Steam account 30-day activation?

[Hasbullah]

I made a steam account and its saying that its only activated for 30 days
i know purchase is required to activate it
but i have ordered cs: go from here http://www.flipkart.com/counter-strike-global-offensive-pc-mac-compatible/p/itme92bbthh5yaqu?pid=AVMDAQTHFCGVEPAG&ref=L%3A-4002670405540951307&srno=p_1&query=cs+go&otracker=from-search

if i install this my account will be activated forever?

[J4MESOX4D]

You need to make a valid purchase within the Steam Store of $5 or more to unlimit your account and access such features as the community market. Once you've bought something on Steam; you'll then have to wait a full 30 days to use the market.

[Silicon Vampire]

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/617329505860738922/

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by streetthug123:

I made a steam account and its saying that its only activated for 30 days

What do you mean by "activated".

[Hasbullah]

IF i Add 5$ in my steam wallet and dont purchase anything my account will be activated? or If my friend send me 5$ my account will be activated?

[ReBoot]

If you add 5$, your account will be unlimited. What do you mean by "activated"?

[wuddih]

accounts are account, they have no activated or deactivated status.

what you probably mean is limited and yes you are limited and several functions on steam are not available for you and to remove these limitations you need to spend $5 on the steam store, not somewhere else.

everything explained here:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3330-IAGK-7663

[Hasbullah]

if i simply add 5$ to my account and dont spend anythin my account will be unlimited??

[ReBoot]

Yes.

[Jim Vickers ~PC GAMER~]

ye

[AngryTomatoe]

but i already add my account worth 5$ why i still not have the unlimited access?

[FFL2and3rocks]

Originally posted by C9.LeutanentShepard:

but i already add my account worth 5$ why i still not have the unlimited access?

Your account isn't limited.

If you mean a trading or market restriction, that's separate.

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:

Originally posted by C9.LeutanentShepard:

but i already add my account worth 5$ why i still not have the unlimited access?

Your account isn't limited.

If you mean a trading or market restriction, that's separate.

The Steam Support article *claims* Steam Wallet purchases count as one of those "30 days" purchase:

Purchase Limitations

Your account must have a successful purchase older than thirty 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. Retail CD key activations and gift purchases do not satisfy this requirement.

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

But i have found in practice, at least with two of my friends, that them adding Steam Wallet funds (while unlimiting them, so they could add friends), it did *not* allow them to use Trading or the Community Market until they actually spent some of their Steam Wallet funds in the Steam Store. http://store.steampowered.com/

So as you say it seems to be separate, even though the Support article seems to suggest that Limited Accounts (and making your account unlimited) with Wallet Funds works "together" with counting as something that will lift the Trade/Community Market restriction too.

[wuddih]

1. more then $5 "invested" on steam. this can be wallet codes and cards -> to unlimit the account
2. a valid purchase made on steam, this can not be wallet codes and cards (direct wallet purchase works though) -> to have a valid purchase for the 30-365days market access rule.

[[Sterben]]

:(

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by C9.LeutanentShepard:

but i already add my account worth 5$ why i still not have the unlimited access?

You're not limited. Whatever restriction you have, its not this of a limited account. Pro tip: Read the message you get. It explains it all.