My Item Been Hold 15 days by steam market, how to fix it.

[Eris Greyrat]

Hey, i just got rare items from Dont Starve and i want to sell it, but steam hold my item for 15 days, why is it happen, does my item gonna appeared at market? can someone buy it if steam hold my item? answer plz how to fix this... i dont have a mobile phone...

[crunchyfrog]

It will tell you WHY the hold is on in the message you got.

The reason is because of one of the security options you have either not activated (like 2FA for example), or you changed something recently.

There is no way round this. If there were, what would be the point?

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

answer plz how to fix this... i dont have a mobile phone...

Sounds like you already know why there is a 15-day hold. There is only one way to remove the 15-day hold and that is to use the mobile authenticator. You can still list and sell things on the market. You just have to let the 15 days to pass.

[Lemesianos]

Once its triggered no way to "fix". You wait like everyone. Oh and do you mobile authentication if you wanna do trades on the community market.
Someone created a way to add the mobile authentication program to add on the desktop but I cannot recommend it since I never did it nor can I vouch for the validity of the app.

[ghost boy]

Its bcuz u removed steam guard, this why ur item is locked by steam.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

i dont have a mobile phone...

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8078-TPHC-6195

If you are not able to protect your account with a Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator, a hold will temporarily be placed on items moving away from your account. Trade and market holds protect items if a user's account is compromised. These holds also give users a way to recover items before they are lost. Even if a hijacker manages to access your account, you can prevent them from stealing your items by canceling any transactions that are on hold.

1. Normally, trade holds last 15 days. Note that holds are not the same as restrictions, as linked here below :

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1047-edfm-2932

2. If you have been friends on Steam with someone for a year or more, the holds for trades you create without having the mobile auth. will last only one day.

Trade holds last up to 15 days. If you're trading items with a friend, and you've been friends for more than 1 year, the hold is 1 day.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8078-TPHC-6195#1

3. If you ever do get the mobile auth. for your account, and decide to get a new phone or device, you can transfer the mobile auth. to that new device without disabling it, and that will cause 3 days of holds, normally.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8625-wrah-9030#transfer

After transferring the authenticator, any new trades or market listings will be held for a couple of days to protect your items in case your authenticator is ever transferred by a malicious person.

[Eris Greyrat]

Originally posted by Lemesianos:

Once its triggered no way to "fix". You wait like everyone. Oh and do you mobile authentication if you wanna do trades on the community market.
Someone created a way to add the mobile authentication program to add on the desktop but I cannot recommend it since I never did it nor can I vouch for the validity of the app.

so do i need to make mobile guard, to sell my item at the market?

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

Originally posted by Lemesianos:

Once its triggered no way to "fix". You wait like everyone. Oh and do you mobile authentication if you wanna do trades on the community market.
Someone created a way to add the mobile authentication program to add on the desktop but I cannot recommend it since I never did it nor can I vouch for the validity of the app.

so do i need to make mobile guard, to sell my item at the market?

Nope. I don't have a mobile at all, so I couldn't enable it anyway, and yet I sell on the market occasionally.

All it means is there will be additional delay to trades and such. It's just to mitigate any scammers.

[Eris Greyrat]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

so do i need to make mobile guard, to sell my item at the market?

Nope. I don't have a mobile at all, so I couldn't enable it anyway, and yet I sell on the market occasionally.

All it means is there will be additional delay to trades and such. It's just to mitigate any scammers.

oohh so there's no problem with my item? do i need to wait 15 days to sell my item?

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Nope. I don't have a mobile at all, so I couldn't enable it anyway, and yet I sell on the market occasionally.

All it means is there will be additional delay to trades and such. It's just to mitigate any scammers.

oohh so there's no problem with my item? do i need to wait 15 days to sell my item?

Off hand I can't remember the time delay as it's been an age since I last sold something.

Upon checking it does seem to be 15 days - Valve will hold it for that time according to this:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8078-TPHC-6195

Obviously it's just to prevent hijacked accounts from being emptied.

[Eris Greyrat]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

oohh so there's no problem with my item? do i need to wait 15 days to sell my item?

Off hand I can't remember the time delay as it's been an age since I last sold something.

Upon checking it does seem to be 15 days - Valve will hold it for that time according to this:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8078-TPHC-6195

Obviously it's just to prevent hijacked accounts from being emptied.

does that mean after 15 days i can sell my items??

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Off hand I can't remember the time delay as it's been an age since I last sold something.

Upon checking it does seem to be 15 days - Valve will hold it for that time according to this:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8078-TPHC-6195

Obviously it's just to prevent hijacked accounts from being emptied.

does that mean after 15 days i can sell my items??

As it says in that article, without the mobile thingy being activated, you put your stuff up for sale and Valve hold onto it for UP TO 15 days. You can absolutely sell, but each item will need to go through this.

As I said, I can't remember the last time I sold on the market, but iirc my hold was not 15 days, but more like a few days or 7. It does largely depend on a few other factors that Valve probably aren't sharing.

But in short, you can freely put your itmes up for sale, but it's just there will be a delay for some days while you wait for the sale.

[Eris Greyrat]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

does that mean after 15 days i can sell my items??

As it says in that article, without the mobile thingy being activated, you put your stuff up for sale and Valve hold onto it for UP TO 15 days. You can absolutely sell, but each item will need to go through this.

As I said, I can't remember the last time I sold on the market, but iirc my hold was not 15 days, but more like a few days or 7. It does largely depend on a few other factors that Valve probably aren't sharing.

But in short, you can freely put your itmes up for sale, but it's just there will be a delay for some days while you wait for the sale.

oooh okkk thanks for ur answerr,

[dumbass]

You just have to wait man you cant do much

[Eris Greyrat]

Originally posted by zuhn x s1mple:

You just have to wait man you cant do much

okkk, i'll wait.. cuz i sell a rare item with cheap price's than others :v

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by KristaLenz.exe:

Originally posted by zuhn x s1mple:

You just have to wait man you cant do much

okkk, i'll wait.. cuz i sell a rare item with cheap price's than others :v

The bottom line to remember is this - you CANNOT lose your stuff through this (only if you foolishly let your account gets scammed or phished).

Once you put up an item, that's that. It ain't going anywhere except for sale. So it's all good.

I don't have the mobile app, because I think I said earlier, I don't have a mobile phone as I have no use for one. Everything I trade gets the hold anyway.

The beauty is if you bung a load up and split it amongst successive days, they';; dribble in slowly anyway.