Sockjig Sneaker Podcast

In this episode I talk about how resellers, stores, and influencers try to get over, or get popular. 00:00 - Ric Flair Cold Open 00:20 - Intro 03:42 - On Feet and Pickups 06:26 - Resellers Talking To The Press 12:58 - The One Thing in Common With All Hall of Fame Drops 21:07 - How to Get Over as a Sneaker Influencer 28:14 - Influencers and Access 31:55 - Sockfluence: My Level of Washed 41:16 - When You Believe

I discuss a list of what is and isn't unethical in the world of sneakers, looking at reselling, botting, buying, retailers, and brands. 00:00 - Let’s Get Ethical 00:35 - Intro 02:46 - On Feet / Pickups 04:23 - Intro to The List 06:22 - Resellers 13:17 - Botting 23:48 - Buyers 26:10 - Retail Stores 29:43 - Brands 42:24 - Conclusion

I break down Kobe’s Nike deal ending and possibly why Nike didn’t want to extend. I also discuss the A Ma Maniere Jordan 3 raffle release process. Finally I answer some listener voicemails, including a question about StockX sending a C&D to Scout app. 00:00 - Cold Open Gabe 00:40 - Intro 02:41 - On Feet / Pickups 06:15 - Kobe’s Nike Deal is Over 15:44 - A Ma Maniere Jordan 3 Drop 22:41 - Sneaker Guy of the Week 24:11 - Answering Voicemails 30:31 - StockX’s C&D to Scout 39:55 - Outro

2021 State of the Sneaker Game Address by Sockjig I give an overview of where we're at in terms of botting, reselling, retailers, the brands, and who's to blame for your L. 0:00 - Cold Open 1:17 - Opening Remarks 3:23 - Botting 4:38 - Botting Shopify 6:48 - Botting Nike 8:29 - Botting Footsites 11:23 - Botting YeezySupply 12:40 - Bot Trends and Thoughts 16:13 - Resellers 21:54 - Brands: Adidas and Yeezy 27:28 - Brands: New Balance 29:28 - Brands: Reebok 30:26 - Brands: Puma 30:46 - Brands: Nike 35:53 - Retailers 40:28 - Manual 41:35 - The Blame Triangle: Who’s to Blame for Your L 49:15 - Final Thoughts

I break down the story of West Coast Streetwear and the Bloomberg BusinessWeek Article, the backlash, privilege, conflict of interest, and try to answer maybe why he did it. 00:00 - Cold Open: Breaking Bad 00:15 - Intro 00:49 - Business Week Article on West Coast Streetwear 05:41 - Initial Reaction to Article 06:18 - Portland Business Journal Article About Growing Criticism 07:09 - Nike Employees Sounding Off on The Layoff 09:10 - Back Story of @wc_streetwear on Twitter in 2018-2020 15:30 - My Tweets and Sunday Reaction to Article 20:31 - Privilege 22:19 - Normal People Blaming WCS For SNKRS Ls 23:47 - Nike and the Conflict of Interest 28:03 - Backlash 29:01 - A Tangent About Fakes and Peeing in a Pool 31:16 - Criticism Towards Me 38:23 - Why He Did It

00:00 - Cold Open: Deserve's Got Nothing To Do With It 00:35 - Intro 01:44 - On Feet 03:58 - Pickups 07:02 - Listener Call Ins 11:14 - Release Recap: Raffle That You Couldn't Enter 15:15 - Backdoor Details (Allegedly) 21:23 - Spider-Man Meme / Blue Laces / 2 Different Prices 23:28 - Jordan Brand's Official Response 26:04 - Why the Release Was Evil Genius 28:02 - The Game is The Game 28:40 - Low Stock/Availability is Part of the Design 29:02 - Deserve's Got Nothing To Do With It 30:03 - 5 Stages of Sneaker Grief 32:54 - Outro  

00:00 - Cold Open: Bodie 00:17 - Intro 01:03 - On Feet & Pickups 02:33 - Sneaker Guy of the Week 03:12 - Trophy Room AJ1 Story 04:17 - Exclusive or Wide Release? 05:08 - Probable Release Methods: Online/Instore/Raffle 05:51 - Early Pairs with No Box 06:57 - Early Pairs with Box 08:11 - Backdoor, allegedly 11:54 - Blue Laces 14:14 - Where Does Resell Price Settle 15:12 - Conclusion 16:31 - Outro

00:00 - Cold Open: Broke My Sitar 00:20 - Intro, We in a Bandemic Drop 05:04 - On Feet 06:39 - Pickups 13:03 - Year of the Dunk 23:57 - VC Funding in Sneaker Companies 31:40 - SoleSavy 34:55 - Panopticon - How Cookgroups Moderate Behaviour 39:02 - Acquring Bulk Pairs 41:35 - Nike and Digital Retailers 47:13 - StockX, Not Terrible 48:13 - Who Moves Sneaker Culture 49:12 - Conclusion 51:26 - Outro

00:00 - Cold Open: DangerDoom00:53 - Intro03:58 - On Feet and Pickups07:55 - Undefeated 97s Release and Why Undefeated Loves Resellers16:22 - Bodega Dunk Release20:29 - Sneaker Guy of the Week21:46 - The Shit HiddenNY said to me in DMs48:20 - R.I.P. Benny.The.Guy

00:00 - Cold Open 00:39 - Intro 01:26 - On Feet 03:42 - Pickups 08:48 - Sneaker Guy of the Week: "Leave Room for Profit" Guy 09:55 - Bred 350 Release 11:42 - J Balvin Jordan 1 Release 15:04 - The Relentless Need to Succeed on Social Media 20:04 - Best of 2020 Sneaker Tourney Results and Analysis 32:10 - Outro