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DDR5 scalper bots outnumber shoppers 10:1 amid price surge

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Automated bots are increasingly overwhelming legitimate shoppers on DDR5 memory product pages, with one retailer seeing a 10:1 ratio of bot traffic to human visits. This surge in bot activity coincides with a significant price increase for DDR5 memory kits, with 32GB kits rising from an average of $72 to $392 over the past year. Industry experts suggest that retailers may be significantly underestimating the problem, and a shortage of DRAM supply is expected to continue until at least 2027. AI

IMPACT Increased bot activity on e-commerce sites may impact pricing and availability of hardware components, potentially affecting AI infrastructure costs.

RANK_REASON Article discusses the prevalence of bots on e-commerce product pages and their impact on pricing, which is a tool-related issue rather than a core AI release or significant industry shift.

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DDR5 scalper bots outnumber shoppers 10:1 amid price surge

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Luke James ·

    DDR5 scalper bots now outnumber shoppers 10 to 1 — automated scraping hits listings every 6.5 seconds as 32GB kits surge from $72 to $392, DataDome researcher says

    Bad bots account for 91% of the traffic reaching one retailer's DDR5 memory product pages, roughly 10 automated requests for every legitimate visit.

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