
Here’s a breakdown of some common terms, acronyms, and slang used in the reselling community:
- Reselling: Buying an item and selling it on a third-party marketplace for a higher price, profiting from the difference.
- Botting: Using automated software to purchase items for reselling.
- Flip: Refers to an item that can be sold for a profit.
- Cook: A highly profitable item.
- Cop: Buying an item intended for resale.
Example: “I copped these Pokémon cards today.”
- ACO (Autocheckout): Paying someone to use your purchasing info in their botting software to auto-checkout an item for you.
- Sloths: A synonym for ACO, often used on Discord to bypass filters. People will "run you a slot" (profile) for auto-checkout.
- SKU (Stock Keeping Unit): A numerical code used by retailers to identify items, also used in reselling.
- ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number): Amazon’s version of an SKU.
- Proxies: Used in botting to mask your IP address.
- Servers: Hosting bots in the botting world, offering better performance, proximity to datacenters, and 24/7 operation.
- Cook-group: A community of resellers that provide tools, resources, and information to improve your reselling game.
- Retail: The original price of a product when first purchased from a store (MSRP).
- Resale: Buying an item and selling it to someone else for a profit.
- Restock: When a store replenishes its stock of a product.
- Reseller: Someone who sells items on the secondary market for more than the original retail price.
- Live: When a product link is open and available for purchase.
Example: “The PS5 drop is live!”
- WTB (Want to Buy): Commonly seen on platforms like eBay, meaning someone is looking to purchase a specific item.
- WTS (Want to Sell): The opposite of WTB, meaning someone is offering to sell an item.
- WTT (Want to Trade): A barter system where one item is traded for another.
- Bricks: Refers to an item with no resale value.
Example: “Those Supreme glasses are bricks.”
- Drop: The release of an item for purchase.
Example: “The Amazon PS5 drop is tomorrow.”
- OBO (Or Best Offer): Indicates flexibility on price, inviting offers below the asking price.
- Flaking: When a buyer backs out of a deal at the last minute, which can be frustrating for sellers.
- GPU (Graphics Processing Unit): A computer part that often has resale value.
- Loop: Repeatedly buying a free item over and over.
- Ping: Used in Discord to alert a group or individual by tagging them.
Example: “I’ll ping @everyone if I see a deal.”
- Instacop: Refers to an item with an almost guaranteed high return on investment, making it an instant buy.
- Shipped: The total price of an item, including shipping costs.
- Copped/Hit: Successfully purchasing an item either manually or with a bot.
- MOP (Method of Payment): Refers to the payment method being used, like Cash App, Venmo, or PayPal.
- POS (Point of Sale): Another term for the payment method being used.
- NWT (New With Tags): Used for streetwear/clothing flips to describe items still with tags.
- NWOT (New Without Tags): Describes new items missing their tags, often used for streetwear.
- The Play: Describes how a successful buy or sell went down.
Example: "The play for the printers was buying 25 at $50 each and reselling them for $75.
- BOLO (Be On The Lookout): Refers to a highly profitable item or opportunity coming up.
- Death Pile: Inventory that hasn’t been listed for sale yet.
- FOMO (Fear of Missing Out): The fear of passing up a potential flip, often leading to over-sourcing despite a large death pile.
- PFRE (Padded Flat Rate Envelope): A shipping option from USPS.
- NOS (New Old Stock): Items that are new and unused but no longer in production, often vintage.
These terms will help you navigate the reselling world like a pro!


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