Steam Community Market

Steam Community Market Guide

When to use the Steam Community Market:

-       If you’re going on vacation or don’t plan on going on a trade server to sell your items.

-       If something like an Aussie Grenade Launcher is dropping and has a suggestion pending to lower the price with a lot of proof and listing it as the lowest price on the Community Market is better than selling it do it. You can check if the item will sell usually by looking at the average number of items sold a day.

-       If your unusual ex. Bubbling Mongolain is the cheapest on the market. For low tier hats like that there are usually at least a couple sales a day. Listing yours for the cheapest will usually result in a sale in a few days. This is good because you get Steam Funds which is basically pure keys without having the hassle of selling it on a trade server.

Side Note:

If you have a hard time selling an unusual such as a bubbling Mongolian or something like a Aussie Scattergun is dropping. List it on the community market at cheapest price if you still break even or take a little loss or profit. I have sold countless things on the market and it has saved me time and made me profit too despite the tax.

Community Market Pros:

-       You still can continue to have a trade open on your item on outpost just specify it’s on the Community Market and you will take it down for them if their buying it

-       Don’t have to put any work into it except listing your item

-       Can buy games with funds and keys or even snatch up good deals on market.

Cons:

-       You have to wait a week for whatever you buy to be tradable

-       Not a gurantee sell even if you list it at lowest price but is usually highly likely for Aussies / Low tier unusuals. Depending on how many generally sell a day.

-       If you listed the item on bp.tf classified it will be automatically removed.

-       For buying high tier unusuals, there is a script to check the history of an item on the market. Be catious if buying high tier items from it because they can be from scammers and if you bought multiple scamer items from the market you will get marked or caution on steam rep.

Note: If you got marked on Steam Rep or banned on Outpost for it then show them you bought it off the market and it will usually be reduced down to a Caution Tag or get you unbanned.  This is at admin discretion show you could be still marked or banned  but usually very uncommon unless you knew that the item you bought was from someone marked. For example asking people via bp.tf status update if you should buy it for X amount of price. And people telling you it looks sketchy and may be a scammers alt and you still buy it.

           

I sold something on the market. What do I do?

-       Once you sell your item if you want to convert to pure the best way to do it is buying CS Go Case keys. I’d recommend put a buy order for 2.50 regardless if the price is 2.70 because at 2.50 it’s practically a gurantee buy in a day or so.

-       Once you get the keys, you will have to wait a week tell their tradable. Once they are I recommend putting up a trade on outpost and sell them for one key + 3 or 4 ref each.

-       The only time not to do this is when Man Co Keys are less than 2.20 and Case keys are above 2.50. A refined is around 10 cents so if Tf 2 keys are 2.20 then 2.50 is practically a key  + 3 refined. I have never seen this happened though.

If your in desperate need of pure then a lot of people will buy Case keys for a key + 2 ref or 9:10 ratio easily.

Note: If you have CS GO you can just buy it from the store then if case keys  are above 2.50 though sometimes I’ll get a really cheap key at like 1.61 even if I listed I was buying at 2.50. Generally my keys get bought at less than 2.50 even if I listed I was buying at that price.

Trade.tf

-       Website where you can find good unusual deals on market, imo not really worth it to camp website whole day for one as it dosen’t show a lot of the deals that actually go on market maybe better just to search market manually via backpack.tf market.

-       Deals get sniped fast so you got to be weary on that

-       Another good way to make profit is search for stranges with a lot of parts at regular price

-       To find Unusuals/Aussie deals just go to steam market deals and filter only unusuals/aussies