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 (50% 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 450K members and the median is 121K. 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: 450K
Median members: 121K

Where Reselling Communities Are Hosted

Discord
17(50%)
Reddit
14(41%)
Independent Platforms
2(6%)
Facebook
1(3%)

Format mix

Chat communities
17(50%)
Forum / feed-based
17(50%)

Chat communities is most common (50%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (50%).

Discord leads with 50%, but Reddit also has a meaningful share (41%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
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
2(6%)

14 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (450K vs 121K), 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	121K	25K
Average members	450K	673K
Paid or apply-to-join	53%	16%
Live chat	82%	41%
Discord share	50%	17%

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: 207

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	17	50%	157	76%
Reddit	14	41%	39	19%
Facebook	1	3%	11	5%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 50% of listings and 76% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
157(76%)
Forum / feed-based
50(24%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
170(82%)
Paid Community
136(66%)
Forum
69(33%)
Courses
11(5%)
Member Perks
11(5%)
Online/Offline Events
11(5%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
64(31%)
Gigantic
27(13%)
Massive
12(6%)

Top-clicked listings

Resell Locker
36(17%)
r/FashionReps
27(13%)
Flipping Biz Hub
21(10%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2020

2022

2024

18 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 (50% 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 450K members and the median is 121K. 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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