What are reselling communities?

Communities for resellers and flippers buying and selling items across platforms like eBay, Poshmark, Depop, and Mercari. Topics include thrifting strategies, arbitrage opportunities, vintage finds, and building reselling businesses from sneakers to furniture.

Where do most reselling communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (53% of 34 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

47% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical reselling community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 263K members and the median is 101K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Live Chat is the most common (82%). Others that show up often include paid community and forum.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Reselling topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Reselling Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 34 reselling communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: reselling listings cluster on Discord, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 34
Platforms: 4
Avg members: 263K
Median members: 101K

Where Reselling Communities Are Hosted

Discord
18(53%)
Reddit
13(38%)
Independent Platforms
2(6%)
Facebook
1(3%)

Format mix

Chat communities
18(53%)
Forum / feed-based
16(47%)

Chat communities is most common (53%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (47%).

Discord leads with 53%, but Reddit also has a meaningful share (38%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(3%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(3%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
8(24%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
9(26%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(3%)

14 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (263K vs 101K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Reselling Differs From Other Categories

Reselling is less free-to-join, larger, more chat-heavy, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Reselling	Hive Index average
Free to join	47%	84%
Median members	101K	25K
Average members	263K	662K
Paid or apply-to-join	53%	16%
Live chat	82%	41%
Discord share	53%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
82%
Paid Community
53%
Forum
24%

Niche Features

Courses
9%
Member Perks
3%
Online/Offline Events
3%

Live Chat appears on 82% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 223

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	18	53%	183	82%
Reddit	13	38%	29	13%
Independent Platforms	2	6%	7	3%
Facebook	1	3%	4	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 53% of listings and 82% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
183(82%)
Forum / feed-based
40(18%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
196(88%)
Paid Community
147(66%)
Forum
80(36%)
Courses
18(8%)
Member Perks
11(5%)
Online/Offline Events
11(5%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
68(30%)
Gigantic
14(6%)
Massive
11(5%)
Large
4(2%)
Small
1(0%)

Top-clicked listings

Flipping Biz Hub
42(19%)
Resell Locker
28(13%)
TCG Tracker
21(9%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

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2014

2015

2016

2017

2020

2022

2024

19 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2011.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

Sneaker Squad
Discord · 5.0 stars · 31K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Reselling. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

Updated periodically

FAQ

: Communities for resellers and flippers buying and selling items across platforms like eBay, Poshmark, Depop, and Mercari. Topics include thrifting strategies, arbitrage opportunities, vintage finds, and building reselling businesses from sneakers to furniture.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (53% of 34 listings).
: 47% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 263K members and the median is 101K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (82%). Others that show up often include paid community and forum.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Reselling topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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