeout)) as response:
+                if response.status in (429, 403):
+                    log.warning(f"Google blocked request: {response.status}")
+                    return None
+
+                html = await response.text()
+                soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
+                results = []
+
+                # Google search result container: div.g
+                for result_div in soup.find_all("div", class_="g")[:5]:  # Top 5 results
+                    title_elem = result_div.find("h3")
+                    url_elem = result_div.find("a")
+                    snippet_elem = result_div.find("span", class_="VwiC3b")
+
+                    if title_elem and url_elem:
+                        results.append({
+                            "title": title_elem.get_text(),
+                            "url": url_elem.get("href", ""),
+                            "snippet": snippet_elem.get_text() if snippet_elem else ""
+                        })
+
+                return results if results else None
+
+    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+        log.warning(f"Google search timed out: {query}")
+        raise
+    except aiohttp.ClientError as e:
+        log.warning(f"Google search failed: {e}")
+        return None
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(f"Google search error: {e}")
+        return None
+
+
+async def search_bing(query: str, timeout: int = 10) -> Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]]:
+    """
+    Search Bing for spare-parts information (fallback from Google).
+
+    More stable than Google with less blocking.
+
+    Args:
+        query: Search query string
+        timeout: Request timeout in seconds
+
+    Returns:
+        List of dicts with 'title', 'url', 'snippet' keys, or None on error
+    """
+    url = f"https://www.bing.com/search?q={urllib.parse.quote(query)}"
+    headers = {"User-Agent": random.choice(USER_AGENT_POOL)}
+
+    try:
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+            async with session.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=timeout)) as response:
+                if response.status in (429, 403):
+                    log.warning(f"Bing blocked request: {response.status}")
+                    return None
+
+                html = await response.text()
+                soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
+                results = []
+
+                # Bing search result container: li.b_algo
+                for result_li in soup.find_all("li", class_="b_algo")[:5]:  # Top 5 results
+                    title_elem = result_li.find("h2")
+                    url_elem = result_li.find("a")
+                    snippet_elem = result_li.find("p")
+
+                    if title_elem and url_elem:
+                        results.append({
+                            "title": title_elem.get_text(),
+                            "url": url_elem.get("href", ""),
+                            "snippet": snippet_elem.get_text() if snippet_elem else ""
+                        })
+
+                return results if results else None
+
+    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+        log.warning(f"Bing search timed out: {query}")
+        raise
+    except aiohttp.ClientError as e:
+        log.warning(f"Bing search failed: {e}")
+        return None
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(f"Bing search error: {e}")
+        return None
+
+
+async def fetch_and_parse_html(url: str, timeout: int = 10) -> Optional[str]:
+    """
+    Fetch and parse HTML from an arbitrary URL.
+
+    Args:
+        url: Target URL
+        timeout: Request timeout in seconds
+
+    Returns:
+        HTML content string or None on error
+    """
+    headers = {"User-Agent": random.choice(USER_AGENT_POOL)}
+
+    try:
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+            async with session.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=timeout)) as response:
+                if response.status == 200:
+                    return await response.text()
+                else:
+                    log.warning(f"Failed to fetch {url}: {response.status}")
+                    return None
+
+    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+        log.warning(f"HTML fetch timed out: {url}")
+        raise
+    except aiohttp.ClientError as e:
+        log.warning(f"HTML fetch failed: {e}")
+        return None
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(f"HTML fetch error: {e}")
+        return None