CSGO Trading The Real Way

This guide is intended to guide your (duh) though the steps to do "real" trades it is my hope that by the end of this guide you will have a better grasp of trading as well as other concepts such as the importance of chat, checking the trader, and how to use external websites.

Welcome!

Greetings and welcome to how to trade in csgo the real way! I'm very honored to know that you decided to come along and use your valuable time (time you could spend trading) to read this but I assure you even if this guide is a refresher or full of new and interesting advice i'll make sure to liven it up for ya!

If you wanted me to summarize trading in one word i would tell you I cant and steal sauce aka villans words I would suggest rading his guide alot more than mine.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=279792897

Trading is a magical, yet also frustrating journey that involves lots of patience, knowledge of prices and a reliable and solid gut instinct. Sometimes a good deal might not appear to be a good deal, but sometimes taking a risk once in a while will net you a huge profit. The most notable examples of investments include case hardened knives, where profit is the most drastic, but the risk being exceptionally high to boot.

But if your still interested in reading a wall of text well i'll be happy to oblige.

I came onto the CSGO trading scene with little to zero knowledge of the game or its trading system, I being a terrible gamer (or at least what my friends call me) was used to watching YouTube or reading guides on games i intended on playing removing the satisfaction of learning new things and discovering what the community was like or how the game worked. CSGO was different I went in blind.

I Finally was able to discover all the beauty of the game without having to be spoon fed by a tutorial channel that didn't even know what they were talking about. So how does this tie into CSGOtrading at all?

No Matter How Many Tutorials Or Guides You Read Experience is What Will Provide You With The Best Trading Opportunities

Your Trade URL (Newbs Look Here!)

Your Trade Url It's what lets third party websites and you fellow traders send you offers. In order to find your trade url just follow these simple steps

> Hover your mouse over you name at the top of the steam browser (should be the 3rd text across)

> Click on activity

> Look to the right - middle of the page and you will see trade offers

> And finally click who can send me trade offers and scroll down at the bottom should be your trade url!

How do I start out?

What do I buy with the steam wallet? What do I use to buy quicksells? What should I do with my money? Invest?

Honestly, I can't give a definite concrete method because trading isn't a planned out course of action. If you really want specifics, this is what I will say. Either buy keys from the steam market under 2.50 (or if you are experienced with PayPal trading, buy keys from sellers @1.80~ each) and then post them on {LINK REMOVED}♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.com and see what people offer you. If you take the price of that offer and divide by 2.5 and find the result is more than the amount of keys that he/she is asking for, it's probably a good deal, as long as it's not something small like 0.1 over.

If you want to buy specific items, AK skins like case hardened and redline are very desired and easy to trade at low levels. M4A1/4 skins are also very viable, although the AK's will be easier by at least threefold. Any weapon that is commonly used (see below) in your price range in a decent condition will attract buyers. I guarantee this.

Having some money in your steam wallet is the first step, as I wouldn’t recommend starting with nothing. I started with ten dollars to minimize the pain I would have suffered if I was trading cases and cent skins up to what I’ve cashed out today. What you’re going to do is look for deals on the market, especially during new operations (if applicable) or buy keys and purchase quicksells.

Quicksells are terrible for sellers and a treasure trove for buyers. It means that the seller is willing to sell for a drastically reduced price (sometimes up to 20-40% off the market price of the item) for keys. Keys are the currency of CS:GO and everyone is after them. Always. It is rare to find someone looking exclusively for other skins, outright rejecting keys.

How to check item value

I would like to introduce the methods I use to check market prices of items. I will be covering basic items as high tier knives fluctuate and often vary to an extreme extent based on patterns, scratching and other factors (collector knives).

To check the market price of something, simply open the Steam Community Market for CS:GO and type in the item that you are attempting to price.

Examine the graph. Hover over the different points of sale and price points that the item has gone for in the past. From this, you can safely estimate the average price of something. For instance, the AWP Asiimov Field-Tested is a very common item and very desired, but also is very expensive.


If we take points of recent sales, we can see that the AWP is around 60-70 Dollars on average. The market does fluctuate, so do be aware that current selling prices are not always accurate of what you can sell them for.

Just make sure to keep in mind that you should use the average market prices to determine whether an offer of skins is worth trading for in relation to the items that you currently have.

Now, onto the people you DON'T wanna trade with

Don't Get Scammed!

There are, without a doubt, many bad people in the trading community that do not wish to attain wealth through legitimate means.

For instance, some common scams are
Phishing Bots
Paypal/Steam Wallet Scams
Impersonation Scams
Trade Offer Scams

Phishing bots will usually add you and send an automatic message that would link you to a fake website, like {LINK REMOVED} or {LINK REMOVED} which are intended for you to enter your password and then basically hand over your credentials to some scammer on the other end who will then hijack your account.

Do not click these links, make sure that the link being sent is always exactly the steam link or ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ link itself before clicking on it or logging in.

Paypal scams are also common. Paypal users can file for a chargeback and rip you off all the money they gave you, meaning they would get the item for free. This is the most common kind of scam other than bot hijacking, and people may often be victims of this scam even though it may seem completely safe.

To avoid being scammed from paypal, it is necessary to find traders with reputable identities before making a trade.

Impersonation scams involve another user impersonating a famous member of the community, so be careful and check their profile to know that they have the proper credentials.

In addition to impersonation, one variant is when the user asks you to trade your knife to a friend whilst he/she buys the keys to pay for it, where in the group chat, an imitation profile matching your friends name and picture is set up to bait you into trading the knife to his alt account. Be very careful when trading in a group chat as anyone can invite you to a trade situation.

Trade offer scams involve a fake "valve steam wallet authentication", because steam wallet is NOT transferable, so do not fall for these scams that ask for free items and promise a "payment" afterward.

MASSIVE THANKS AND BUTT LOADS OF CREDIT

GO CHECK THIS GUYS GUIDE IT IS MUCH MUCH BETTER!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=279792897

I "borrowed" alot of info but in the hopes of making it simpler smaller and easier for the average trader to understand.

Websites To Utilize

The Csgo trading Forum is your friend on a rough day you can post a discussion and ask People For Offers And Hopefully you will get some good ones

https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/tradingforum/

And the infamous csgo lounge notorious for scammers but can still be a usefull tool if used right
And if your using chrome install ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ destroyer for useful item price calculators :D

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https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/new/?partner=1018473291&token=2dVL6nqR