Botting & Reselling Glossary | Divine Help Center

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.