Shiekh Shoes with PerimeterX
Shiekh Shoes with PerimeterX
4 Pages© 2018 PerimeterX, Inc. CASE STUDY Shiekh Shoes PerimeterX Case Study www.perimeterx.com In 2016, when Denis Ivanov became the CTO of Shiekh Shoes, he realized the company had a popularity problem. Shiekh’s weekly online releases of hot new sneaker and clothing products drew many thousands of web shoppers seeking access to in-demand gear. The massive spikes in traffic sometimes drove Shiekh’s sites offline or slowed response times to a crawl. Customers noticed and complained. Ivanov investigated and quickly realized that the majority of the traffic was coming not from human visitors but from bots. “I learned that there is a huge industry of people selling these automated tools, both individuals and sophisticated organizations,” said Ivanov. During these product drops, bot opera
