What drives the price of a sneakers up? Casualness and commercial tactics behind the price of your favorite shoe

The world of resell is varied and complicated. Between an unobtainable release and ever-changing drop dates, understanding the logic behind the price of your favorite sneakers is difficult, if not impossible. It is not an exact science, but a set of factors and coincidences that often cause the price of a shoe to jump suddenly, transforming a pair of previously unknown sneakers into the most sought-after grail by collectors.

We saw one of the most striking cases in this sense only a few months ago, when in full lockdown the success of The Last Dance on Netflix had recorded a 90% increase in Jordan's sales, even reaching the prices of collectibles related to Michael Jordan and the Bulls. On research platforms, interest in the Air Jordan 17 had increased by 53.49%, while that in the Air Jordan 13 by as much as 126.67%. According to an estimate released by StockX, Jordan's order quantity had increased by 90% during the weeks of the Netflix series airing, making the Chicago and other sneakers worn by the protagonists of The Last Dance among the best-selling on the site. resell.

If often the moves mentioned are part of a strategy of the brand on duty, other times they are random and unpredictable phenomena. Perhaps this is the beauty of the sneakers game, the idea of ​​having something of unpredictable, if not priceless, value in your hand (or on your feet). This, but also more, was discussed in the first episode of The SneakerPod, the podcast created by nss magazine in collaboration with StockX.