Common terms

The sneaker market, like other markets, has its own specific language that you need to understand in order to be fully operational. Here are the most common terms used in the industry:

Word
Meaning

3DS

3D Secure (security system for credit cards)

All in

Price with fees and shipping included

ATC

Add to cart

Brick

Item without resell

CC

Credit card

Cop

Buy an item

CW

Colorway

DC

Datacenter proxy

DS

Deadstock (the item is new)

FCFS

First Come First Serve

FNF

Friends and Family (PP payment method)

GB

Groupbuy

Goods and Services

PP payment method with fees

Grail

An item that you really want to buy

L

Lose

Loan

When a site block your money after a purchase beacuse the item went already sold out

OG

Original release of an item

OBO

Or best offer

OOS

Out of stock (sold out)

PP

Paypal

Proxy

IP address that help you avoid filtering system

Resi

Residential proxy

Restock

When an item got available again

Sample

Product prototype for testing

Sl0t

When somebody use his bot for buying an item for you in change of a small amount of money

Stock

The available amount of an item

TTS

True to size (an item fit normal)

W

Win

WTB

Want to buy

WTT

Want to trade

WTS

Want to sell

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