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THE MOON

Oct 3, 2019 @ 1:11pm

How can i start becoming a tf2 trader?

is there anyway i can become a tf2 trader with my current inventory?

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DirtyFishy has Team Fortress 2

Oct 3, 2019 @ 1:13pm

Probably but I imagine you'd have to put a lot of extra money in to your Steam account to buy other TF2 items. If you post in the TF2 trading hub for trading, maybe you'll get some offers there.

THE MOON

Oct 3, 2019 @ 1:14pm

Originally posted by DirtyFishy:
Probably but I imagine you'd have to put a lot of extra money in to your Steam account to buy other TF2 items. If you post in the TF2 trading hub for trading, maybe you'll get some offers there.

Ah i see so how much would you estimate in £ i would have to buy in items to properly start trading?

DirtyFishy has Team Fortress 2

Oct 3, 2019 @ 1:18pm

Originally posted by SleepStation:
Originally posted by DirtyFishy:
Probably but I imagine you'd have to put a lot of extra money in to your Steam account to buy other TF2 items. If you post in the TF2 trading hub for trading, maybe you'll get some offers there.
Ah i see so how much would you estimate in £ i would have to buy in items to properly start trading?

I couldn't tell you, I have next to no idea about TF2 trading. I just play the game and create my own items from drops.

There are probably websites that talk about TF2 trading and FAQ's about it online.

THE MOON

Oct 3, 2019 @ 1:21pm

Originally posted by DirtyFishy:
Originally posted by SleepStation:
Ah i see so how much would you estimate in £ i would have to buy in items to properly start trading?
I couldn't tell you, I have next to no idea about TF2 trading. I just play the game and create my own items from drops.

There are probably websites that talk about TF2 trading and FAQ's about it online.

Alright thank you for telling me this hope you enjoy your evening/day.

Dunhill

Oct 3, 2019 @ 1:41pm

You can but you shouldn't.
For now, just do some reselling on backpack.tf over a span of few days and you should make some profit.

THE MOON

Oct 3, 2019 @ 2:18pm

Originally posted by Smoke:
You can but you shouldn't.
For now, just do some reselling on backpack.tf over a span of few days and you should make some profit.

Alright thank you for the tip.

Xenos

Oct 3, 2019 @ 2:40pm

Thanks to inflation and bots TF2 now requires a ln initial "Investment" to be able to break into the profit zone. Trying to build from nothing to something just isnt possible anymore now that a single key is 40+ refined and Scrap.tf destroyed scrapbanking.

If you REALLY want to get in, you'll probably want to buy around 10 - 20 keys. Now unfortunately, that's not cheap if you dont have an IRL job. That's about $37.35 off the Mann Co Store. I would advise you get them off Marketplace.tf using the promo code "uncle" to get one of them free and the rest of them cheap.

After that, you can potentially nab a cheap Unusual and try to work your way up. But it's hard. REALLY hard to make profit these days with everything so settled.

tl:dr
You'll need to spend irl money to even TRY to start making a profit, and even then it will be a difficult uphill battle.