steam market doesnt work despite having purchases

[Analyzer]

ive had this account for many years, yet for some reason i cant use the market, can anyone tell me why this is, steam says its because i don't have a purchase that is 7 days or older

[FFL2and3rocks]

Not just 7 days or older, but made within the past year. If you haven't bought anything within the past year, you need to make a purchase and then wait a week.

[Ⱥrtƒlø]

Your last purchase must be made between 7 days and a year. its much older than year so steam market ,,blocked" you. You must activate steam wallet code/physical gift card or make transaction to be eligable to use market

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by BEATS IN MY HEAD:

steam says its because i don't have a purchase that is 7 days or older

Then that is the reason. You don't have to buy anything specific, or spend a certain amount of money. Just make a purchase from your account.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/451E-96B3-D194-50FC#purchase

No Purchase Older Than 7 Days

Your account must have a successful purchase older than 7 days, but not older than a year in order to access the Community Market. The purchase of wallet funds, games, DLCs and software meet this requirement. Activating a Steam Wallet Code or Gift Card on your account to add funds to your Steam Wallet also meet this requirement. Retail CD key activation and gift purchases do not satisfy this requirement.

Any purchase that is charged back on your account will reset this restriction. Only purchases after the most recent chargeback will be considered for purposes of this restriction.

[khrysco]

Does it have to be a purchase involving money, Like, is it possible i could buy a free to play game and have that work? Iv'e tried this but nothing has happened to i was just confused if i was meant to BUY something.

[my new friend]

Originally posted by khrysco:

Does it have to be a purchase involving money, Like, is it possible i could buy a free to play game and have that work? Iv'e tried this but nothing has happened to i was just confused if i was meant to BUY something.

A free 2 play game is free. How would you "pay" for that? The answer is, you can't.
Any cheap game that has a price on it. Or add funds. Then, wait 7 days.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1464730/Metal_Commando/

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by khrysco:

Does it have to be a purchase involving money, Like, is it possible i could buy a free to play game and have that work? Iv'e tried this but nothing has happened to i was just confused if i was meant to BUY something.

Nope they must see money coming to them>

Understand why this is so. It's to prevent abuse from scammers.

So if you could get round it so easily it'd defeat the purpose and scammers would simply do that, wouldn't they?

So yeah, no free games, nor games bought elsewhere off site. It must be money ON steam.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by khrysco:

Like, is it possible i could buy a free to play game and have that work?

Aside from what others have explained about free and not free, why not just purchase the same amount in Wallet Funds and then that actually does work ?

Originally posted by The Giving One:

The purchase of wallet funds, games, DLCs and software meet this requirement.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4543572243352665071/?tscn=1644984515#c4543572243353173941

Originally posted by khrysco:

Iv'e tried this but nothing has happened to i was just confused if i was meant to BUY something.

The support page literally says that your account must have a "successful purchase".........

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/451E-96B3-D194-50FC#purchase

No Purchase Older Than 7 Days

Your account must have a successful purchase older than 7 days, but not older than a year in order to access the Community Market.

So yes, you are meant to "buy something" as that is what you are doing when you "make a successful purchase". I guess this is one of those things that people seem to want to read into more than that which exists, because It's so simple, there might be something that people are missing.

But you are not missing anything. A purchase is a purchase is a purchase. You "buy something". And don't miss the other part, too :

Originally posted by The Giving One:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/451E-96B3-D194-50FC#purchase

Your account must have a successful purchase older than 7 days, but not older than a year in order to access the Community Market.

Of course if you "tried this" nothing has happened yet...............because the purchase has to be older than 7 days but not older than a year.

So if you just now "tried this", then you have "made a purchase" and now have to wait 7 days...........because the purchase has to be "older than 7 days" also.