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
스니커즈와 전자상거래 한정판 출시에 최적화된 가장 빠른 주거용 프록시 제공업체. 40,000명 이상의 고객과 1억 달러 이상의 구매가 우리 인프라로 지원됩니다.
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