The actual money maker really depends on how you invest - with both shoes and bots, not necessarily botting itself. If you want to make significant amount of money, you’ll need patience, a lot of capital to both let sit and buy shoes/bots, as well as connections.

You also need to know the market and which shoe is a good investment - is it a clean colorway? Any major celeb or influencer rocking a specific shoe? How limited is it and whats the demand? Etc.

As others have mentioned, botting is a hobby for a lot of people - a cool way to get extra cash through sneakers which they’re probably sneakerheads to begin with. For others, botting is a tool to secure investments for the best price.

If you want to make big money reselling shoes, treat this thing like the stock market. Know when and what to buy in (including resale) when to let go, and how to actually move the products.

This can also be said with flipping bots, which you should look into. This market can bring in a lot more money than flipping shoes if you know what you’re doing.

Good luck with your endeavors if you do decide to jump in. Just be sure you’re willing to invest a lot of time and money and expect to not make it back anytime soon or at all.