At a Glance
The Verdictoverview · pros · cons
About CS.TRADE
CS.TRADE is a bot trading site with two distinct sides: an instant skin-for-skin trade bot, and a cash store where every listed price belongs to a unit the site actually holds. It supports CS2, Rust, Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2, and its price history reaches back to early 2021.
The two sides price differently, and knowing which number you are looking at matters. Store prices are cash, in dollars, and track the wider market closely — a median of roughly 3% above the cheapest CSFloat or Skinport ask. Trade credit is valued at 1.5× the store price on both sides of a swap, the deposit-bonus model most bot sites use: it cancels out on a straight trade, but the figures inside the trade window are not what anything costs in cash.
The catch is coverage rather than price: the in-stock catalogue runs to about 3,800 items, so popular liquid skins are usually there while long-tail items often are not. There is no fiat cash-out — what you get out of CS.TRADE is skins.
Pros
- Instant bot trades — no waiting for a human counterparty
- Cash store prices sit close to the market — a median of about 3% above the cheapest CSFloat or Skinport ask
- Doppler phases priced individually — Phase 1–4, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Black Pearl each carry their own price
- Price history on their items reaches back to early 2021, so the operation is not a newcomer
Cons
- Small in-stock catalogue — about 3,800 items, roughly 11% of the thousand most popular CS2 skins
- Trade-credit valuations run 1.5× the cash price, so skin-for-skin maths needs care
- No fiat cash-out — value leaves as skins
- Operators and founding date are not disclosed; the registered company (Aimskins Sp. z o.o, Krakow) is known from third-party directories rather than the site itself
Fees & Paymentsfee breakdown · deposits · withdrawals
Fee Breakdown
| Store price vs market | ~3% above | Median vs cheapest CSFloat/Skinport ask |
| Trade credit basis | 1.5× cash | Both sides of a swap valued the same way |
| Buyer Fee | 0% | Store price is the final price |
Payment Methods
Withdrawals
Trust & Safetysecurity features · who picks it
Security Features
Declared by CS.TRADE. The operator, its registered company and how long it has been running are in the At a Glance panel above.
Who picks CS.TRADE
Countries over-represented among SteamAnalyst readers who chose CS.TRADE over the last 90 days, measured against our own traffic mix — Ukraine at 8.1× means 8.1 times its share of the site overall. This is where our readers were, not where CS.TRADE'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
Official Channels
- Xx.com/cstradebot
- Discorddiscord.gg/PPGdxxERyb
- Steam groupsteamcommunity.com/groups/cs__trade
- Facebookfacebook.com/cstradebot
Where CS.TRADE 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 CS.TRADE is not.
Priceswhat it charges for real skins
Live Price Samplevs SteamAnalyst median
| Item | CS.TRADE | SteamAnalyst Median | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK-47 | Redline (FT) | $26.45 | $26.36 | +0.3% |
| AWP | Hyper Beast (MW) | $47.14 | $44.50 | +5.9% |
| Glock-18 | Fade (FN) | $1298.65 | $1250.87 | +3.8% |
| USP-S | Kill Confirmed (FT) | $65.24 | $64.30 | +1.5% |
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