# WHAT IS A BOT

## BOT BASICS

A bot is a piece of software that is designed to aid in the purchase of limited availability stock. As the name implies, **sneaker bots** often target **sneakers**, but the concept remains the same for any product with a limited quantity. Over time bots have developed from only being able to bot a few sites to having a full all in one site list enabling the bot to work on hundreds of sites.

Bots have drastically evolved over the years to adapt to the ever changing sites and their attempt to stop bots. Botting is not as easy as clicking go, there is a-lot you will need to learn that goes along with botting. Bots can come in all shapes and sizes and most importantly they range from vast price ranges.&#x20;

You can pick up a bot for as little as \~$100 and upwards of $7000 for some top of the line bots. However there is a bit of confusion when it comes to the prices of bots. Most bots will have a retail price of around $100-$300 and a monthly upkeep price of around $20-$80 per month. Some are billed every 6 months, some are billed every month and a few others have different systems. However, that does not mean you can purchase the bot at this price. Almost all bots are out of stock and do small restocks every now and then. You may be asking, "how can software be out of stock" well, bot companies will adapt this limited availability business module as it builds hype and demand for their product. Securing a bot for retail is its own world, as you can see below sneaker bots can resell for thousands of dollars, there are now bots that help you buy bots so you can resell these bots. Much like sneakers these bots can rise or fall in value over time depending on the hype and demand. The world of botting has its own economy and there are market places where you can buy and sell bots such as [BotBroker](https://botbroker.io) or Discord marketplaces such as [Tidal](https://discord.com/invite/tidal), [BotMart](https://discord.com/invite/botmart) and [MRKT](https://discord.gg/jyHCwfqHu8).&#x20;

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As you can see from this image taken from [BotBroker](https://botbroker.io) there are many different bots ranging from as little as $320 to $20,000. This price is dependent on the demand for this bot, its performance, its brand image, its features and other factors. Some bots only support a few site types and some support a-lot, it all depends.&#x20;

Bots can drastically increase your chances of being able to purchase limited items you are able to resell and also in large volumes however, as we said; it is not as simple as spending $320 on Dashe and expecting to make thousands of dollars instantly. Botting can be incredibly hard, expensive and unforgiving. You will need to spend hours learning the basics and how bots work just to have a vague understanding of what your doing. Not only that but owning a bot is like owning a gun with no bullets. Along with the price of the bot you will need to spend a-lot of money on botting "peripherals". Much like how your PC needs a mouse, a mouse  mat, a keyboard and other items that help make your PC run. All of this comes at a cost and can be very daunting to understand the uses of each of these peripherals.\
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If you go down the botting path and you understand the risks involved your absolute best place to start is YouTube. YouTube is FULL of tutorials on all aspects of botting. Along with the visual aid of videos you should be able to pick up the basics pretty quickly and below is a list of a few videos we suggest you watch:

* [**Dangers of Sneaker Botting**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cKGOzcxoig)
* [**Sneaker Bots For Beginners Under $1000**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdo11NV_0-k)
* [**Sneaker Bots For Beginners Under $1000 V2**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Udnn2Lhho\&t)
* [**How To Start Sneaker Botting**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiO_vG7ri9Y)

[**+ HUNDREDS MORE**](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+start+sneaker+botting)
