You did it, didn't you? You’ve decided to get into the sneaker reselling game.
Congrats. Soo... What now? Which brands should you go to for your first drop? If you start
with sites that are hard to crack you might feel discouraged from all of the Ls you're gonna get.
If you'd rather start with a bang - stick around. In today's video we’ll break down the differences
between the most popular shoe stores and reveal the easiest sneaker copping target.
Okay so if you’ve done some digging around Reddit sneaker groups or
sneakerhead channels here on YouTube, aside from the usual suspects like Nike and Supreme,
you’ve probably run into these names: Footsites, Shopify and Demandware. But what exactly are they?
Shopify and Demandware are Ecommerce platforms that host websites of popular sneaker brands.
Shopify is home to many popular brands like Bodega, Bape, DSM, Undefeated, Concepts,
Jimmy Jazz and Kith. Demandware takes care of both Yeezy Supply and Adidas sites.
Footsites is a term made for online retailers under the wings of the Foot Locker chain.
These include Foot Locker, Eastbay, Champs Sports, Footaction, and Kids Foot Locker.
The main reason why people often refer to these names instead of names of specific brands
is simple. Sites that belong to the same, let's call it ‘group’ use the same bot protection
and release methods. This means that you don’t need a different setup for every single brand.
Just a good one that covers your desired group.
What about the Nike SNKRS app and Supreme? Today we will ignore both
of them as they are generally hard targets, especially for beginners.
But which of the three: Shopify,
Footsites or Demandware would be the best for starting out botters?
To try and answer this question we’ve considered a few points:
Size of the drops. The more pairs of shoes
are released during a drop - the higher your chance of success is.
Price of required setup.
Some sites have very advanced bot protection. This naturally means that if you wanna take the W
you’ll have to invest more money into your tools. Like bots, proxies and servers.
Drop type. Depending on whether a site runs raffles, queue or FCFS (first come,
first serve), will impact how many tasks you’ll be able to run at once.
These are some of the main factors that are important to consider when
evaluating the ease of botting. Of course, there’s more to discuss. So let’s dig into
each of the popular targets and determine which one is the least difficult to crack.
3rd place goes to - Shopify I’ll be blunt:
if you’re just starting your sneaker copping journey,
Shopify is probably not the first place you’ll want to visit. Let me explain.
Shopify releases their sneakers in a first come first serve type of way. The number of pairs in
a drop are also usually pretty low. This means that to get your desired kicks you have to act
super quick. And for that you’re gonna have to get some truly fast proxies. Then how about
Datacenter proxies? Those are cheap and super fast, right? Unfortunately, DC proxies won’t do.
Because of Shopify's pretty heavy bot protection, you’re better off with ISP proxies that are both
fast and look like they come from real users. ISP proxies are more expensive than DC proxies,
but you can definitely find reasonably priced offers.
If you want to know more about the best sneaker proxies check out this video.
With Shopify drops, encounter a CAPTCHA and you’re gonna have to solve it manually.
And you’ll need to do it rapidly. This is the main reason why Shopify drops tend to be,
well frankly - quite tiring. Of course, when you get your groove going it’s not
impossible to successfully cop multiple pairs on the platform. Just because of Shopify’s
stressful nature we wouldn’t say that it’s the easiest target for when you’re starting out.
2nd place goes to - Demandware Today we’ll focus on Yeezy Supply
more than on Adidas as Yeezy drops tend to be more anticipated. Of course - the
more anticipated the sneaker release the more money you can expect when reselling.
Yeezy uses a splash screen, also called the waiting room drop system. This means all of
the users are put in a waiting room and then it’s a first come first served type of deal.
The waiting room usually opens up 15 mins before the drop. The drops happen at 9am EST,
although sometimes they can happen as early as 7am. To be put through to the sale page,
you need a high V3 CAPTCHA score. This basically means that to cop multiple pairs,
you’ll have to get multiple email accounts with previous user activity. To generate that activity
or to ‘warm up’ the emails you’re gonna need CAPTCHA proxies and tools like ’AYCD 1-click’.
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So, you do need to make sure you have a rather costly arsenal of tools ready before the drop.
But once you do you can actually kind of relax. Drops on both Adidas.com and Yeezy supply are
not as stressful as on Shopify’s platform. If you have the right set up it’ll do the job for you.
Of course, you might encounter some problems like proxy bans along the way.
But there’ll be no need to solve complicated CAPTCHAs manually.
1st place goes to - Footsites Footsites use the same drop method as
Demandware sites. You are put in a queue and after you get through the queue you can try to get your
new kicks. However, unlike on Yeezy Supply, you don’t need a high V3 CAPTCHA score. So no
extensive lists of pre-warmed up quality emails are required. This makes the sites easier for
botting and running multiple tasks simultaneously. But, you won’t completely escape CAPTCHAS even on
footsites. To deal with them it’s best to use services like Capmonster and 2captcha. Bots
usually have these services integrated. If not then they’ll probably have an AYCD tool that has
a direct integration to those services. So don’t worry about additionally opening up your wallet.
Drops on footsites last a bit longer than other sites – usually, around 30 minutes to
an hour. These sites are also known for being generous in numbers of pairs that they release.
So it’s not like Shopify where you have to worry about speed when botting.
If you seriously decided to cop sneakers you should join a cook group either way.
But especially when you're targeting Footlocker brands since these sites restock randomly. So go
get some decent proxies, a compatible bot, join a reputable cook group and you’re ready to go.
So this is my finished ranking of easiest copping targets.
Do you agree with this list? Let me know in the comments. Your opinion means a lot!
Before you go, don’t forget to check out our “Best Sneaker Proxies” video. See you in the next one!