Key Sites

[Japanese Gigolo]

probably is a stupid question, but if you buy keys from key sites, does steam get any money from them?

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Greta Thunderbird:

probably is a stupid question, but if you buy keys from key sites, does steam get any money from them?

No. Valve does not get any money from key sales.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Greta Thunderbird:

probably is a stupid question, but if you buy keys from key sites, does steam get any money from them?

No. Valve does not get any money from key sales.

Do the dev's of the game make money?

[Japanese Gigolo]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Greta Thunderbird:

probably is a stupid question, but if you buy keys from key sites, does steam get any money from them?

No. Valve does not get any money from key sales.

cheers boss

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Zero:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

No. Valve does not get any money from key sales.

Do the dev's of the game make money?

Depends on the site. An authorized reseller buys the keys directly from the developer.

Some shady sites will scam the developer(s) by using fake/stolen credit cards and such to get keys, then sell them. They may even have a contract, but never pay the developer.

Hence why it is best to stick with well known sites.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Zero:

Do the dev's of the game make money?

Depends on the site. An authorized reseller buys the keys directly from the developer.

Some shady sites will scam the developer(s) by using fake/stolen credit cards and such to get keys, then sell them. They may even have a contract, but never pay the developer.

Hence why it is best to stick with well known sites.

Ah ok ty for the info

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Zero:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Depends on the site. An authorized reseller buys the keys directly from the developer.

Some shady sites will scam the developer(s) by using fake/stolen credit cards and such to get keys, then sell them. They may even have a contract, but never pay the developer.

Hence why it is best to stick with well known sites.

Ah ok ty for the info

Just to add here, if you don't know the difference between actual key sellers and the dodgy ones, a simple way is to go to this site:
isthereanydeal.com

They list a whole load of places that are LEGIT that sell keys. So any there are OK (typically HumbleBundle, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, Amazon and so on).

Any of the others you might hear about expect them to be dodgy. And don't forget you can always ask here. and if the seller you're asking about displays a load of blanked out characters on here, then rest assured it DEFO is a scam site.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

There are some other legit sites not listed on IsThereAnyDeal, though they usually have some sort of context to them. Like, I can think of one like that off the top of my head, but it's a publisher's own web store that only sells their own games, for example.

[Your Mom's Oshi]

Originally posted by Quint the Alligator Snapper:

There are some other legit sites not listed on IsThereAnyDeal, though they usually have some sort of context to them. Like, I can think of one like that off the top of my head, but it's a publisher's own web store that only sells their own games, for example.

Still, those are special cases and usually easy to identify as not scams like the example you gave.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Originally posted by Idontexist:

Originally posted by Quint the Alligator Snapper:

There are some other legit sites not listed on IsThereAnyDeal, though they usually have some sort of context to them. Like, I can think of one like that off the top of my head, but it's a publisher's own web store that only sells their own games, for example.

Still, those are special cases and usually easy to identify as not scams like the example you gave.

Exactly.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Quint the Alligator Snapper:

There are some other legit sites not listed on IsThereAnyDeal, though they usually have some sort of context to them. Like, I can think of one like that off the top of my head, but it's a publisher's own web store that only sells their own games, for example.

Never said there weren't.

I just wanted to give easy, clear answer to someone starting out.

[Crashed]

If a key site's name is blanked out with hearts in this forum, then it is recognized by Valve and/or moderators as problematic, and you cannot guarantee the publisher gets paid and doesn't get scammed.