# Botting Terminology

A reference for common terms in botting, reselling and automation.

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### Core Botting Terms

* **AIO (All-In-One Bot)** – A bot that supports multiple retailers (e.g., Stellar AIO supports Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Shopify, Pokémon Center and more).
* **Add to Cart (ATC)** – The step of getting an item into your cart. Success here is required before checkout.
* **Task** – A single job your bot runs to monitor, ATC and checkout a product. Each task typically uses a profile, proxy and account.
* **Delay** – The speed at which tasks check a site. Includes *Monitor Delay* (checking for products) and *Retry Delay* (how often it retries actions after errors).
* **Token** – A digital pass/signature used on some sites (like Target) to confirm your session and allow checkout.
* **Serverside Monitoring** – A method of detecting product changes directly from server data instead of local page refreshes, reducing proxy usage and increasing efficiency.

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### Success & Community

* **Cop** – Successfully purchasing an item (e.g., “Copped 3 pairs”).
* **Brick** – An item with little to no resale value (resells at or below retail).
* **Cook Group** – A Discord community providing resources, alerts, links and tools to help with botting/reselling.
* **Slot** – A service where someone else runs their bot for you using your details, charging a Pay After Success (PAS) fee.
* **Group Buy (GB)** – A special deal on bots, proxies, or tools offered within a community.
* **WTB/WTS/WTT** – Marketplace abbreviations: Want to Buy / Want to Sell / Want to Trade.

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### Anti-Bot & Protection

* **Captcha** – A challenge like “I’m not a robot” or image puzzles used to block bots. Some bots integrate captcha solvers.
* **Bypass** – A method or module that skips queues, captchas, or other bot protection systems.
* **Passthrough** – Allows tasks to bypass waiting rooms and directly access the product page.
* **Spoofing** – Masking requests to look more human by faking browser/device details.
* **Clipped** – When a method/module has been patched and no longer works.

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### Proxies

* **Proxies** – IP addresses used to mask activity and prevent bans. Categories include:
  * **DC Proxies (Datacenter)** – Fast and cheap, but easily detected. Used on sites with lighter protection.
  * **ISP Proxies** – Residential ISPs with static IPs, great for stability and high-protection sites like Best Buy or Target.
  * **Residential Proxies (Resi)** – Rotate through real home IPs, more stealthy but data-based (sold in GBs). Ideal for Shopify, Pokémon Center, etc.

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### Retail & Product Info

* **Early Link (EL)** – A direct product link before public release/search visibility.
* **Keywords (KWs)** – Search filters for bots (e.g., `+jordan,+4,-kids,-toddler`).
* **OOS (Out of Stock)** – Item is no longer available.
* **SKU** – Stock Keeping Unit, a code tied to a specific size or product variant.
* **Sitelist** – A bot’s supported site list/modules.

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### Servers & Infrastructure

* **Server (or RDP)** – A virtual machine hosted in a data center to run bots 24/7 with low latency.
* **AWS (Amazon Web Services)** – Popular server provider.
* **GCS (Google Cloud Services)** – Another server provider.

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### Newer/Modern Terms

* **Queue-It** – A virtual waiting room system used by retailers to throttle traffic.
* **Throttling** – When sites slow or block bot activity due to high requests.
* **Checkpoint** – An extra verification challenge (common on Shopify) that tasks must solve before checkout.
* **Rate Limit** – Error when too many requests are sent in a short time.
* **FlareSolverr / Solver Services** – Tools/services integrated into bots to handle advanced anti-bot challenges.


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