Hot Topic

Complete guide on our Hot Topic module

Adding Sessions

HotTopic Task Overview

Preliminary Checklist

Before setting up tasks on Hot Topic, make sure you have everything below prepared:

• Profiles

Create and save your checkout profiles under the Profiles tab in Stellar. These contain your billing, shipping and payment info.

• Proxies

• High-quality ISP or Residential proxies are required.

• Low-quality or flagged proxies will cause Akamai-related errors.

• For reliable performance, consider using Stella Proxies ISPs or Residentials.

  • If you're looking for proxies, check out Stella Proxies for high quality ISP and Residential proxies.

• Cook Group Access

Optional but recommended. Your cook group can help you find product URLs, SKUs and early restock alerts.

Adding Sessions

To add your HotTopic accounts to Stellar please follow the step by step instructions below

1. In bot, navigate to Sessions tab then click on HotTopic

1. Click Add Session button

1. Enter your account email and password

Hot Topic Task Overview

Normal Mode

Monitor Mode

• What mode do I use?

  • Normal mode uses guest checkout or account checkout. Works for all products that are loaded on the site

  • Monitor mode will allow you to monitor any product on HT and will alert your Normal mode watch tasks as long as the SKU is the same

    • Monitor mode is optional, you can run Normal mode alone if you'd like

• What does Profile mean?

  • Select a Profile you want to use and that profile information will be used when checking out items

• What type of Proxies should I use?

  • ISPs for monitoring and residentials for checkout tasks

    • If you're looking for proxies, check out Stella Proxies for high quality ISP and Residential proxies

• Where do I find SKU?

  • SKU can be found in the product URL. It will be towards the end of the URL

    • Ex. https://www.hottopic.com/product/invader-zim-gir-duo-crew-socks/16751950.html the SKU is 1675190

• What is a good QTY to use?

  • It's best to check with your cookgroup for quantity recommendations as different products may have different purchase limits set by the site

    • Stellar does not automatically adjust the quantity if you set a number higher than what's allowed

• What Delays should I use?

  • Monitor Delay of 0 is recommended. HT doesn't ratelimit

  • Retry Delays around 500 is recommended. This delay would allow you a chance to catch restocks as soon as they drop and not completely expose your proxies

• What is Session?

  • This option will allow you to select which sessions you want to use

• What is a Watch Task and should I select it?

  • Watch Tasks waits until another source to ping it to trigger to attempt to add to cart. In this case with Hot Topic, your Monitor mode tasks will notify your Normal mode watch tasks when that specific product has restocked. The monitor task product needs to be identical to the normal mode product.

    • The benefits of using watch tasks are 1) You'll use less proxy data as watch tasks do not use proxies while in Waiting status and 2) You'll be using less proxies overall which will reduce proxies being detected from the site.