This is usually conducted so retailers appear to be sold out of an item, forcing consumers to go to a reseller to find what they’re looking for and pay 2-5x the retail price. Sneaker bots are also known to hoard inventory in online shopping carts without checking out, which is an OWASP automated threat known as denial of inventory. Any time where demand exceeds supply - and where there’s a profit to be made - you will find bots behind the scenes, as we witnessed with the PS5 and hand sanitizer online sales over the past year. When paired with proxies and user agents to make them appear as authentic consumers, sneaker bots can be used to scoop up other in-demand merchandise and services, such as gaming systems, concert tickets, consumer electronics, luxury apparel, hotel rooms, and even vaccines.
alone.īut bots aren’t just for scoring sneakers for resale. A Piper Sandler spotlight on StockX estimates the sneaker resale market is worth $10 billion in 2021 in the U.S. S neakers have become an asset class similar to stocks and cryptocurrency, as they can be quite lucrative, and they trade on a variety of reseller platforms. – Watch our webinar with Aite Group, “How the Democratization of Sneaker Bots Is Tying Up the Entire eCommerce Industry” to learn more -–
Automation enables collectors, resellers, and DIYers to scoop up inventory of limited edition footwear faster and in larger quantities than is humanly possible to fuel a sizzling resale market. If you’re an eCommerce company or online provider, chances are you’re battling an enemy known as sneaker bots - which includes an army of people behind them. What does their evolution mean for eCommerce businesses?
Sneaker bots are easier to build, buy, and deploy.
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