If a site crashes or the checkout fails due to high traffic, the bot automatically refreshes and tries again.

Advanced bots use proxies and mimic human-like mouse movements or delays to avoid being blocked by store security like CAPTCHAs.

When looking at —tools that automate the purchasing of everything from retail products like sneakers to financial assets like crypto—the "features" usually fall into one of two camps: retail shopping (snagging high-demand items) or automated trading (investing based on market rules) .