SkinSwap vs CS.Trade

What each states

Confirm on the marketplace before you sell: fees and limits change by item and country.

SkinSwap

CS.Trade

Seller feeAs each market states it. Buying carries no marketplace fee at either.

Varies by payout route; no single figure

5% or 10%, sources disagree

Paid out via

PayPal, Venmo, bank, crypto

No cash payout listed

Identity check

Not stated in our sources

Not applicable without cash payout

When the money arrivesSteam protects items for 7 days after a trade, which most cash-outs wait for.

Crypto in minutes, PayPal or Venmo in hours (per SkinSwap)

Not stated

Trust signalsSelf-selected reviews, not an audit.

4.3 of 5 from about 2.3K Trustpilot reviews

4.6 of 5 from about 347 Trustpilot reviews

Operator

DES Labs, LLC, Glen Allen, United States, founded 2021

Aimskins Sp. z o.o, Krakow, Poland, founded 2016

Measured by Gamezod

Hourly prices over the same sample of popular items for both markets.

SkinSwap

CS.Trade

Has the itemShare of popular skins and containers with an ask.

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Holds the lowest askShare of those items where no other market asks less. Ties count for each.

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Typical ask vs cheapestHow far its median ask sits above the lowest ask on the same item.

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Instant cash priceShare of the same items with a price the market pays now.

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Prices for one skin

SkinSwap and CS.Trade on a skin you choose. Start with the example or search your own.

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AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)Example skin. Search above to check the one you hold or want.Full item page · Steam lowest listing $35.14 (updated at 09:15 UTC)

I want to sell itI want to buy it

No instant cash price for this skin. No market returned a cash price for it, so the table shows where sellers list it. You would wait for a buyer and get the price minus the market's fee.

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2 markets

Listing prices for AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)

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  SkinSwap4.3 · 2.3K reviews2 offersListing (you wait)
  Listing price$29.86
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  CS.Trade4.6 · 347 reviews2 offersTrade botListing (you wait)
  Listing price$28.52−4.5%
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USD · hourly quotes from each market, before seller fees. The marketplace confirms the final offer. Highlighted rows are promoted and listed first. How we rank · Disclosure

Sources

Official means the marketplace's own page; third-party means a listing we could not confirm on the marketplace.

SkinSwap

• SkinSwap says it charges a service fee on deposits and payouts, lower for crypto than for PayPal or Venmo, and does not publish one number.OfficialSkinSwap: sell CS2 skins
• One comparison site lists 45% for cashing out directly and about 10% when trading skins; we could not confirm the 45% on SkinSwap's own pages, so treat it as unverified.Third-partyThird-party listing, not confirmed by SkinSwap
• Bitcoin, Tether, USD Coin, Litecoin, Ethereum, PayPal, Venmo or bank transfer through Stripe.OfficialSkinSwap: sell CS2 skins
• SkinSwap describes trade execution in seconds, PayPal or Venmo payouts in hours and crypto in minutes. Whether the 7-day hold applies is not stated on the pages we read.OfficialSkinSwap: sell CS2 skins
• Fee sources disagree widely (see the fee line); compare the payout screen on SkinSwap before you sell.Third-partyThird-party listing, not confirmed by SkinSwap
• Trustpilot score and review count; company details from the marketplace and public registries.Third-partyTrustpilot

CS.Trade

• One comparison site lists a 10% seller fee, another 5%. Confirm on the site.Third-partyThird-party listing, not confirmed by CS.Trade
• No payout function is listed: sales are credited as skins or site balance.Third-partyThird-party listing, not confirmed by CS.Trade
• Smallest of the eight by traffic (about 194K monthly visits) and inventory; fewest reviews (347).Third-partyThird-party listing, not confirmed by CS.Trade
• Trustpilot score and review count; company details from the marketplace and public registries.Third-partyTrustpilot

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