Last updated: September 2026
Author: SIH Editorial Team
The best CS2 marketplace in is SIH Market, based on our analysis of seller fees, cashout speed, and user trust across 31+ platforms. Steam Community Market charges 15% on every sale and blocks real-money withdrawals. Third-party platforms solve both problems: fees of 1-10% and payouts via PayPal, crypto, or bank transfer. Below we rank 10 of the most popular CS2 skin marketplaces using real pricing data from Steam Inventory Helper (SIH), the browser extension trusted by 1.92M+ traders to compare prices across 31+ platforms in real time.
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Positions in the table aren't for sale, and we don't assign them by hand. Every marketplace is scored on four groups of factors. The first is total cost: not just the selling percentage, but deposit, purchase and withdrawal charges too, because a "0% selling fee" can quietly turn into 5% by the time you cash out. The second is payouts: how many methods a site supports, whether PayPal, bank transfer and crypto are among them, and how fast the money actually reaches a seller. The third is catalog liquidity, where active listing counts and monthly traffic tell you whether your skin finds a buyer in hours or in weeks. The fourth is user trust: Trustpilot scores and review volume, how long the platform has been running, and whether it offers 2FA and escrow.
We don't copy pricing data out of other people's reviews. SIH compares prices across 31+ marketplaces in real time, and the ranking runs on that same feed. The data keeps updating: when a marketplace changes a fee or drops a payout method, the table reflects it instead of holding onto a snapshot from last year.
Year of foundation: 2022
SIH Market is a P2P marketplace run by RedBoon FZE LLC in the UAE, the same team behind the SIH extension. It covers CS2, Dota 2 and Rust, holding roughly 21,500 active listings and around 647,000 visits a month. The pitch is zero fees across the board: 0% on sales, 0% on deposits and purchases. Four years in with no publicly reported security incidents, it sits at 4.5 on Trustpilot.
Pros
Cons
Best for: buying skins fee-free and moving inventory between CS2, Dota 2 and Rust.
Year of foundation: 2013
Market.CSGO has been running since 2013, thirteen years without a publicly known breach, which is a rare track record in skin trading. The site pulls around 500,000 visits a month and holds 4.5 on Trustpilot across 3,557+ reviews. Two things set it apart: its own MarketApp client and an open API that traders build selling automation on top of.
Pros
Cons
Best for: CIS traders who want a proven marketplace with API access.
Year of foundation: 2020
CSFloat grew out of the float checker of the same name, and that's still its edge: exact item parameters sit right in the listing, which is why people come here hunting rare patterns and low floats. The selling fee is 2%, about as low as the market goes. The catalog holds roughly 25,000 active listings against traffic of around 20 million visits a month.
Pros
Cons
Best for: selling float-sensitive items and rare patterns at the top price.
Year of foundation: 2015
CS.MONEY is one of the most recognizable names in skin trading: 11 years of operation, around 7.9 million visits a month, and 4.7 on Trustpilot from 8,888+ reviews. The core use case is fast bot-driven trading and selling with instant settlement, and the site charges 5% on sales for it, dropping to 3% on items above $1,000. The signature feature is a detailed 3D viewer for inspecting skins before you buy. No KYC required.
Pros
Cons
Best for: instant trading and selling when speed matters more than top price.
Year of foundation: 2026
GSOL.Trade isn't a conventional skin marketplace but a CS2 case exchange: you buy cases, sell them, and hold them as an asset, through an interface modeled on crypto exchanges, complete with quotes and daily volume. The platform launched in 2026, and the numbers show it. Daily turnover on the storefront runs in the low thousands of dollars, the catalog holds around 43 positions, and Trustpilot shows a single review at 3.7.
Pros
Cons
Best for: speculating on CS2 cases as an exchange-traded asset.
Year of foundation: 2025
UUSkins is a young marketplace built around buying: instant delivery, about 28,000 active listings and roughly 500,000 visits a month, which is quick traction for a site launched in 2025. The payment setup is lopsided. Twelve funding methods are available, including cards, Alipay, Open Banking, iDEAL and several local options, but money only comes back out through Alipay. Trustpilot sits at 4.2 across 158+ reviews, and support answers around the clock.
Pros
Cons
Best for: buying skins with local payment methods, especially across Asia.
Year of foundation: 2024
PirateSwap launched in November 2024 and has collected more than four thousand Trustpilot reviews in two years, averaging 4.6. The operator is IT MARKET BG, a Bulgarian company based in Varna and named in the site's terms of service. It runs a bot model: sellers hand the item to a bot first, and buyers get their skin instantly. Every trade requires Steam Mobile Authenticator enabled for at least 7 days. Payouts are built around crypto: ETH, BTC, USDC, USDT and six more methods.
Pros
Cons
Best for: selling inventory fast and cashing out in crypto without waiting for a buyer.
Year of foundation: 2021
SkinSwap works as an all-in-one hub: a listing storefront, bot trading and instant selling in a single interface, covering CS2 and Rust. It's operated by DES Labs LLC, registered in Virginia, which puts the platform under US jurisdiction. The catalog is substantial at around 31,400 active listings and 480,000 visits a month, with Trustpilot at 4.3 across 2,151+ reviews. Trade-locked items go through an escrow system called Backpack, which holds the skin until the Steam trade hold expires.
Pros
Cons
Best for: selling and trading in one place with payouts to PayPal or crypto.
Year of foundation: 2018
GameBoost isn't a dedicated skin marketplace but a large gaming platform covering boosting, accounts, keys and skins. The company has been running since 2018, with the skin marketplace arriving later in 2022, and it belongs to the Croatian entity Global Gaming Services d.o.o., with an office in Zagreb. It holds 20,400+ Trustpilot reviews at 4.5 and pulls millions of visits a month. The model is bot-based: sellers deposit an item, buyers receive it immediately. Payouts go to bank account, Skrill and crypto, and support runs around the clock with real people rather than bots.
Pros
Cons
Best for: sellers who value brand-scale trust and instant delivery over the lowest fee.
Year of foundation: 2026
Ecosteam is a Chinese P2P marketplace built entirely around local payment rails: deposits through Alipay, WeChat Pay, UnionPay and USDT, withdrawals through Alipay, WeChat Pay and USDT. Selling costs 5%, with nothing charged on deposits or purchases. For traders outside China the site has little use, but for anyone working the Chinese market it's one of the few direct entry points. It offers an API for integrations and round-the-clock support.
Pros
Cons
Best for: traders working the Chinese market through Alipay and WeChat Pay.
Year of foundation: 2021
ExeSkins is a compact P2P marketplace with a very low fee: 1.9% on sales and nothing on anything else. The trade-off is scale. Around 1,200 active listings and 80,000 visits a month mean a rare item can wait longer for a buyer here than on the big sites. Trustpilot sits at 4.2 from 35+ reviews, Steam Mobile Authenticator is mandatory, and KYC applies.
Pros
Cons
Best for: selling liquid skins at a minimal fee when you're in no hurry.
Year of foundation: 2022
Skin.place is an instant-sell service: instead of listing an item and waiting for a buyer, you get an offer from the platform straight away. There's no selling percentage here, because the site earns on the buyback price, which means the number to watch is the offer amount you see before confirming. Payouts go to PayPal, cards, SEPA and crypto, with a $5 minimum. Two legal entities run it, Skinplace Limited in Hong Kong and Tearcup LTD in Cyprus. Trustpilot sits at 4.2 across 1,962+ reviews.
Pros
Cons
Best for: cashing out inventory quickly to PayPal or a card in modest amounts.
Year of foundation: 2020
RustTM is Market.CSGO's sister project, built entirely around Rust with no CS2 items at all. Selling costs 5%, and deposits and payouts run through cards, crypto and regional wallets such as WebMoney. The site has no Trustpilot profile with reviews, so judging its trustworthiness means falling back on domain age and the parent platform's reputation.
Pros
Cons
Best for: selling the Rust inventory that piled up next to your CS2 skins.
Year of foundation: 2019
Waxpeer is a P2P marketplace with a crypto slant: 6% on sales, payouts in crypto and USDT, no KYC. The catalog is decent at around 21,700 active listings and 191,000 visits a month, covering CS2, Rust and Team Fortress 2. Reputation is the sore point. Trustpilot sits at 2.4 across 447+ reviews, and industry reviews single out a cluster of complaints about withdrawals specifically.
Pros
Cons
Best for: anonymous selling without KYC and cashing out in USDT, if you accept the reputational risk.
Year of foundation: 2021
Krakatoa is crypto-first: settlement is built around USDT and a connected MetaMask wallet rather than cards and banks. Selling costs 7%, deposits work through cards, PayPal and crypto, and payouts go to PayPal and crypto. The scale is modest at around 150,000 visits a month, with Trustpilot at 3.8 from 36+ reviews. The site leans on a clean interface and responsive support, though it publishes little about its fee schedule or the company behind it.
Pros
Cons
Best for: traders who live in crypto and find MetaMask easier than a bank card.
Year of foundation: 2021
SkinFlow handles instant selling and bot trading. The operating company is Crypture World Inc., registered in Quebec, Canada. Storefront prices track Buff163, and the trading fee is officially tied to item liquidity: 3 to 7% depending on how in-demand the skin you're swapping is. Payouts go to PayPal, Visa and crypto, with charges running from $0.10 to $5 depending on the method. Trustpilot sits at 4.6 across 1,590+ reviews.
Pros
Cons
Best for: cashing out an entire inventory in one transaction.
Year of foundation: 2018
Mannco.Store is a multi-game marketplace covering CS2, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2 and Rust, and it has always been strongest in TF2, where it remains one of the main hubs for unusuals and keys. The platform is operated by Lexmoor International Limited in Hong Kong. The seller fee is 5% and it's the only charge on a sale; payouts run through PayPal, bank transfer and crypto, subject to payment provider fees. Trustpilot sits at 4.0 across 2,930+ reviews.
Pros
Cons
Best for: traders with a mixed CS2, TF2 and Dota 2 inventory.
Year of foundation: 2018
Skinport is the benchmark European marketplace: German, eight years in, around 5.5 million visits a month and 4.8 on Trustpilot from 35,293+ reviews. Selling costs 8%, dropping to 6% on high-value items. Buyers pay through PayPal, Alipay, Klarna, iDEAL and six other methods, while sellers withdraw by bank transfer only. Selling isn't available everywhere: it runs through a payment provider, and cashing out is closed in unsupported regions.
Pros
Cons
Best for: selling expensive items with a bank payout inside Europe.
Year of foundation: 2017
DMarket is a large multi-game marketplace covering CS2, Dota 2, TF2 and Rust, with around 3.5 million visits a month and 21,920+ Trustpilot reviews at 4.0. Selling costs 2%, but withdrawing costs another 2.5%, so the total is what matters. The payment lineup is broad: cards, PayPal, Skrill, crypto and a dozen more deposit options, with payouts through PayPal, Skrill, Payoneer, WebMoney and others. There's an API and a mature toolset for traders.
Pros
Cons
Best for: active high-volume traders who benefit from variable fees and an API.
Year of foundation: 2019
ShadowPay is a P2P marketplace known for fast payouts and one of the widest payment lineups around: cards, PayPal, ETH, BTC and a dozen more deposit options. Selling costs 5%, and withdrawing costs another 5%, putting the total load on a trade at roughly 10%. The catalog holds around 21,000 active listings against 200,000 visits a month. Trustpilot sits at 3.8 from 874+ reviews, so the reputation is mixed, though the built-in market analysis tools are a genuine plus.
Pros
Cons
Best for: fast payouts with a flexible choice of method, if the combined fee doesn't scare you off.
Year of foundation: 2017
LIS-SKINS holds one of the strongest trust scores on the market: 4.9 on Trustpilot across 7,663+ reviews over nine years. The scale matches, at around 13 million visits a month, which is traffic on par with the largest sites in the niche, and that's with a mostly Russian-speaking audience. The model is instant buyback: the platform purchases your skins itself, so there's no waiting for a buyer and no trade lock on the sale, and the money moves right away to a card, USDT or LTC. It covers CS2, Dota 2 and Rust, with a catalog of around 22,800 listings.
Pros
Cons
Best for: cashing out instantly to a card without waiting for a buyer.
Year of foundation: 2020
GamerPay is a Danish marketplace that deliberately plays the boring, regulated game: European compliance, strict verification, buyer protection. The fees are broken out clearly at 3% from the seller, 3.5% from the buyer, and 2.5% on withdrawal, which goes by bank transfer only. Trustpilot sits at 3.5 across 1,600+ reviews, and the most common complaint is slow verification, the flip side of that same regulated approach. Traffic runs around 300,000 visits a month with 5,200 active listings.
Pros
Cons
Best for: European sellers who care more about regulation than speed.
Year of foundation: 2017
YouPin898 sits at the top of the market alongside Buff163 by sales volume: price aggregators rank the two first and second in different orders, and by total listed value they run neck and neck at roughly $130 million each. Western traders use prices from both as a reference for what an item is really worth. Fees are 1% from the seller and 0% from the buyer, with a catalog measured in millions of listings. Payments and payouts go through Alipay and WeChat Pay, with UnionPay also accepted for deposits. Getting in requires a Chinese ID, a local phone number and a Chinese payment method.
Pros
Cons
Best for: reaching Chinese liquidity if you already hold local verification.
Year of foundation: 2016
C5Game has been running since 2016, making it one of the oldest Chinese marketplaces and older than most Western sites. The catalog is advertised at more than 200,000 distinct items covering CS2, Dota 2 and a separate section for game and in-game bundle activation codes. It also rents skins out, where you take an item for a period against a deposit instead of buying it, a mechanic that barely exists on the Western market. Payments are entirely local: Alipay, WeChat Pay and UnionPay for deposits, Alipay and WeChat Pay for payouts. The barrier for a foreigner is high, with verification built for Chinese rules and an interface and support in Chinese.
Pros
Cons
Best for: reaching Asian liquidity if you already trade on Chinese platforms.
Year of foundation: 2023
White.Market is a P2P marketplace with a clean interface and a practical payment setup: cards, PayPal, Google Pay and Apple Pay for deposits, PayPal, bank transfer and crypto (BTC, ETH, USDT) for payouts. Selling costs 5%, and KYC isn't required by default. Its partnerships are a separate trust signal: the site is listed as NAVI's official skin partner and as a FACEIT partner. Traffic runs at 660,800 visits a month across 26,300 active listings, with Trustpilot at 4.0 from 198+ reviews.
Pros
Cons
Best for: buying and selling with mobile payments and no mandatory KYC.
Year of foundation: 2021
Buff.Market is the Chinese giant BUFF's version for everyone else, launched in 2021 by the same team under NetEase's Singapore entity: an English interface, international access and BUFF's own pricing. The model is P2P, so the item stays with the seller until the deal closes instead of sitting with bots. Selling costs 2.5% and buyers pay nothing. You can haggle on price and place buy orders, neither of which most Western sites offer. Deposits come through cards, PayPal, crypto and Alipay; payouts through PayPal, crypto, Alipay, WeChat Pay and bank transfer. Trustpilot sits at 4.7 across 1,043+ reviews.
Pros
Cons
Best for: reaching BUFF pricing without Chinese verification.
Year of foundation: 2016
SkinBaron is a German platform run by SkinBaron GmbH, ten years on the market with about as bank-like a model as this niche gets: a published price list, PSD2 compliance, and SEPA transfers for payouts. You pay for that in rates: 15% on sales, dropping for high-value items, 5% + €0.35 from buyers paying directly (nothing when paying from balance), and 0.35% on deposits. Trustpilot sits at 4.6 across 4,150+ reviews, with around 765,000 visits a month and 20,100 active listings.
Pros
Cons
Best for: EU sellers who want legal transparency and a bank payout.
Year of foundation: 2018
Buff.163, run by NetEase, is China's main marketplace and the de facto price benchmark for the whole industry, to the point where "the buff price" has become the standard reference in trading chats. Selling costs 2.5%, the catalog holds around 23,600 active CS2 listings against 2 million visits a month, and Rust is supported too. Payments run through Alipay, WeChat Pay and UnionPay only, and an account requires Chinese real-name verification.
Pros
Cons
Best for: price benchmarking and Chinese liquidity if you hold local verification.
Year of foundation: 2025
Skins.com launched in 2025, operated by 99 HP Tech Limited in Hong Kong with payments handled through Flyberry Ltd in Cyprus. The model is aggressive: 0% fees on all transactions, so sellers keep the full listing price, and delivery takes about ten seconds. In November 2025 the site acquired Pricempire, a price comparison service covering 40+ marketplaces, which means its analytics are now in-house. Instant selling is available too, though at the platform's price rather than the market's. Trustpilot sits at 3.7 across 100+ reviews.
Pros
Cons
Best for: selling liquid skins fee-free in modest amounts while the site builds its history.
Year of foundation: 2023
Avan.Market is a fast-growing multi-game marketplace covering CS2, Dota 2 and Rust. Three years in, it pulls close to a million visits a month across roughly 21,000 distinct items, with 4.5 on Trustpilot from 1,773+ reviews. It runs a bot model and is operated by AvanMarket LLC. The standout is the payout lineup: PayPal, crypto, SEPA and even Steam Balance, which is a rare option for anyone who wants the money back inside the Steam ecosystem.
Pros
Cons
Best for: selling with a payout to Steam Balance or PayPal.
There's no universal "best" marketplace, only the right one for your task. Four common scenarios.
You need cash out fast. Look past the selling fee at the speed and cost of the cashout itself. Instant buyback gets money to you almost immediately, but at a price below market. Check the withdrawal fee separately, because 2% on the sale plus 5% to withdraw costs more than an honest 8% with a free payout. Factor in a market-wide constraint too: since Steam Trade Protection arrived in summer 2025, platforms hold seller proceeds for roughly a week, so an "instant" cashout almost everywhere means an instant trade rather than instant money.
You want the highest price for a skin. That means a P2P listing: you set your price and wait for a buyer. The lower the selling fee and the heavier the site's traffic, the better your result. Be ready to wait anywhere from a couple of hours to a few weeks, because the gap between a patient listing and an instant buyback is exactly what speed costs.
A small inventory under $50. Thresholds decide everything here, since minimum payout amounts and flat charges can swallow half of a small trade. A fixed fee of a few dozen cents on a two-dollar skin hurts your bottom line more than any percentage rate. Look for sites with no deposit fee and a low withdrawal minimum, and check the price through sih.app/comparison before you sell.
Expensive items like knives and gloves. Liquidity and safety come first: a large catalog with active buyers, escrow, 2FA and a verifiable company. Reduced rates on high-tier lots help, and so does precise float data in the listing. On a $2,000 item the difference between 8% and 6% is already $40, and the right pattern adds more than that.
Scams in skin trading almost always exploit haste and inattention rather than hacking. Five habits close off most of the risk.
Steam Inventory Helper (SIH) is a browser extension and web platform that helps CS2 skin traders compare prices across 28+ marketplaces, check float values, calculate inventory worth, and buy skins below market price.