At a Glance
The Verdictoverview · pros · cons
About BUFF Market
BUFF Market is the international arm of BUFF163, launched in 2021 and operated by NetEase (Hong Kong) Ltd. It carries roughly 34,000 distinct CS2 items across about 1.2 million offers, worth some $77 million in listings.
BUFF Market is genuinely peer-to-peer — skins move from one Steam inventory to another rather than through a bot stock — and the seller fee is 2.5%, with nothing added for the buyer. That is a sixth of the Steam Community Market's 15%, and it is why listings on BUFF Market average close to 29% below Steam prices.
The distinction that matters is between this and BUFF163. Both are NetEase, both charge 2.5%, and they are routinely confused. BUFF163 is the larger and is where the reference prices come from, but it settles in Alipay and WeChat Pay behind a Chinese-language interface. BUFF Market is the one built for everyone else: English, card deposits, Payoneer withdrawals, iOS and Android apps.
The cost of being the smaller sibling is liquidity. Its user base is a fraction of BUFF163's, so a listing can sit, and because each sale waits on the seller to approve the trade by hand, buying is fast to start and not always fast to finish.
Pros
- One of the lowest seller fees anywhere at 2.5%, against Steam's 15%
- Prices run well under Steam — around a 29% average discount
- Backed by NetEase, the same company behind BUFF163
- Built for Western users from the start: English interface, card deposits, mobile apps
- Built-in inspect and screenshot tool, plus a community gallery
Cons
- Much smaller user base than BUFF163, so items sell more slowly
- Sellers approve each trade by hand, which adds a delay for buyers
- Deposits and withdrawals are limited — cards in, Payoneer or bank transfer out
- No instant sell and no auctions
- CS2 and Badlanders only — no Dota 2, Rust or TF2
Fees & Paymentsfee breakdown · deposits · withdrawals
Fee Breakdown
| Seller Fee | 2.5% | Deducted from the sale price |
| Buyer Fee | 0% | You pay the listed price |
| Deposit | Card / bank transfer | Visa and Mastercard supported |
| Withdrawal | Payoneer / bank transfer | No crypto or e-wallet payouts |
Payment Methods
Withdrawals
Trust & Safetysecurity features · who picks it
Security Features
Declared by BUFF Market. The operator, its registered company and how long it has been running are in the At a Glance panel above.
Who picks BUFF Market
Countries over-represented among SteamAnalyst readers who chose BUFF Market over the last 90 days, measured against our own traffic mix — Cyprus at 107.2× means 107.2 times its share of the site overall. This is where our readers were, not where BUFF Market's own visitors are.
VPN use is common in skin trading — reaching a market that blocks your region, or working around a payment restriction. A reader is counted where they browsed from, not where they live, so these figures may under-count exactly the countries they are most likely to be interesting for.
Channels & Appsofficial accounts · apps & extensions
Official Channels
Where BUFF Market announces changes and answers support questions. These are the accounts the market itself publishes — an account that is not on this list and claims to be BUFF Market is not.
Apps & Extensions
Install only from the store listing linked here. A marketplace extension sees every trade you make, so a look-alike from anywhere else is the most dangerous thing on this page.
Priceswhat it charges for real skins
Live Price Samplevs SteamAnalyst median
| Item | BUFF Market | SteamAnalyst Median | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK-47 | Redline (FT) | $24.43 | $25.82 | −5.4% |
| AK-47 | Vulcan (MW) | $313.36 | $325.79 | −3.8% |
| AWP | Asiimov (FT) | $94.92 | $101.99 | −6.9% |
| AWP | Hyper Beast (MW) | $43.06 | $45.18 | −4.7% |
| Desert Eagle | Blaze (FN) | $547.05 | $569.96 | −4.0% |
| Glock-18 | Fade (FN) | $1218.03 | $1264.14 | −3.6% |
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