AI Verdict
Confidence: MediumMarket has established players with more funding, Stella shows declining MRR, and ethical/legal concerns around sneaker botting make this a risky niche. Better opportunities exist in adjacent proxy markets with clearer differentiation.
Financials
Buildability
STELLA PROXIES
Schnellster Anbieter von Wohn-Proxy-Servern, optimiert für Sneaker- und E-Commerce-Limited-Releases. Über 40.000+ Kunden und 100 Mio. $+ an Käufen, die mit unserer Infrastruktur abgewickelt wurden.
Stella Proxies: $1.1K MRR residential proxy provider for sneaker bots, declining -15.7% monthly.
Specialized infrastructure optimized for sneaker/e-commerce releases; claimed $100M+ in purchases powered suggests network effects with reseller community
- Sneaker resellers and e-commerce limited release scalpers who need rotating residential IPs to bypass bot protection
- Web scraping businesses and data aggregation companies
- No clear mobile proxy offering
- Limited enterprise features
- Poor documentation/API clarity
- Weak brand positioning beyond sneaker niche
- Focus on ethical proxy sourcing with transparency
- Build for specific verticals beyond sneakers (travel, real estate)
- Create proxy management platform with built-in scraping tools
Medium - Sneaker botting communities are tight-knit with strong referral networks, but limited by niche appeal
- Market saturation with established players (Bright Data raised $300M+)
- Legal risks around proxy usage for scalping
- High infrastructure costs for residential IPs
- Declining MRR suggests churn or competitive pressure
$15K-$25K for MVP (infrastructure + development)
- Residential IP pool management
- API for proxy rotation
- Dashboard for usage analytics
- Integration with popular sneaker bots
Skip: Advanced geotargeting, Mobile proxy support, Enterprise SLA guarantees