Topps US & EU

Use Shopify → preload (recommended for scheduled or queue drops) or normal with the correct Topps site to prepare accounts, captchas and checkout tasks in Stellar 4.0.

Topps uses the Shopify module in Stellar 4.0. Create a Shopify task group, choose preload for a scheduled or queue-based drop (normal is the alternative), then select the correct Topps country in Site. There is no separate Topps module.

This guide covers Topps US and the European stores Topps DE, ES, FR and IT. Match the task’s Site, the account’s Shopify Store, and the website where you intend to buy. Topps UK is a separate site choice; do not select an EU store for a UK release.

Video Guide

The video below covers Stellar AIO 4.0. Written guides are updated faster than videos and take priority if any instructions differ.

Quick Start: Recommended Setup

1. Prepare a Topps account for the correct country store and a matching checkout profile.
2. Configure email-code access and captcha solving, then open a ready harvester if using Bot.
3. Create a Shopify task group, select preload for a scheduled or queue-based drop (or normal), and choose the exact Topps Site.
4. Enter one product by URL, keywords or variant ID. Product links can change or return 404 before a release, so specific keywords are often safer. Select the matching saved account and OTP Input method.
5. Review quantity and set a suitable Price Check, use one active task per account and profile, and start early enough for the release; for a queue, aim to pass it about 1–2 minutes before drop time.

Preliminary Checklist

• Save a checkout profile with accurate billing, shipping and payment information.
• Prepare your Topps account and make sure you can access its email inbox for login codes.
• Save tested proxy groups. Residential proxies are the existing recommendation for most Topps tasks; test ISP proxies as an alternative instead of assuming every provider will work.
• Prepare captcha solving before the drop. A checkpoint is a captcha gate that may appear before you can access the store; another captcha can appear during checkout.
• Get the product link, variant ID or specific keywords and release timing from current announcements or your cook group.

Use strictly one active checkout task per Topps account; as a starting setup, also keep one active task per profile. Reusing an account across several active tasks can cause account restrictions, checkout failures and conflicting login sessions.

Full product URL

Copy the exact product page address from the correct Topps country store. A release landing page is not always a direct product page, so follow the link supplied for the release.

Product links can change before a release and may return 404. A 404 or a missing search result before release time does not by itself mean the drop is cancelled. If the link may change, use specific keywords instead of relying on a preorder product URL.

The earlier guide used this Topps release-page example; keep in mind it is an example rather than a current drop link:

https://www.topps.com/pages/topps-finest-x-men-97

Keywords

Use + for words the product name must contain and - for words to exclude. Separate them with commas, without spaces. For example:

+topps,+complete,+set,+baseball,-nhl

This searches for a name containing the positive terms while excluding nhl. It is a format example, not a recommendation for the next release. Broad keywords can match an unintended item, so make them specific and use a suitable Price Check.

Variant ID

A Shopify variant ID identifies a particular product option. Use the exact ID supplied for the release; it is different from a general product name or a random number in a URL.

Accounts & Sessions

Adding accounts

1. Open Accounts, select Shopify and choose an account group.
2. Click Add Account and enter an optional Account Name.
3. In Shopify Store, select the Topps country you will use, such as Topps US.
4. Enter the Account Email and, if your account uses one, Account Password. Click Save.
5. When creating the task, select this saved account in Account and use the same country in Site.

Saving an account stores its details; it does not complete the login. Topps can email a one-time code when the task logs in. The Normal task now offers OTP Input choices of IMAP, Manual and AYCD. Choose a method you have configured and tested.

• Manual: watch for the code-entry window, retrieve the email code and enter it promptly.
• IMAP: prepare the mailbox connection in Stellar so it can read the incoming code.
• AYCD: use your configured AYCD setup for retrieving the code.

Prepare Topps US login sessions before the drop. Developers recommend logging accounts in a couple of hours before release time and keeping the saved sessions, because Topps US CastleBlock protection can make fresh logins harder during a busy drop. Saving credentials in Accounts alone is not enough; confirm the task completes login and handle any requested email code. Follow the release setup when preparing sessions, since a checkout task can place an order if its product is available. Avoid clearing working sessions immediately before a drop unless troubleshooting requires it.

Do not confuse the account password with the task’s optional Password switch. That switch is for a storefront password page, not your Topps login.

Captcha Harvesters & Verification

Captcha harvesters and providers

Current Topps hCaptcha guidance (November 2, 2026): the developer confirmed that Capsolver does not support the hCaptcha challenge currently used by Topps. Select Bot, keep Google Chrome and a Captcha Harvester ready, and solve these challenges manually. A working Capsolver key or balance does not change this limitation. Check newer release instructions because the site’s challenge type can change.

For the recommended manual setup, select Bot in Captcha Provider and prepare a Captcha Harvester. Keep Chrome installed and be ready to solve any challenges that appear. A task can encounter more than one captcha; solving a checkpoint does not guarantee there will be no checkout captcha.

For reCAPTCHA, a signed-in Gmail account with good captcha history may reduce challenge friction, but a one-click solve is never guaranteed. Open your harvesters before starting and confirm they are ready.

The current provider dropdown contains Bot, Aycd, Capsolver and Capmonster. A third-party choice needs the matching service configured; selecting its name alone does not make it ready. Follow current release guidance if a provider performs differently on that drop.

If the website you're trying to bot has Captchas, you'll need to have Captcha Harvesters setup. You can follow the Captcha Harvesters guide here.

Supported Modes

• preload: Staff recommend this mode for scheduled releases and drops that build a queue. Start it early enough that it passes the queue before drop time.
• normal: The alternative to preload. It monitors the product and attempts checkout.
• Shopify also lists raffle. Use it only when the particular release calls for it.
• There is no separate Shopify Monitor mode or Watch Task switch in the Normal form.

Normal Mode Breakdown

Open Tasks, select your Shopify group and click Create Task. Choose preload in Mode for a scheduled or queue-based drop, or normal as the alternative. Normal and Preload share the same primary fields, so this breakdown applies to both. Shopify also lists raffle; use it only when a release specifically calls for it.

Name

Optional label to help you recognize this task. Use the product, account or purpose rather than leaving many tasks indistinguishable.

Mode

Select the mode named in this breakdown. Changing the mode changes the available fields and what the task does.

Profile

select the profile for this purchase.

Monitor Proxy

the group used while checking the product.

Checkout Proxy

the group used for the purchase attempt. Use tested proxies and keep an alternative provider available.

Product

enter the full product URL, keywords or a variant ID. See the examples below.

Sizes

select the correct option for the product. For a product without size choices, Random is the existing recommendation. The dropdown also contains Default, One Size and standard sizes; for a custom label, type the store’s exact size (for example OOD) and click elsewhere on the task to commit it. Do not press Enter or Tab. If the product has only one size, Random also works.

Qty beside Sizes

the number of units of this product you request in the order. Keep within the release’s quantity limit. Shopify can automatically adjust quantities during checkout, so the final order may contain fewer units than requested. Check the order confirmation, actual quantity and shipping cost before retrying.

Site

select Topps US, or the appropriate Topps DE, ES, FR or IT store. Always check this field even if pasting a product URL fills it automatically.

Delay

the form starts at 3000 ms. The existing recommendation is a range around 4000–8000 ms (4–8 seconds); follow current release guidance and your proxy performance. Very low delays can increase blocking.

OTP Input

IMAP, Manual or AYCD for the emailed login code.

Account

select the Topps account saved for the same store. Use the account-based setup for this walkthrough rather than assuming a release allows guest checkout.

Captcha Provider

Bot is the recommended manual choice for the current Topps hCaptcha. The shared Shopify form also lists Aycd, Capsolver and Capmonster, but appearing in the menu does not mean a provider supports the current challenge. In particular, Capsolver does not solve the current Topps hCaptcha; use the manual setup above.

Start Time and End Time

optional scheduling. Leave blank if you will start and stop the task yourself.

Qty at the bottom

how many task copies to create. Use 1 for this account to avoid duplicate checkout tasks.

Topps now displays “This site only supports one item per task.” The old multicart instructions do not apply to this Topps setup. The product Qty can request multiple units of that one item when the retailer permits it; it does not add different products.

Optional switches

Password / Use Password

only for a storefront that requires an access password. Leave off for the usual Topps setup.

Discount Code / Use Discount Code

enable only when you have a valid code for this purchase.

Price Check / Use Price Check

enable to enter the maximum product price you are willing to accept. For a $29.99 item, the previous example uses 30. Use the store’s currency and do not treat a product-price check as a guaranteed all-in order total.

Endless Mode

leave off for a beginner setup unless you specifically intend repeated purchases and understand the release limits.

Click Create after reviewing the fields. Creating a task does not start it. The screenshot is a field example; replace the sample keywords and select your own profile, proxies and account before running.

FAQ & Release Preparation

Start and watch your task

1. Confirm the Site, product input, quantity, profile and saved account match the intended purchase.
2. Open the captcha harvester or confirm your selected provider is ready. Have email-code access ready for the chosen OTP Input.
3. Start the task at the time recommended for the release. For a Preload task on a queued drop, start early enough that it passes the queue about 1–2 minutes before drop time; depending on how fast the queue builds, this can mean 10–15 minutes early. Watch for login-code and captcha prompts.
4. Read the task status. If it is monitoring, it is waiting for the matching product to become available.
5. Check the checkout result and order confirmation. Stop tasks you no longer want to run once you have the intended order.

You do not need a separate Shopify Monitor task for this walkthrough. The current Shopify module has no Monitor mode; monitoring is built into the preload and normal tasks, and Normal does not have a Watch Task switch. The older instructions to create one Monitor task per SKU should not be used here. The old Wait for Checkpoint switch is also absent from the current Normal form.

Use Edit All or selected-task editing to adjust a setup when needed, and check which tasks are selected before applying changes. Avoid repeatedly restarting healthy tasks during a release. A checkout task can place a real order, so test only with products you intend to buy.

Common Errors and Fixes

Payment Declined (Risk)

This is common on Shopify checkpoint drops (releases with captcha protection) and is usually caused by Shopify’s risk management. Possible factors include:

Proxies

Try running 1–2 tasks on your local IP alongside your proxy-based tasks. Your local IP means using your own internet connection without a proxy.

Profile

This is less likely, but your billing and shipping profile could also be a factor. Review those details for accuracy.

Device

Ideally, run tasks on your own computer, preferably macOS, rather than on a server.

There is no guaranteed fix. Testing different setups can help identify what is triggering the risk declines. Change one factor at a time so you can compare the results.

Getting Block Page

This is commonly proxy-related. Try a tested alternative proxy group or provider and avoid aggressive delays. Check current release announcements before changing several settings at once.

Waiting for a login code

Confirm the task’s selected account and store are correct. Check the inbox and spam folder, then verify the selected OTP Input method is ready. Manual requires you to enter the emailed code; IMAP or AYCD requires its own setup. Do not create another checkout task on the same account as a workaround.

Captcha is not being solved

Check that Captcha Provider matches your configured setup. For Bot, open a ready harvester and look for a manual challenge. For a paid service, check the key, balance and current provider support for the challenge. A valid key does not guarantee every challenge will solve.

Product is not found or the wrong item matches

Check the exact Site, URL or variant ID, and review every positive and negative keyword. Remove overly broad keywords and verify the intended product is actually live. Do not rely on an unrelated landing-page URL. If a product link returns 404 or has changed, switch the task to specific keywords and keep a suitable Price Check.

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