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CS.TRADE vs Steam: fees, seller net and prices compared
Lowest listed price, before buyer fees
Tied 1 time. Skins both price, with at least 3 listings on CS.TRADE, recorded between 15 Oct 2026 at 06:30 and 16 Oct 2026 at 06:00. On Steam, that price is paid in Steam credit, which can’t be withdrawn: it isn’t money.
Figures on this page updated on , Paris time.
What each one takes
CS.TRADE lists its prices in USD, Steam in EUR. Withdrawal fees on CS.TRADE: N/A: the balance only comes out as items, not money. On Steam: N/A: credit can’t be withdrawn.
CS.TRADE
- Seller fee
- 6% to 13% taken on deposit (3% to 10% with Trader PRO); the rest lands as balance or items
- Buyer fee
- None per the terms; deposit fee not stated
- Withdrawal fee
- N/A: the balance only comes out as items, not money
- What you get paid in
- A CS.TRADE balance, which only comes out as items
- Currency
- USD
- Fees read on
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Steam
- Seller fee
- 5% + 10% added on top of the seller’s amount
- Buyer fee
- Included in the listed price
- Withdrawal fee
- N/A: credit can’t be withdrawn
- What you get paid in
- Steam credit, not withdrawable
- Currency
- EUR
- Fees read on
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What you keep when you sell
The same sale price on each marketplace, in its own currency, and what its fee leaves you.
| Sold for | Steam |
|---|---|
| €10 | €8.70 in Steam credit |
| €100 | €86.97 in Steam credit |
| €1,000 | €869.58 in Steam credit |
CS.TRADE takes its fee on deposit and pays out a balance: no net in money to work out.
Steam credit isn’t money: selling doesn’t compare with CS.TRADE skin by skin.
Where it’s cheaper to buy
At the median, for the same skin, Steam lists 32.3% higher than CS.TRADE. Each gap is measured against the price on CS.TRADE.
| Skin | CS.TRADE | Steam (Steam credit) | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAMAS | Bad Trip (Well-Worn) | €33.86recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 05:17 | €47.46recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 05:00 | +40.2% |
| AWP | Ice Coaled (Minimal Wear) | €10.89recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 05:17 | €15.15recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 06:00 | +39.1% |
| MP9 | Starlight Protector (Battle-Scarred) | €48.63recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 05:17 | €67.46recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 05:30 | +38.7% |
| Desert Eagle | Code Red (Battle-Scarred) | €37.42recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 05:17 | €51.88recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 01:00 | +38.6% |
| AK-47 | Nightwish (Battle-Scarred) | €49.27recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 05:17 | €68.15recorded 16 Oct 2026 at 05:30 | +38.3% |
Base skins worth at least €10.00 on both sides, prices in your currency. The gap is Steam compared with CS.TRADE.
How many skins each one lists
At the last calculation, CS.TRADE priced 3,286 skins from our catalogue, Steam 14,056, and 3,246 are priced on both.
A skin counts for a marketplace when it lists it at a price that passes our checks: recent quote, neither isolated nor off-market. Our catalogue is every skin with its wear, StatTrak™ and Souvenir counted apart, leaving out Case Hardened, Doppler and Fade. That’s the coverage of our records, not the marketplace’s full stock.
How we count
Prices are the cheapest listings each marketplace publishes, recorded by Veriloot, without buyer fees: those are under “What each one takes”. Dollar prices go to euros at the same rate for both columns, then to your currency. ECB rate of 15 Oct 2026: $1 = €0.89222.
A skin counts if it has a wear, with StatTrak™ and Souvenir counted apart, leaving out Case Hardened, Doppler and Fade: one marketplace’s lowest price is on one pattern, another’s on another. Both marketplaces must list it with at least 3 listings each (Steam doesn’t publish its count), and both prices must pass our checks: recent quote, neither isolated nor off-market, no more than 5 times the Steam listing.
The tables show, in each direction, the 5 skins with the biggest gap between the two prices, among base skins (neither StatTrak™ nor Souvenir) worth at least €10.00 on both sides. A skin is shown on 3 comparisons at most, so each page shows its own examples.
The net is the sale price minus the published seller fee, worked out in the marketplace’s own currency. Withdrawal fees aren’t deducted. A sale above 2 times the reference price doesn’t count.
Steam credit can’t be withdrawn: it’s never ranked with money.
A pair is published once at least 1,000 skins are in its basket, and removed only after 7 days in a row below 800. If a source goes down, the page keeps the last complete calculation, with its date.
Last complete calculation for this pair: . It’s redone at most every 60 minutes.