How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast): Darknet nerd becomes drug lord – Series

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) shows how a schoolboy becomes a drug lord. Fast, snappy, digital – this German Netflix series has wit and substance. Inspired by a true story, it combines clever dialog with social media satire. Unlike The Gentlemen, where the cannabis business is portrayed from a criminal and violent perspective, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) is digital and young. Back to overview: Top stoner series.

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast): Darknet nerd becomes drug lord

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Moritz actually just wants his ex-girlfriend back and ends up in the online drug trade instead. Together with his best friend, he sets up “MyDrugs”, an illegal marketplace for ecstasy & co. The series is inspired by real events. Cleverly told, quickly edited and full of black humor.

5 facts about the successful German series

1. Netflix Original, produced by btf (e.g. Neo Magazin Royale)
2. Start: 2019, 3 seasons so far
3. Loosely based on the “Shiny Flakes” case
4. Mix of growing up, crime & comedy
5. Gen Z humor: lots of memes & one-liners

Official trailer: Drugs, Crypto & Chaos

Digital trips, dubious coins and the normal madness in the schoolyard – every episode is packed with speed, tech talk and everyday teenage life!

Scenes we shouldn’t have to see…

If you want to know what it’s really like behind the scenes, check out the funniest, most embarrassing and messiest outtakes that didn’t make it into the final cut.

How is How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)? Rating

Here is our rating for How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast):

• Humor ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Action ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Two nerds as main characters

At the heart of the series are Moritz and Lenny, a nerd duo with nerd plans that get completely out of hand. Between Amazon designs and darknet negotiations, they are in over their heads.

1. Maximilian Mundt as Moritz Zimmermann
2. Danilo Kamperidis as Lenny Sander
3. Lena Klenke as Lisa

Moritz: The overachiever on an ego trip

Moritz is clever, tech-savvy and a complete megalomaniac. His drug business starts out as a proof of love, but quickly turns into an ego trip.

• Netflix version of Walter White
• Antihero with hoodie

Lenny: The hacker with a heart

Lenny is loyal, more loyal, most loyal – until he himself has had enough. As a tech-savvy sidekick, he remains more moral than Moritz.

• Wheelchair, server room & lines of code
• Heart of the series

Why is the series so hyped?

Because it mixes German reality with international series flair. Not a school drama like in the past, but biting and authentic.

Digital, ironic, dangerous

With screenshots, chats and memes, the series captures the zeitgeist perfectly. The series also deals with topics such as friendship, illness, self-realization and online identity without becoming moralistic. So it’s no wonder that it didn’t end after season 1.

• Modern storytelling without being cringeworthy
• Exciting, but always with irony
• Everyday teenage life meets cybercrime

Season 2: Cringe, teen drama & lots of emotion

More money, more clicks, more chaos. In season 2, online drug dealing becomes a real problem for everyone involved. How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Season 2 provides more reasons to keep looking.

More series for fans of digital drug madness

If you liked HTSDF – here are two suitable tips:

The Gentlemen: Weed store in a tailor-made suit

In The Gentlemen, a British ex-officer inherits a huge estate – and stumbles straight into an underground cannabis empire. Classy, clever, dangerous. Guy Ritchie brings back his classic film as a series with style, slang and smoke. The Gentlemen shows the cannabis business as a large-scale criminal project with etiquette and violence – How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), on the other hand, is digital, young and anarchic. Instead of a tailored suit, there are hoodies and hacker vibes.

• Gangsters, weed & British humor
• Netflix spin-off of the cult film
• About the series: The Gentlemen

Weeds: Suburban mom deals weed

A suburban mother becomes a dealer – blackly humorous, exciting and full of taboo-breaking. Weeds is a classic with a bite. Both series are about getting into the drug business, but Weeds is satirical and emotional, with a focus on family and morals. How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), on the other hand, is fast-paced, ironic and digitalized – perfect for the Internet generation.

• Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin
• 8 seasons full of weed and madness
• About the series: Weeds

Top 10 cannabis series

Just like The Business of Drugs, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) doesn’t pursue a pure weed theme, but the vibe is 100% stoner series: fast, funny and a bit over the top. Perfect for the next series marathon on the couch with stories. You can find the whole list here:

• Top cannabis series