Making the account visible
First of all, you should make your account public so that your friends or any other users can offer you an exchange of things. To do this you must:
- Open the Steam client;
- Hover over your username in the upper right corner. In the drop-down menu, click " Inventory ";
- Click on the “More” tab and select “Privacy Settings”;
- Check the box next to the word “Open” in the “Profile Status” and “Inventory” sections;
- Click "Save Changes".
Visibility of inventory for exchange
How to enable trade confirmation on Steam
Steam is a platform for distributing gaming applications that provides support to developers.
Steam is a platform for distributing gaming applications that provides support to developers. Avid gamers use it to implement virtual things. Therefore, it is important to know how to enable trade confirmation in Steam.
On the Steam gaming platform, the turnover of skins and collections on the trading platform is quite large. To avoid conflict situations, you need to know how to enable exchange confirmation in Steam to protect the user. Initially, the transfer of items between players was instantaneous. After the updates, the developers protected gamers, so the transaction is confirmed within 15 days. The exchange is confirmed by clicking on the active link in the email.
Conditions for trading between two profiles
Before enabling confirmation of trades in Steam, let’s look at the features of this option. Experienced gamers use this program option to exchange virtual items. At the same time, it is important to know how to enable confirmation and thereby record the transaction.
Initially, trades between users took place almost instantly, but after updates, the creators decided to include an additional delay after the exchange to increase security. Officially, it takes 15 days to secure the transaction, and the fact of the trade is recorded by clicking on the active link in the e-mail.
Users often ask how to accept a trade on Steam. To do this, two main conditions must be met:
- A Steam player has made transactions of less than five dollars.
- At least a month has passed since the last purchase.
Possibility of trading between accounts
The developers remind you how to enable trading on Steam, and under what conditions the option is available. Exchange is possible if:
- the player has made transactions worth at least $5;
- at least 30 days have passed since the date of purchase.
Transactions and investments refer to purchases from the platform store.
To be able to exchange with players, you must complete a number of actions.
Go to the “Profile” section, located in the account tab next to your nickname.
Click "Edit Profile".
Go to the “Privacy Settings” category.
In the “Profile Status” and “Inventory” blocks, enable the “Open” option.
Check the possibility of exchange on the trading platform.
How to check the possibility of offline trading?
Naturally, it will be a matter of minutes to try the exchange with a friend or playing partner. To do this, just go to his profile and select the “Offer an exchange”
. If he also has problems with exchanges on Steam, move on, all attempts are pointless.
Let's briefly look at the easiest way - checking offline trade on the Dota 2 Market website (you can also do it on the CS GO division, there is no difference).
If after confirmation you are returned to the site page, everything is in order, happy shopping! Otherwise, a description will appear - an analysis of each of them was presented above.
Problems with trading cannot arise on one site out of 10. If something doesn’t work out for you on an unfamiliar site, when everything is fine on others, write to the site’s support chat or email the owners.
We hope this article helped you in solving the problem with the notification “Link verification failed, check the possibility of offline trades on your account” - if not, contact Steam technical support for clarification.
PS – the last point assumes the possible identification of the user. If the user provides incorrect registration information/is a minor, the account may be blocked.
Steam trade hold, mobile authenticator
Anyone who wants to sell things on the site should enable this function. 7 days must pass from the moment of connection! If you do not connect it or 7 days have not passed from the moment of connection, then you will ONLY be able to BUY things on the site! After all conditions are met (connect and wait 7 days), SALES will be available.
How to confirm a Steam exchange
When studying the question of how to enable exchange in Steam, you should be aware of innovations regarding account security. Confirmation of exchange via e-mail occurs as follows:
- the gamer links his account to his email;
- a letter arrives by e-mail;
- the player opens it and clicks on the active link to confirm;
- the user follows the link and confirms the operation.
The platform confirms the exchange within 15 days. If the user does not want to wait the allotted time, he connects the second level of security. The developers have introduced a mobile authenticator (Steam Guard) into the platform. For instant exchange you need to follow the algorithm of actions.
- Download and install the gaming platform on your mobile phone.
- Link your account to your smartphone.
- Go to the “Steam Guard” tab.
- Click "Settings".
- Set the switch to the option “Get Steam Guard codes on your phone.”
- Follow the instructions of the Wizard in the application.
- Make sure that the device displays the correct date and time information.
- Link the subscriber number to your account.
- Run the authenticator for 7 days.
When making transactions on the trading platform, confirmation occurs via telephone. To do this, the user activates the “Confirmation” menu. The advantage of Steam Guard is that it increases the level of account security, since attackers are not able to hack a personal profile without a verification code from the phone.
What does this mean for Loot Market?
Putting items up for sale
When you list items for sale, Loot Market will automatically reject any trade-ins that will be placed in escrow. This is to prevent possible delays in listing the item for sale. To run a business quickly, items are required to be put up for sale quickly. If you try to list an item for sale, you will receive this message: “It looks like your item will be placed in escrow, please enable Steam Mobile Authenticator for 7 days.”
Purchasing Items
All outgoing exchange transactions are not subject to escrow! Since you are not alienating the item, escrow restrictions do not apply. However, please note that if you plan to resell items purchased from Loot Market to someone else, then escrow rules WILL apply to the transaction.
How do I enable Steam Mobile Authenticator?
To properly set up your account to list items for sale on Loot Market, please review the following screenshots:
Steam Market Trade Confirmation
Over the course of several years, the computer gaming industry has gained incredible momentum, and today there are several platforms that provide game distribution and support for developers.
To quickly sell items on the Marketplace, you need to set up confirmation of trades.
The most famous platform today is Steam, owned by Valve; it already has more than 6,000 projects. The platform has a huge audience and its own virtual gaming market - the “Marketplace”, where users can sell and buy virtual things (skins, collections).
How to confirm an order on Aliexpress
To confirm receipt of the parcel, you must go to the Aliexpress website, select the menu item in your personal account “my orders”. Next, if there are a lot of orders, you need to select the incoming order and click the “confirm receipt” button. After this, a window will open with data about the movement of the parcel and a countdown timer until the end of the protection.
Next to the tracking number you need to check the box and select the “confirm receipt of order” button. As a result, the site will display a small window warning that you confirm receipt and then the protection will be terminated.
The last point is carried out at the request of the buyer. After confirmation, a special page opens on which the buyer is asked to rate the lot, the seller’s work, delivery speed and write a short review based on these three criteria.
Of course, you don’t have to waste time and not go through the operation of confirming delivery of the package. But if everything went well, you are satisfied with the purchase, the seller’s communication, and the delivery pleasantly surprised you with its speed, then you can spend a couple of minutes. After all, it’s always nice to receive faster payment for work well done, a good review and an increase in rating. This means further development and attracting new customers.
PS Friends, when making purchases in online stores, be sure to use. As they say, if you save, you earn it!
With this I want to say goodbye to you, happy shopping everyone!
Is your site secure?
Yes. We are a real business company registered in Europe. Thanks to our website you can make secure transactions on Steam
.
You are 100% protected
from fraud and will always receive the item you bought, or your money will be returned if the seller cannot send the purchased item.
Is there a commission when purchasing items?
No. You don't pay
additional commission when purchasing on our website.
Moreover, you will receive a cumulative discount of up to 4%
of the item price.
However, there are commissions when replenishing an account, which are charged by payment systems. But we try to keep these commissions at the lowest possible level. Is there a 7-day delay when purchasing items on your marketplace?
No
.
Unlike
Steam
marketplace will not be
blocked for 7 days after purchase.
Immediately after purchase, you can sell
them on the Steam marketplace or
use them to exchange
with other users.
(Trading terms may vary on Steam depending on the game.) I can’t save the exchange link in my account settings!
Typically, this means that your account cannot
make exchanges on Steam and therefore
will not be able
to receive purchased items.
You can see the reason on Steam if you try to send a trade offer to our bot (the link is in the description above the “Trade Link” input field). Be sure to check your privacy settings. You must allow your inventory to be seen, otherwise trade offers will not work. It is also possible that Steam is currently very slow or does not work, so our site cannot
check your link.
Try again after some time. I bought an item, but I don't see it in my inventory!
Purchases on our website are not instant. The seller must transfer the purchased item to you on Steam. If the seller is on the website (green “Buy” button and OnLine seller), he receives a notification that there is a buyer for his item. After that he must hand over this thing
to your account.
When you confirm the exchange on Steam, the seller will receive the money. We cannot speed up this process and the speed of receipt depends only on the commitment of the seller. If the seller does not transfer the item within 30 minutes
, you have the right
to cancel the transaction
and return the money on the “Transfer of items” page.
If you buy an item from a seller who is not currently on the site (red square next to the seller's nickname), it is possible that the wait may be longer. If the deal is interesting to you, you can wait a few hours until the seller comes to our website and transfers the item. Usually, it makes no sense to wait more than 24 hours for transmission.
For a more detailed description of the procedure for purchasing items, we recommend reading the “How to Buy” page.
Why don't you receive all items from sellers immediately after listing?
The Steam User Agreement prohibits
use accounts for commercial purposes.
Many of the largest services were closed due to the blocking of all service accounts
on which customers' belongings were stored, which brought a lot of trouble to the users of these services.
For this reason, we decided to take a different route
and organize the operation of our service
without the use of
intermediate accounts (bots).
The seller does not deliver the item, what should I do?
When purchasing an item, you give 30 minutes
to the seller for transfer.
If the seller does not transfer the item within 30 minutes
, you can cancel the transaction.
You can also wait longer if the item is really interesting to you. But, usually, there is no point in waiting longer than 24 hours. Most likely, the seller forgot that he listed the item on our website and did not indicate an e-mail to receive notification of the sale. I cannot transfer the item to the buyer.
The extension gives an error on the “Transfer Items” page. It is not always possible to send an exchange offer to the buyer after a purchase. For example, the buyer's inventory may be full in some game, the buyer may have an exchange blocked, or some other Steam errors. Make sure you are logged in
» on steamcommunity.com so that the extension can send the exchange.
What to do?
If you cannot send an exchange offer, you will have to cancel transactions on the sold items.
If there are several items, try canceling some items (for example, items from a certain game) and try sending the exchange again. I took the thing, but it still hangs in the transmission!
Information from bots on sent items is updated every 2 minutes. After some time, the transfer status will be updated and the item will disappear from active exchanges. If this does not happen, write to service support.
Purchase requests
Where can I find all my purchase orders?
All purchase requests can be found on the Buy
—
My purchase requests Do purchase requests work if I’m not on the site?
Yes.
Active purchase orders
always work
.
If the seller offers an item at your price or lower, the deal will be instantly confirmed
at the price of your request.
When he transfers the item, you will receive this item on Steam. You can accept exchanges for purchased items on Steam. There is no need to go to SteamBroker.com. Transactions will be confirmed automatically. How to buy back a large number of items?
If you want to buy a large number of current offers and you are satisfied with the price, you can create a purchase request with a price higher than the current one
minimum price.
For example, if there are 30 offers for an item for 8 rubles
, and you want to buy 50 items
for no more than 10 rubles
, create a request to buy 50 items for
10 rubles
.
In this case, automatically
purchased for 8 rubles (you will pay
8 rubles each
) and an application will be created for the remaining 20 pieces for 10 rubles.
Are there cumulative discounts for purchases upon application?
Yes.
Your accumulated purchase discount is taken into account when processing applications.
That is, if you have accumulated a 1.5% discount and placed a purchase request for 100 rubles
, you will pay
98.50 rubles
when purchasing an item.
Where does the seller see my requests?
The seller sees the maximum purchase order on the “ Sell”
".
If there is a purchase request for his item, he will see the “ instant sale
” symbol and the price of the purchase request for this item.
Selling things
What Steam items can be sold on your marketplace?
You can sell almost any item from your Steam inventory from any game
which exists now or will be released in the future.
Including the most popular games Counter Strike: Global Offensive
,
DOTA 2
and
Team Fortress 2
, as well as games like
Unturned
,
BattleBlock Theater
.
Also, you can sell things to the Steam Community, including trading cards
,
profile backgrounds
,
emoticons
, and of course the games themselves in the form of
gifts (gifts)
that can be exchanged.
You cannot sell items that stack in multiples (unless you only have one such item in a stack). How to display the “My Products” link in chat?
The link is at the top of the SELL page in the box.
To automatically copy this link into the chat, click once on the white icon next to the link. After copying the link, you can add some clarifying details and send a message. What is the commission for selling items?
Our standard commission on sales is only 10%
, which is 5% lower than the commission when selling on Steam.
We provide a commission reduction of up to 6%
as your turnover increases.
You can read about our discounts on the DISCOUNTS page. We also have a “ Sell without commission
” program when using
a direct link
to an item to attract an
outside
.
You can find its description
and direct links on the "SELL" page.
We also introduce the “Subscription” principle to reduce commissions to 0%.
You will find a description of the system in your account. What is the commission for withdrawing money?
When paying out, a commission of 5%
which goes to cover the costs associated with the transfer and storage of your money.
How to sell Gifts (game gifts on Steam)?
Gifts are not displayed on the site. Firstly, gifts become available for transfer only after 30 days
after the purchase.
This date can be found in the gift description in your Steam inventory. Secondly, in your privacy settings, you must uncheck
the “Keep your Steam Gift Inventory hidden regardless of other settings” checkbox in order for your gifts to become available for exchange.
I haven't logged in for a few days and now all my items are darkened.
After 24 hours of inactivity, your account is automatically placed on PAUSE
and items stop being displayed.
To enable selling back, click on the gray icon with an arrow (PLAY) on the “SELL” page. You can pause sales yourself when you leave the computer for a long time. To do this, click on the same “Pause” button on the “SELL” page. If you have not visited the site for more than a week, your prices will be deleted and you will have to enter all prices again. How to remove one item from sale?
To delete one thing you need to delete
the price of this item (remove, not put zero) on the “SELL” page.
After that, apply the changes. You can change prices and remove items from sale in one operation. Make all the necessary changes and submit the data once. I transferred the item but did not receive the money (the buyer canceled the transaction).
Failures happen in any system due to various reasons, but these are very rare cases. When transferring an item directly to the buyer, it is impossible to return your item on our initiative. Write to support and we will check your transactions. If the buyer really received the items, we will try to do everything so that you get your money. Write to support at:
and indicate: 1. Your SteamID (can be found in your account settings at the top) 2. The full name of the item and what game it is from.
3. SteamID of the buyer to whom you transferred the items and the time of transfer. Why are items no longer displayed on the “SELL” page?
Our site cannot load your items. There may be several reasons. 1. Steam slows down and the page with your items does not load
.
Wait a while for Steam to start working. 2. You recreated
the exchange link on Steam and forgot to update it on our website.
Specify the new
exchange link in your account settings. 3. You have changed your privacy settings on Steam and hidden your inventory. Change the settings to Inventory - Open. 4. Your account on Steam is blocked from possible exchanges (temporarily or permanently). Try sending an exchange offer to our bot to check the possibility of exchanges. The link can be found on the account setup page.
Payments
I paid for the top-up, but no money was credited to my account.
If you topped up from such payment systems as Webmoney
,
Yandex-money
,
QIWI
and used instant methods of transferring from an account - this is not normal. When replenishing from these systems, money is credited within a few seconds after payment. If your account has not been replenished, please contact support at:
your SteamID, amount, payment system and transfer time.
If you used BitCoin, the deposit may be delayed until your transfer has more than two confirmations (usually 30 minutes). If you are using a payment gateway. For example G2A Pay, there may be delays in processing your transfer on this gateway. Your transfer may be rejected by the gateway's security system. It is better to contact the payment gateway support with questions. I topped up my account, but I can't withdraw money.
Why? To prevent money laundering and other fraudulent transactions using our service, you cannot withdraw money that has been deposited through payment systems.
If you want to request a refund to the same account from which the deposit was made, contact support. I created a withdrawal request, but did not receive the money (status “In processing”).
Withdrawals are processed at different times depending on the payment system or the instant reserve in a particular system.
Processing times for applications can range from a few minutes to 72 hours. The application status has changed to Completed, but I have not received any money.
Try updating the information in your payment system (re-login to your account). Some systems may not display new arrivals due to some internal failures. If this does not help, carefully check the wallet to which you ordered the transfer. If you indicated the wrong wallet, we will not be able to return the money. In any case, write to support at
and indicate your SteamID and the number of
the completed
withdrawal request for which you did not receive money.
Escrow, Steam trade hold, mobile authenticator
What it is?
From December 9, 2020
Steam has introduced a new security system called
Stream Escrow
.
This system introduces restrictions on the transfer
of your belongings in the event of an exchange without the use of certain security mechanisms.
In this case, prerequisite
for lifting restrictions is to link your Steam account to the
Steam mobile application
for Android or iOS and enable
Exchange Confirmation
in the privacy settings of your Steam account.
Restrictions are lifted after 7 days
after the specified conditions are met.
Also, restrictions are activated for 7 days
if you relink your account to another phone or turn off the linking and reactivate it.
Instructions and answers to additional questions can be found on the Steam support site using THIS link and THIS link.
The restrictions are as follows. If as a result of a confirmed exchange you lose any of your items (this applies to exchanges that you proposed
, and for exchanges that
were offered to you
) - this exchange goes into “temporary storage” for a period of 3 days.
During this time, you have the opportunity to cancel the exchange, thereby declaring that your account has been hacked
.
After this, the exchange is cancelled. All items will return to their owners, but your account
will be
blocked from any exchanges
7 days to avoid further problems. As you understand, this scheme of waiting for received items for 3 days is not suitable for active trading.
If you have fulfilled the above conditions
— the exchange proceeds as follows.
After confirming the exchange in which you are transferring your items, you will receive a message stating that you need to confirm this exchange in the mobile application. After that, you open the Steam mobile app
on your phone.
Go to the Confirmations
.
You can see exchanges there awaiting confirmation and can view details about the exchange. To accept the exchange, click “Accept”. After this, the exchange is considered confirmed and the Items are transferred without any delays. Please note
that to receive a list of exchanges, your phone
must have access
to the Internet.
What does it take to sell things on your website?
To be able to sell Items - You must be able to quickly transfer the purchased item to the bot when a buyer is found. Accordingly, you need to link the Steam mobile application
to your account and enable exchange confirmations. See the question above for more details.
If you do not fulfill this condition, in the event of a sale, our bot WILL NOT send you a request to transfer items and you will have to cancel the transaction, which will negatively affect your reputation as a seller.
Also, to sell things, you need to install our browser extension and save your Steam WEB API key in your account settings.
Is it possible to buy an item without using a mobile application, extensions and Web API key?
Yes. The exchange is placed on hold only if you transfer any of your items. When you buy you get things
therefore confirmation is not required. But keep in mind that you will not be able to exchange this Item without delay with someone else. Therefore, everyone who is actively involved in exchanging and trading things on the Steam system needs to protect their account by connecting the Steam mobile application.
Also, the buyer does not need to install our extension and add a Steam Web API key.
This is only necessary if you want to sell things so that you can track the transfer of things. I did everything, but the site says that instant exchanges are not possible!
Most likely you forgot that you need to wait 7 days
after fulfilling the conditions for activating instant exchanges. Our site uses the information that Steam provides when trying to request things from you. This message cannot appear due to our error.
There are so many different ways to make money on the Internet - I’m talking about real ways, and not about all sorts of Forex and other trading - you can’t count them. But, as far as I remember, no one really bothered with describing how to make money on Steam. I think this omission needs to be corrected. Let's start with the simplest and least expensive method - cards. And then...we'll see;)
Yes, since this is an instruction - there are a lot of pictures under the cut. Especially for the community - I understand that the public playing here and the information described below is already known to many, or, for one reason or another, is useless. But, if suddenly not, welcome, whatever.
Let me make a reservation right away - the method is very gentle. It requires little time to implement, the initial investment is also very modest... but the income is not very large. Yes, and withdrawing money from Steam is hemorrhoids (but possible). But it’s quite possible to earn money for new toys. So, it is recommended primarily for those who play quite actively. Yes, the described method is not the only way to make money on cards, but other methods are much more resource-intensive.
How to find what to buy
So, we assume that you have a Steam account and you know how to use the local store. Wonderful! Go to the store and click on the “Discounts” link:
Select “Sort by price, from inexpensive” in the drop-down list and get a list of the cheapest games:
Scroll through the list and get to the filters. There we set the “Collectible cards” filter:
All! We've got a list of all the games that are on sale and contain trading cards. Now you need to understand what and how to buy, and where to sell.
What exactly to buy
It is worth buying those games that are included in our filter and whose cost does not exceed 7 rubles. And here's why: basically, such small games contain 3 cards, whose price rarely exceeds 2-3 rubles. Personally, I still focus on 3. That is, 9 rubles per copy. However, please note that you will be charged a 13% commission for sales on the Steam marketplace. Thus, you will receive 7.83 rubles. As much as 83 kopecks profit bgg... But sometimes strange things happen, I remember, having bought some kind of toy for 4 rubles, I received three cards, each of which for some reason cost 50+ rubles. But such cases are rare.
How do trading cards work?
If the game has cards, then it allows you to collect a collectible badge, which will give you a number of additional “friend spots”, a beautiful picture and a limited-life coupon for a specific game. As well as a special emoticon and background for the profile, applicable only on Steam. To put it simply, it’s useless slag and there’s no point in bothering with them. But, if you want to embellish your profile, don’t bother.
In order to get a card, you just need to start the game and... that's it. There is no need to play (although you can if you want). You just need to wait. You can even minimize the game with the Alt+Tab key combination and do whatever you want. Also, some games (for example, Indian crafts on Unity) show you a menu with settings before starting the game itself. To receive cards, just launch this menu. The main thing is that in your Steam library of games, the game is displayed as “Running”.
After which you will be shown the games in which you can get cards. Find the one you are interested in and see:
And then you just monitor Steam notifications about new items in your inventory. As soon as the quantity you are interested in accumulates, close the game, delete it and shove it into the appropriate category in your library. I recommend creating a separate category so as not to get confused.
How and where to sell?
Now we get to the most interesting part: how to sell the received cards now? Go to your inventory:
Select the item you are interested in, click on it and look at the item menu.
We are mainly interested in the current price on the trading platform and the “Sell” button.
By clicking the “Sell” button, you will be shown a sales menu with purchase and price statistics. Based on the sales curve, you can set any price that suits you. But, I would put +/- 10% on what is indicated in the product menu. Although, if you are not in a hurry, you can bet anything - maybe someone will buy it;) Please note that both the actual price of the product and the amount of money you will receive after the sale are immediately indicated.
After accepting the terms and putting it up for sale, your card goes to the Steam marketplace. You can get to the site like this:
As you can see, all your placed lots are listed here with the ability to remove them from auction (after which you will need to put them up again) and... and whatnot!? What does it mean that a lot is awaiting confirmation?
This means that the current Steam security policy, in order to avoid the sale of any goods from your account by any attackers, requires: a. Confirmation of the placement of the lot via the email address linked to the account. b. Confirmation of the placement of the lot through the official Steam application linked to the account. It doesn’t seem to be a big deal, but mail is incredibly inconvenient. Each lot is separately confirmed by letter. Moreover, after confirmation via mail, the lot will remain on hold for another 2 weeks. And prices change...
Therefore, the application is our choice. Download from Google or from the Apple Store. For Windows owners too
Over the course of several years, the computer gaming industry has gained incredible momentum, and today there are several platforms that provide game distribution and support for developers.
To quickly sell items on the Marketplace, you need to set up confirmation of trades.
The most famous platform today is Steam, owned by Valve; it already has more than 6,000 projects. The platform has a huge audience and its own virtual gaming market - the “Marketplace”, where users can sell and buy virtual things (skins, collections).
Since the turnover of the “Trading Platform” is no longer small and, in fact, virtual things have the weight of real currency, the protection and confirmation of exchanges (purchases, sales) within the “Trading Platform” was carefully thought out.
Possibility of trading between accounts
In order to enable confirmation of trades in Steam, you must first of all know that access to the “Trading Platform” and the possibility of exchanging on Steam will open only after investing at least five dollars ($5). The word “investment” means any purchase in a store (that is, you just need to buy some game for no less than five dollars).
In order for us to send exchange requests to other users (and vice versa), we need to open the confirmation function in the Steam client settings:
- Open the client and in the account tab (where your nickname is) go to the “Profile” section.
- Click the “Edit profile” button and go to the “My privacy settings” section.
- In the “Profile Status” and “Inventory” tabs, enable the “Open” status.
- Now we have the opportunity to exchange things with other players.
Steam Exchange Confirmation
In connection with the new introductions of account security, after a request for an exchange, it will need to be confirmed through the email to which our account is linked (when registering a Steam account, we indicate our email, and it is to this that the account is linked). An email will be sent to your email with a confirmation link, follow this link and confirm. All this will take 15 days.
Naturally, you don’t want to wait 15 days! For this, there is a second level of process security - the Steam mobile authenticator (Steam Guard). With its help, you can transfer virtual property instantly, but to do this you need to install the Steam application on your smartphone and link your account to the device.
You can download the application here:
Install the application, log in with your account, and follow the instructions:
- Go to the “Steam guard” tab in the main menu, click the “Settings” button.
- Check the box next to “Receive Steam Guard codes on your phone.”
- Follow the instructions in the application and link your phone number to your account.
- After linking, the account must work with an active authenticator for 7 days.
After this, each exchange can be confirmed in the application - in the “Confirmation” menu. Now we can safely exchange things, sell and buy them on the Marketplace, use Steam services and enjoy games.
Installing a mobile authenticator
The Steam Guard mobile authenticator is an additional measure to protect your account. To connect the Steam Guard mobile authenticator, you need a phone running iOS or Android. For an Android phone, you need to go to your phone and download the mobile application through the Market:
- Click on “search” and type in “Steam”
- Install the application from Valve corp by clicking on the “Install” button. After installation, click “Open”:
- Next, we need to log in by entering our Steam username and password.
- Then click on Steam Guard in the upper left corner and wait for the application to load. The authenticator often lags on this step, so wait 15-20 seconds:
- In the interface, click “Settings”.
- If you do not have Steam Guard connected, then here you will have a checkbox “Receive Steam Guard codes by email”
- To connect the Steam Mobile Authenticator, check the box “Receive Steam Guard codes on your phone.”
- Then click the blue “Next” button to confirm the operation.
- You should receive an SMS with a 5-digit confirmation code on your phone (which is linked to your Steam account). For example, 98451. Enter our code in the appropriate field and click “Submit”.
Code entry field
- We are taken to a page with a recovery code. This is an important code that may be useful to you to restore your account if you lose your SIM card. This code starts with the letter R, consists of five numbers and the letter R at the beginning.
How to enable trade confirmation in Steam?
Steam is not only a gaming platform - in its open spaces you can engage in full-fledged trading of items from games. Several items may appear in the user's inventory after purchasing the game, or during its completion. There are many items that can be in the inventory:
- Trading cards
- Profile background
- Emoticons
- Discount coupons
- Items for games
- Gems
Trading cards are needed to create badges that can decorate the profile and level up the user. One badge level gives 100 experience points. In total, the badge can be upgraded to the fifth level and then the user receives 500 units of experience. Metal cards are more expensive and drop less often, and the badge can only be collected once.
How to confirm trades on Steam?
To begin, you need to meet several conditions:
- If your account is new or games have not been purchased in it, then you need to top up your account in your Steam wallet with $5.
- After replenishing the wallet, the account must exist for a month - for this you need to visit it daily.
When all conditions have been met and a month has passed, the user can exchange items or put them up for sale on the Marketplace.
Account setup
Trading on Steam allows you to avoid unnecessary movements during the exchange, and its automatic confirmation makes the task easier.
First you need to open your profile to other users. To do this, you need to go to your profile and select edit.
Now you need to use the “My Privacy Settings” tab, where the items next to which are checked are indicated.
Check the “My Profile: Public” and “Inventory: Public” options. Changes are saved automatically and you can now exchange items with other network client users.
Exchange confirmation
So, for a transaction to be completed, it must be confirmed, and there are two ways to do this. The first method is confirmation via email. When the transaction is completed, the user will be provided with a link that will be sent by email.
The email used is only the one specified when registering with Steam. In some email services, your inbox may be located in the Spam folder. Open the letter and follow the link, confirming the transaction. The exchange will be completed after 15 days - only then will users receive the items.