7 Tips on how to get sneakers before they SELL OUT

Once again I have a pleasure of having a great person, great blogger and a great friend as a GUEST on my blog; he run’s his own blog called Workshopeighteen which talks about the insight of the latest contemporary fashion, if your still unsure of who this great blogger is, Joao Cardoso and I ran a competition not too long ago on our TOP TEN most iconic sneaker of all time. Still unsure go and check out his blog Workshopeighteen.wordpress.com

Joao Cardoso knows how to get trainers before they sell out (c) Joao Cardoso/ workshopeighteen

With a few exciting releases coming up and also being fresh into Yeezy season, I thought I would give you guys some tips on how to get your hands on the best DROPS before they sell out, saving you the headache and also money from buying it for resale. Having had some success myself on a few shoes including the Yeezy 750‘s (Muahahaha) I thought I’d give you guys some of my own personal methods –

1. Do Your Research: By this I mean learn and research as much as possible about the shoe you’re after; release date, the stores that will be selling it, time the stores will be releasing, whether it is online or in-store and potential raffles. Some of these are common sense but just in case you’re new to this, make sure you DON’T MISS out completely because you didn’t even know what day they come out.
2. Set an Alarm: Many sneakers tend to drop as early as 6 am SOMETIMES, so if you’re keen on getting your hands (and feet) in them kicks make sure to be up and ready for the drop!

   

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3. Have more than one option (stores): Do not just settle for one site/store, make sure you have as many stores open on different tabs and different devices (laptop, phone etc) if it’s your first time you are likely to miss out on a few so make sure you have back up sites in case everyone beats you to it to the first spot!
   

   

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4. Be Early: If you find out the shoe releases at 10, have everything ready and be on the site by 9:30, by this time you can either type the shoe into the search bar and have it ready for when it hits 10 OR refresh the page till the time comes… but that can only help until.. Check the next tip!
5. Stop Refreshing: many people tend to hit refresh until they are put through to the site, you may get very lucky and get away with this depending on traffic on the site but ultimately what refreshing does is send you to the back of the queue, so be careful!
6. Details Ready: Make sure you have your card ready to pay in case you get through! Bare in mind some items will appear out of stock even after you have added it to cart! Also, it’d be helpful beforehand to create an account on the site in case it asks you to sign in, either way having your address and other details registered will help a lot!!!
7. Bring your sleeping bag: This only goes for you people who are planning on picking up from the store itself, with many popular shoes such as Yeezys for example, to guarantee a pair its best to go at least a whole day before hand! Yes it’s that deep, so bring some chairs and food and chill till the doors open :p
8. Success!!:Now celebrate your fresh creps and flex for the gram… or sell them :p

For some of you, especially newbies this may sounds a bit extreme and a lot of effort just for some shoes, but it really is that deep fam!

Go check out Joao blog for more tips on fashion and the latest fashion trends: Workshopeighteen.wordpress.com