Korean slang profile

리셀

resell

Reselling for a premium

Buying scarce items such as limited-edition or luxury products and selling them again at a higher price.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
한정판 신발을 리셀로 샀어.
I bought the limited-edition shoes from a reseller.
Quoted from a source
리셀 자체는 허용하되 티켓 정가보다 20% 이상 더 받을 수 없도록 했다.[1]
Resale itself was allowed, but the price could not exceed 20 percent above the ticket's face value.
English translation by Julimmal.

May 2019Resale itself was allowed, but the price could not exceed 20 percent above the ticket's face value.[1]
June 2022Yonhap News: “As the 리셀 market, which resells rare products such as limited editions at a profit, is growing rapidly, related consumer losses are also increasing.”[2]
February 2024Etoday: “리셀 (Resell) is a compound word of the prefixes ‘re-’ and ‘sell’, and refers to purchasing rare products such as limited editions or luxury goods and then reselling them for an additional amount.”[3]

Formed from “re- + sell.” The 2019 source from Dong-A Ilbo explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationHigh

The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.