As the sneaker resale market grows, having a bot is more than a luxury — it's a necessity. When sneakers are released in limited quantities, every second counts in the race to checkout. Bots are ...

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.

Bots have plagued the online sneaker-buying experience, but this is what retailers are doing to try to make things fair again.