A new raffle event is hoping to remove one of the biggest plagues of the sneaker market: sneaker bot activity. On Thursday July 2, Klarna and Highsnobiety will partner on a sneaker drop that utilizes ...

Sneakerheads like to complain about the one that got away. About haunting sneaker apps and websites yet failing to win shoe-drop raffles or find what they want at semiaffordable prices. About how the ...

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Automated purchasing bots, also known as “sneaker bots,” “click bots,” “Instacart bots,” and other names, are ruining the online shopping and gig economy experience for both consumers and workers.

*All sports fanatics have set their eyes on one or another limited edition sneaker, and when it finally becomes available in an online store, either the web crashes or it gets sold out in a matter of ...

In a nondescript warehouse at an undisclosed location in Northern New Jersey, there sits a garage space full of neatly stacked sneakers—some on shelves, some not—a basketball hoop, an Armenian flag, ...

Sneaker bots are scooping up the new Yeezy “Ash Blue” and “Quantum” shoes to resell at a huge markup. Shopping bots are likely to make it tough for everyday sneakerheads to get their hands on a pair ...

Without a technological leg up, it can be close to impossible to purchase a pair of hyped sneakers when they drop at retail. That's where "bots,"software applications that expedite the online checkout ...

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Bots are a special, clever kind of software. Much faster than any human sneakerhead could ever click on the correct shoe size and enter their credit card number, bots can swoop in and buy everything ...