# BOT PROTECTION

## INFORMATION

Although this may seem like a broad section, this guide only really pertains to ShopNiceKicks and ShoePalace restocks as these are really the only sites that consistently do restocks with BP on. Not many Shopify sites out there will do random restocks with BP enabled, most of the time it'll be without BP. So in this guide we are going to very briefly explain restocks on random sites with BP enabled however the main focus here will be how to setup and run for SNK + SP restocks.&#x20;

## INITAL RESTOCKS

As you know most sites will enabled BP for their initial drop, then around 15-45 minutes after the drop they will disable it. A-lot of stock will be restocking almost immediately after the initial release of a product however as BP is enabled it can be very difficult to cop these restocks. As there is not really anything you can change on your setup to aid success on these initial restocks the best thing you can really do is just let your tasks run. \
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As discussed in the previous guide hitting restocks on sites without BP is a different ball game and requires its own setup. These initial restocks don't really require any changes, you just have to let your tasks run if you don't hit the initial restock and then switch to your non-BP restock setup once BP goes down.

However there are 2 sites that often restock every other day and unlike other Shopify site restocks, they will enable BP before they restock. This basically creates an initial drop however there are a few aspects that change and we will talk about those next

## SHOEPALACE + SHOPNICEKICKS RESTOCKS

SP (ShoePalace) and SNK (ShopNiceKicks) often restock every other day at roughly the same time. Although its random we do get a 5ish minute warning before stock actually loads. However before we get into that we will quickly go over some common restock times:

* 9am - 11:50pm EST
* 2:30pm - 3pm EST
* 8pm - 10pm EST

So as you can see its pretty random, what usually happens is they come in waves. For example for 1 week straight restocks will be earlier in the morning, then the week after that they might all be in the evening. If the previous restock was at 9:55am in the morning, the chances are the next one is going to be around that time unless your in the cross over period. Overall, its pretty random but the good thing is we get a warning

### RESTOCK WARNING

Before every restock, they will put up BP (Bot Protection). Around 2-10 minutes later, they will load stock for certain items. This gives everyone a small window to get to their PC and be ready.&#x20;

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DreamCook will ping the @USA role every time SP or SNK puts up BP.&#x20;

### BEING PREPARED

Although everyone will get a warning it is good practice to have all of your tasks setup ready to go as soon as BP goes up as the following setup depends on it.

### SETUP

SP and SNK will often restock the same items over and over again every restock. DreamCook has a channel dedicated to what items you should expect to see restocking and what you should run for in #us-recurring-restocks.&#x20;

You should identify what items you want to run for and copy the variants.

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For example the Jordan 1 University Blue has been restocking consistently in sizes US7-12 so It would be wise to run for this. DreamCook will advise what products and what sizes we recommend you run for.

To prepare for the restocks you need to have tasks setup and ready to go, here is our recommended setup.

1. Create around 10-20 tasks using a mix of different products and sizes
2. Use unbanned ISP's or **fast** Residentials
3. Use PRELOAD or SAFE mode depending on your bot (For some bots you can use SAFE but for others you need to use PRELOAD, ask your bots support "What mode should I run for SP/SNK restocks"
4. Open 1-3 Checkpoint Harvesters
5. Set your delays to 2222-3333ms
6. Start your tasks as soon as you see BP goes up
7. Solve as many captchas as you can, BP will be up so you will need to solve 1 **checkpoint** captcha per task

For these restocks the process is a little bit different. For inital Shopify drops you usually start your tasks around 2-5 minutes before the drop, then when stock loads you will have to solve your captchas. But in SP/SNK restocks case, you will have to solve a captcha as soon as you start your tasks. As BP goes up before they load stock, this gives you time to "pre-solve" the captchas. Once you have solved all the captchas you just have to wait for stock to load for your selected variants. It will take you around 30-90 seconds to solve all your captchas and it can take up to 5-10 minutes for them to load stock. So just be patient, you wont need to do anything else after you have solved all the captchas.

Sometimes either SP or SNK will put up BP, everyone will predict a restock and then they will not restock anything, then turn off BP. You just have to be prepared for everything and hope they actually restock. Its common to see both sites putting BP up and then just turning it off again 10-15 minutes later.

Once BP goes down, stop your tasks but do not delete them. Save them for the next time round so when BP goes up again you can just start your tasks and you wont have to remake them.
