Trading For Real Money

[TheButteryGamer]

Hey I have got a few skins on CS:GO and a few of my friends have asked to buy them of me for real money and me being the person that I am wanted to check that i am not violating any terms of service with steam.

I have read through the Terms of service a little and can not find anything on selling for real money can someone help me please is it okay to sell skins for real money or is it only allowed for trading and selling on steam market?

[Gana]

You aren't violating terms of service but if you are being scammed (if your friends accounts have been hijacked), if they send you to a site where you end up with your account hijacked, or they start the trade and stop the transaction so you lose your stuff and get nothing for it...you are on your own, Steam probably won't try to get your stuff back. Trading items for cash is a scam that is big for Steam stuff right now, so chances are you will lose your trade and possibly the rest of your inventory too.

And you can't trade for cash within the Steam system, so if your friend is telling you you can, it's a definite scam.

[Dagnabbit]

Originally posted by TheButteryGamer:

Hey I have got a few skins on CS:GO and a few of my friends have asked to buy them of me for real money and me being the person that I am wanted to check that i am not violating any terms of service with steam.

I have read through the Terms of service a little and can not find anything on selling for real money can someone help me please is it okay to sell skins for real money or is it only allowed for trading and selling on steam market?

Selling for real money outside the Community Market is an SSA violation.

[Gana]

I don't see where it is a violation, but it is asking for trouble.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9958-MJDG-3003

[Dagnabbit]

Originally posted by ganmerlad:

I don't see where it is a violation, but it is asking for trouble.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9958-MJDG-3003

That's not the Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA).

[TheButteryGamer]

hmmm.... there not sending me to any site no they was just like they will give me the cash at college for them to buy it and have it like

but if it is against the terms of service i cant do it?

[Gana]

Still can't find cash trades are a violation. TheButteryGamer, you read it and decide.
http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

[Dagnabbit]

Originally posted by TheButteryGamer:

hmmm.... there not sending me to any site no they was just like they will give me the cash at college for them to buy it and have it like

but if it is against the terms of service i cant do it?

You CAN do w/e you want but be aware if anything goes wrong, and even with rl friends it happens, you have no recourse under the trading policy or the SSA.

[TheButteryGamer]

okay wicked thanks dag and gam for the help

[Dagnabbit]

Originally posted by ganmerlad:

Still can't find cash trades are a violation. TheButteryGamer, you read it and decide.
http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

Right here:

Originally posted by Steam Subscriber Agreement:

You are entitled to use the Software for your own personal use, but you are not entitled to: (i) sell, grant a security interest in or transfer reproductions of the Software to other parties in any way, nor to rent, lease or license the Software to others without the prior written consent of Valve, except to the extent expressly permitted elsewhere in this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use); (ii) host or provide matchmaking services for the Software or emulate or redirect the communication protocols used by Valve in any network feature of the Software, through protocol emulation, tunneling, modifying or adding components to the Software, use of a utility program or any other techniques now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose including, but not limited to network play over the Internet, network play utilizing commercial or non-commercial gaming networks or as part of content aggregation networks, websites or services, without the prior written consent of Valve; or (iii) exploit the Software or any of its parts for any commercial purpose, except as expressly permitted elsewhere in this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use).

Except as permitted by the agreement (Steam Community Market), you do not have authorization to sell ANY parts of any software in your account.

[Gana]

Software are games in your library. Those can't be sold or traded.

[Havana [Slava Ukraini!]]

but it would be nice :D

[TheButteryGamer]

so the verdict is no i can not?

[Dagnabbit]

Originally posted by ganmerlad:

Software are games in your library. Those can't be sold or traded.

The Agreement refers to ALL items on Steam including transferable ones. You do not have a license to sell outside of Steam for actual money. Period. Your account can get permanently disabled, not suspended, if you get caught.

[Dagnabbit]

Originally posted by TheButteryGamer:

so the verdict is no i can not?

Again you can choose to do w/e you want to do. No one here can stop you but if something happens, Support won't help because you went outside the system.

[TheButteryGamer]

okay so i can but steam is not liable for any issues alight thats cool i guess, i might sell all my skins then got some that are worth a lot and i need the money tbh lol