Why is there a price difference between CS2 keys and the Community Market?

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Hi, I have a cs2 Glove Case, and I’m planning to buy a key to open it. I noticed that the key costs about $2 in CS2, but on the Steam Community Market, it’s priced at $18.40

Why is there such a huge price difference?

Also, if I can buy the key in CS2 for $2, can I sell it on the Community Market for $18 and make a profit?

Thanks for any help!

[wanetage]

In October 2019, Valve made the keys untradeable and unmarketable. Keys before the update were not affected. If you’ve noticed, you can’t see the keys for any cases released after October 2019 on the market.

So right now, any key you buy in-game can’t be sold on the community market or traded; you can only use it to open cases.

Originally posted by Valve:

Why make this change? In the past, most key trades we observed were between legitimate customers. However, worldwide fraud networks have recently shifted to using CS:GO keys to liquidate their gains. At this point, nearly all key purchases that end up being traded or sold on the marketplace are believed to be fraud-sourced. As a result we have decided that newly purchased keys will not be tradeable or marketable.

For the vast majority of CS:GO users who buy keys to open containers, nothing changes; keys can still be purchased to open containers in their inventory. They simply can no longer be traded or transacted on the Steam Community Market.

Unfortunately this change will impact some legitimate users, but combating fraud is something we continue to prioritize across Steam and our products.

[Tyrant]

No,those key was bought before valve changed the system
Few years ago key was tradable for everyone, but they changed to only self-use. After buy from game u cant trade cant sell

[3AKOH]

Like account please 🙏🏻🤍🖤🤍

[WarHøg]

so basically these 18$ keys are from grifters trying to make a buck

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by WarHøg:

so basically these 18$ keys are from grifters trying to make a buck

Being the only remaining keys still tradable/marketable, yes.

[Martian]

Originally posted by Saul Goodman:

Hi, I have a cs2 Glove Case, and I’m planning to buy a key to open it. I noticed that the key costs about $2 in CS2, but on the Steam Community Market, it’s priced at $18.40

Why is there such a huge price difference?

Also, if I can buy the key in CS2 for $2, can I sell it on the Community Market for $18 and make a profit?

Thanks for any help!

Yoo, sell me your glove cases for $1 each

[Mitza]

why spend money on a game full of cheaters ?