Hi everyone!
I’ve noticed that some people sell AI subscriptions or premium platforms at much lower prices than the official ones (ChatGPT, Canva, CapCut,Claude etc.).
I’m genuinely curious: how does that work?!
I’m asking because I’m interested in understanding the business model behind it, I think it may be a great buisness idea .
If anyone has experience or can explain how it works, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!
There are a few ways people do it.
Carding
They will use stolen cards to buy the actual subscription and sell it for cheap. Buying a subscription will be legit, but with stolen cards. Even if they spend $20 for an actual subscription and sell it for $3, that will be 100% profit.
Hacked Accounts
People use leaked account information and sell it for profit. They test which logins work. They even tell the buyers not to edit anything from accounts so that the actual owner doesn’t find out. But with these accounts, you only get access till the account owner changes their password.
Offers/Free Trials
Taking advantage of offers that people don’t know about and then sell it for profit. A lot of websites offer free or cheap offers for the first month.
For example, an 18-month Gemini subscription is offered through Jio.
Student Discounts
A lot of people will buy an edu email address. There are methods of getting one for free or buying one from someone else. You can use those to buy subscriptions for extremely cheap rates.
For example, a Canva teacher account that gives 500 slots for students. People sell each slot.
@Abdullah_Mansoor is right — carding is one way, and I won’t expand on it, that part’s clear. But if you want the grey path where the actual reselling business runs, here’s the whole chain 
| Rail | Run it with |
|---|---|
 AI token pooling |
OpenRouter · LiteLLM · New-API |
 Reseller / white-label |
Pax8 · MS CSP · GoHighLevel |
 Regional (PPP) pricing |
WorldPriceIndex · GeoPriced · Bitrefill |
 Edu / nonprofit seats |
TechSoup · GitHub Student · MS Startups |
 Wholesale keys |
CodesWholesale · Nexway |
store sell.app · seat-locks Keygen · billing+tax Polar · auto-deliver n8n · self-host FOSSBilling
carded sub → owner charges back → platform kills it + bills the seller. Screen every order with IPQualityScore first. → wholesale · reseller · regional · edu = lasts. carded = collapses.
The cheap price was never the trick — the rail underneath is the whole business.
!