The sneaker bot war rages on 🤖👟

Who's on the front lines? [Highsnobiety]( [Highsnobiety]( The sneaker bot war rages on digging into the issue that plagues the industry 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙨?⁠Instead of having manic first come, first served online releases where bots will triumph, retailer END. decided to let their customers enter a raffle – the lucky winners will be able to purchase the limited item. A lot of other retailers have since followed suit. Some retailers are now also implementing CAPTCHAs onto their site to try and stop bots.⁠⁠𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨?⁠One bot developer (who chose to remain anonymous), claims “I don’t think that retailers will ever win this cat and mouse game of anti-bot protection. I put it down to 2 main factors. The first that it is difficult for retailers and brands to tackle “patching” the plethora of bot methods out there. Secondly, where there is money… there will be a way. There is so much money to be made in the botting industry, and with bots like Cyber boasting the fact that their users collectively spent over 30 million dollars in the last year, the money is definitely there.” ⁠[Highsnobiety]( if you don't know much about bots... 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙨?⁠An application which is used to speed up the checkout process when buying products online. While any computer can run a bot, servers are commonly used for speed. Sneaker bots allow facilitate the purchasing of extremely limited items; many of these items are nearly impossible to buy without using them.⁠𝘿𝙤 𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨? No, as bots are now competing with other bots. With sites that operate on a raffle-based system, each buyer enters a queue and then a small amount of people are randomly selected to purchase the item. While this might sound like it could eliminate the success of bots, this isn’t the case, as they are also used to put mass entries into queues and raffles. They might not guarantee a win, but they do drastically increase your chances of success. 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡?⁠Bots aren’t illegal, but they do go against a lot of sites’ terms and conditions. Supreme, Shopify, Nike, and adidas are very aware of bots, and regularly update their online protection against them. However, bots are usually quick to update their operating software, too, in order to bypass any new protective measures. [Highsnobiety]( [Read our full report now]( ● alyx + Bang & Olufsen bridge fashion + technology [Highsnobiety] [Highsnobiety] [shop now]( ● latest news [Is This Our First Look at the Supreme x Nike Air Force 1 Low 2020?] Is This Our First Look at the Supreme x Nike Air Force 1 Low 2020? [Dior Men's Kim Jones Offers a Rare Look Inside His Industrial London Home] Dior Men's Kim Jones Offers a Rare Look Inside His Industrial London Home [Kendrick Lamar's New Rock-Influenced Album Is Ready, Apparently] Kendrick Lamar's New Rock-Influenced Album Is Ready, Apparently [Here's Why adidas Is Outperforming Nike on the Stock Market] Here's Why adidas Is Outperforming Nike on the Stock Market [Like on Facebook]( [Follow on Instagram]( [Add on Snapchat]( [Follow on Twitter]( [Subscribe on YouTube]( [Follow on Pinterest]( You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website: [{EMAIL}](. You can [unsubscribe from the list]( or [manage your subscription preferences](. Titel Media GmbH 2020 © Titel Media GmbH, Genthiner Str. 32-34, 10785 Berlin Germany