Botting & Reselling Glossary

A - C

• ACO – Acronym for Autocheckout. In this context, you pay a provider or use a service to run your purchasing information through their botting software to checkout an item for you.

• AIO – All-In-One. Refers to bots that are designed to work across multiple different retail sites.

• Akamai Block – When Akamai's anti-bot security system detects and blocks bot traffic. This typically requires changing proxies, profiles, or digital fingerprints to bypass.

• Ask – The lowest price a seller is currently willing to accept for an item.

• ASIN – Amazon Standard Identification Number. Amazon’s specific version of an SKU.

• AYCD – A popular toolbox application used to organize profiles, manage emails, generate accounts, and solve captchas effectively.

• Backdoor – When store employees or managers secretly sell hyped items to resellers before the official release date, usually at a premium.

• Bid – A buyer's standing offer to purchase an item at a specific price.

• Billing Address – The address officially tied to your payment method.

• Blacklist – When an address or payment method is permanently banned by a retailer.

• Bot – Specialized software used to automate the online purchasing process.

• Bot Protection (BP) – Security measures (like queue systems or captchas) implemented by websites to stop automated software.

• Brick – An item with low or no resale profit. Also used if a bot underperforms during a drop.

• Bulk – Purchasing a large number of units of the same item.

• Captcha – Security tests (reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha) that users or bots must solve to prove they are human.

• Card Clipped – When a retailer blocks a specific card from completing a transaction.

• Carted – Successfully adding an item to the cart (this does not guarantee a successful purchase).

• Cashout – Selling inventory quickly to another reseller or a bulk buyer to liquidate stock.

• Chargeback – A formal payment dispute filed through a bank or credit card provider.

• Consignment – Handing items over to a shop or platform to sell for you; you set the price and pay a fee upon the sale.

• Cook – A successful checkout or "hit" on a hyped item.

D - L

• Datacenter Proxy (DC) – Fast and inexpensive proxies hosted in data centers; they are easier for retailers to detect and ban than residential proxies.

• Deadstock (DS) – An item that is brand new, never used, and in its original packaging.

• Drop – The official date and time of a product release.

• EA – Early Access or Exclusive Access. A special opportunity to buy an item before the general public.

• Fingerprint – The unique digital identifier websites use to track and link users based on browser and device data.

• Flip – An item purchased with the intent to sell it quickly for a profit.

• Full Send – A term used when a drop is low-risk and members are encouraged to run as many tasks as possible.

• Ghost Order – An order that appears successful initially but is silently cancelled by the retailer shortly after.

• Gmail Aged – Older, trusted Gmail accounts that are less likely to trigger difficult captchas.

• Hard Ban – A permanent block on an IP, address, or payment method.

• Harvester – A window within a bot used to solve and "store" solved captchas before a drop starts.

• ISP Proxy – A proxy that combines the speed of a Datacenter proxy with the trust of a Residential IP.

• Jig – The process of slightly modifying your name, address, or phone number to create multiple unique profiles for the same location.

• Kasada – A high-level anti-bot solution used by major retailers to block automated traffic.

• L – Refers to a "Loss." Failing to secure an item on a release.

• Localhost – Using your own home IP address to run tasks rather than a proxy.

• Loop – Going back into a physical store to buy the same item multiple times.

• Loop Checkout – Configuring a bot to repeatedly attempt a checkout until the transaction successfully processes.

M - R

• Manual – Attempting to purchase an item via a web browser without the use of botting software.

• Market Price – The current average resale value of an item.

• Middleman (MM) – A neutral third party who holds funds or items to ensure a safe transaction between a buyer and seller.

• Monitoring – The act of tracking website changes or inventory levels for restocks.

• MSRP – Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (the standard retail price).

• Ping – A notification or tag in Discord used to alert members of a drop or restock.

• Proxy Protection (PP) – Advanced security used by sites to specifically detect and block proxy traffic.

• Preload – Adding a random, cheap item to a cart beforehand to speed up the checkout process for the actual drop.

• Profile – A set of saved checkout information, including name, address, and payment details.

• Proxy – An IP address used to mask your home IP, allowing you to run multiple tasks without being rate-limited.

• Queue – A virtual line that retailers use to throttle traffic to a product page.

• Residential Proxy (Resi) – Proxies that route traffic through real home internet connections, making them much harder for retailers to detect.

• ROI – Return on Investment. The percentage of profit made relative to the cost of the item.

• Restock – When a previously sold-out item becomes available for purchase again.

• RTS – Return to Sender. When a package is sent back to the retailer due to a delivery error or refusal.

S - Z

• SKU – Stock Keeping Unit. The unique numerical code used by retailers to identify a specific product.

• Slots – A service where an experienced botter runs your information on their setup for a fee.

• Snipe – Quickly securing an item as soon as it restocks or a low-priced bid is accepted.

• Soft Ban – A temporary restriction (usually 10–60 minutes) on an IP address.

• Task – A single automated attempt by a bot to purchase an item.

• Undercut – Listing an item for slightly less than the current lowest market price to ensure a faster sale.

• VCC – Virtual Credit Card. A digital card number used to mask your physical credit card information.

• VNDS – Very Near Deadstock. An item that has been tried on or used very briefly but appears brand new.

• W – Refers to a "Win." A successful purchase of a hyped item.