Glossary

Short for "auto checkout": a service that runs checkouts on your behalf. You submit your shipping and payment details, the service runs its own bots and proxies for a release, and you pay a fee only for each successful order. ACO suits resellers who don't want to buy and manage their own bot setup, at the cost of handing personal and card details to a third party.

An "all in one" bot: checkout software that supports many different stores from a single program, instead of one store or platform. An AIO bot usually covers the big sneaker and retail sites and adds features such as captcha harvesters, webhooks and task management. Coverage varies a lot, so check the supported store list for the sites you actually buy from.

A product that has stopped taking new buyers for now, with no open checkout and no waitlist, while existing members keep their access. Groups and tools close their doors to keep membership small, during a rework or between seasons, and may reopen later. OOSClub keeps the listing up and shows the status, so you can compare it with alternatives that are open.

A paid online community, usually on Discord, where resellers get release information, monitor alerts, guides and support. Members pay a monthly fee to learn which releases are worth buying, when and where they drop, and what they are likely to resell for. "Cook" is slang for a successful checkout, so a cook group is a group that helps its members cook.

A proxy whose IP address belongs to a hosting company's data center rather than a home internet connection. Datacenter proxies are fast, stable and usually the cheapest kind, often sold per IP or in large batches. Stores can tell they come from a data center, so heavily protected sites block them more often than residential or ISP proxies. They suit lightly protected stores, monitors and testing.

A status for a product its maker has stopped selling or supporting. A discontinued product may still work for people who already own it, but you usually can't buy a new license or plan, and updates, fixes and support have stopped or will stop. OOSClub keeps its page, marked as discontinued, so its history and alternatives stay easy to find instead of disappearing.

Up to three listings that OOSClub editors chose for a hub, each for a different need, such as wide store coverage or a first setup. A pick shows only while the listing is active and we've checked it in the last 90 days, and only on hubs with at least six listings. Editor's picks are never paid and sit apart from the ranked results: they don't change the order, the count or which listings appear there. They are hidden while you filter a hub, so the filtered results stay in view.

A label on a placement that the OOSClub team chose to highlight, which is never paid. A featured listing sits in its own labeled box, like a sponsored one, and a listing that also appears in the ranked results keeps its place there. The database refuses a paid placement labeled Featured, so the two labels can't be mixed up. See how we make money for the full rules.

The number of copies of a bot one license lets you run at the same time, each usually on its own computer or server. One instance means one running copy; more instances let you run more tasks at once or across several machines. Instances are not the same as tasks: a single instance can usually run many checkout tasks. Extra instances are often sold separately.

How you run and control a piece of software: a desktop app, a web dashboard in your browser, a mobile app, commands in Discord, a command-line tool (CLI) or an API. A desktop app is installed on Windows, macOS or Linux; a web interface needs only a browser; a CLI is driven by typed commands in a terminal; and an API lets other programs control it. Many bots offer more than one.

A product that sells only to people an existing member or the team invites, rather than on an open checkout. Invites may come from a referral, an application or an event the seller runs. Be careful with invites offered for sale by strangers: they can break the seller's terms or be a scam. The seller's own site or Discord says how invites are given out.

A proxy whose IP address is registered to an internet service provider but hosted in a data center. It looks like a home connection to a store, while offering data-center speed and stability. ISP proxies are usually static, so you keep the same address, and are sold per IP for a day, a week or a month. Also called static residential proxies.

Slightly varying your address or personal details so a store treats several orders as coming from different people, for example by adding a unique line, a code or small spelling changes to a shipping address. Resellers jig to get around per-customer purchase limits. Stores increasingly detect common patterns and cancel orders that look linked, and some treat jigging as a breach of their terms, so it carries a real risk of cancellations.

How a product's license is sold and how long it lasts. A lifetime license is paid once and keeps working; a renewal license has an upfront price and then a renewal fee each period; a rental gives full access for a short fixed time, such as a day or a week; and a subscription is a recurring payment with no upfront license. The pricing table shows the amounts.

A proxy that routes your traffic through an IP address a mobile carrier assigned to a phone or cellular modem. Carriers share each address among many real users, so stores are reluctant to block mobile IPs, which makes them hard to detect. Mobile proxies are usually the most expensive kind, sold by the gigabyte or per port, and can be slower than other types.

A pricing model with an upfront payment for the license followed by a recurring renewal fee to keep it active. The two amounts can differ a lot: the renewal may be lower than the upfront price, the same or higher. If the renewal isn't paid, the license usually stops working. Check both amounts and the renewal interval before you buy.

A bot feature that starts a checkout task from a product link or a monitor alert with one click, using saved default settings. Instead of building tasks ahead of time, you react to a restock or a surprise drop the moment it appears. Many bots connect quick tasks to monitors or browser extensions, so a single click starts tasks across several profiles.

A status for a product that now goes by a different name, usually from the same team. A rebrand can come with a new website, new plans or new prices, so facts recorded under the old name may not carry over. OOSClub keeps the old page, marked as rebranded, and links it to the product under its new name when that is known.

The amount you pay to keep using a product after the first billing period ends, for example each month or year. A renewal can cost the same as the first payment or less, and some products charge none at all. If the interval isn't listed, check the seller's site for how often it renews. Missing a renewal usually pauses or ends access until you pay.

A proxy that routes your traffic through an IP address an internet provider assigned to a home. Stores find these hard to tell apart from ordinary shoppers, which makes them useful on heavily protected sites. Residential proxies are usually sold by the gigabyte of data used, and often rotate through a large pool of addresses. They can be slower and less stable than ISP or datacenter proxies.

Software that repeatedly checks store websites and posts an alert, usually to Discord, the moment a product is added, restocked or changes price. Alerts include the product, price, sizes and a link, often with quick-task buttons for bots. Speed and store coverage matter most: a monitor that fires seconds earlier gives you a better chance at limited stock.

A product that is still sold and supported, but has no licenses, plans or memberships available to buy right now. Many bots and cook groups sell in limited batches called restocks, often announced on their Discord or X a little in advance. Existing members usually keep their access. Check the seller's own channels for the next restock, and buy only from the seller or an official marketplace.

A label on a placement that someone paid for, shown in its own labeled box and never part of the ranked results. The payment never changes where any listing ranks or what its page says. Sponsored placements are chosen and scheduled by the OOSClub team; nobody can buy one through the site. See how we make money for the full rules.

A label on a fact, such as a price, an offer or a supported store, that nobody on the OOSClub team has confirmed against its source yet. The fact may still be right: it often comes from an older source or the seller's own listing. Treat it as a lead and check the seller's site before you rely on it. Once someone on the team checks it, the label is replaced by how long ago it was checked.

A product that takes new buyers only through a queue: you add your name, and the seller lets people in as places open up. Some waitlists move in days, others take months, and a few ask for a deposit or an application. Joining usually costs nothing and doesn't commit you to buy. Check how the seller says places are offered before you rely on one.