Tradeit Review: Where the Money Goes When You Sell a Skin

Tradeit is a bot marketplace for CS2, Rust and TF2 skins, and the number that matters is not printed anywhere: how far the bot's quote sits below the market price. The sell page says "No hidden fees" and has no line for a selling charge. What it does publish is a 2% fee on cash payouts from $10, taken only from one of three balances. Our test account held $0, so everything below about money leaving the site is the site's own description, not something we watched happen.

Is the spread a fee? What the page says and what the price does

Instant Sell means the bot buys your skin at once. The page promises "No hidden fees" and "Sell instantly, without waiting for a buyer", yet the gap between the bot's price and the market price is not shown as a charge. It exists only inside the quote for each item.

We would not call that hidden in the legal sense. We would call it unmeasured: the 5-20% range we use as a guide is an estimate with no named source, the site publishes no figure, and we sold nothing. On a $500 item, 5% costs you $25 and 20% costs you $100.

Buying works differently. Per the rules, the store marks items up 0-30% over Steam Market. We noted that prices looked lower than Steam Market in practice, but we have no measurements to back it. That is why the Fees score sits at 2.5 and not higher.

The cs2check code: what we confirmed and what we did not

The coupon field is in the profile. Per the terms, one code is accepted per account and only before your first trade. On 1 Oct 2026 we typed cs2check into a newly made test account, and the site reported the coupon as applied. The balance afterwards stayed $0.

That fits a percentage mechanic and not a gift card. The partner describes the offer as $5 on the first trade plus 35% on a top-up or a shop discount, once per account. We did not pay or trade, so we have not seen either amount credited.

Downside: the code has no cash value on its own and expires, in practice, with your first trade. If you have already traded on the site, the terms suggest a coupon is no longer an option.

The site also advertises a fee discount if "Tradeit.gg" appears in your Steam name. It is described as "3% off the fee", and it is unclear whether that means three percentage points or three percent of the fee, or which fee it touches. We left it out of every calculation.

The first screen after sign-in

You sign in through Steam, and the site asks you to confirm an email address before the full set of features opens. The profile page holds your Steam trade link and a "Redeem code" button, which is where a coupon goes.

Per its About page it has operated since 2017, and the games on offer are CS2, Rust and TF2, with Dota 2 mentioned in the rules.

Getting money out: only Revenue leaves

Tradeit keeps three balances: Trade (for swaps), Store (for purchases) and Revenue (what a sale earns). Only Revenue turns into cash. You cannot deposit money and take it back out; you sell a skin and withdraw the proceeds.

Revenue is split into a locked part, where the sale is still inside the Steam Trade Protection window, and an available part with a "Cash Payout" button. The locked part buys store items only. The support chat puts the lock at 8 days, so the clock is the lock plus the payout time of the method, before any identity check. The rules page says 7 days.

Downside: an 8-day lock plus up to 10 days of bank time is slow, and verification can add to it; the site names no threshold, document list or review time. If you need cash soon, verify before your first sale and choose crypto, or spend the proceeds in the store.

Getting money in: the card fee is not flat

The cashier lists cards, MIR, Pix, iDEAL, PayPal, crypto, Kinguin and skins. The card form showed us +$0.58 on a $10 deposit (5.8%) and +$7.30 on $250 (2.92%). If you plan small top-ups by card, the percentage you pay is about double the one on a large deposit.

Crypto starts at $25 and we found no fee for it. Skins go in through a Steam trade link at 0%, with no bonus. The bonus rates on the cashier, +40% for cards, +45% for crypto, +35% for Kinguin and none for PayPal, carry no end date. They may be temporary, and we did not find out how the bonus is credited.

Reputation split: 4.7 on Trustpilot, 4.8 on the site

Trustpilot shows 4.7 from 22,097 reviews, 88.9% of them five-star and 3.1% one-star, with a profile claimed by the company. The site's own widget shows 4.8 "from 20,000 reviews", and a third-party piece cited 21,779. We rely on Trustpilot.

The company replies to 98% of negative reviews, on average after 33 days. Of the 20 newest English reviews (25-29 Sep 2026) all give five stars, and none mention payout delays or hidden fees. Nobody writes about cashing out either, so the sample says nothing about payout times.

Two legal entities are named in the rules: Tradeit.gg LLC in Delaware, USA, and TRADEITGG LTD in Cyprus. We did not check either register and found no parent company.

Support: one question, one slip

We asked the chat how to sell a skin and withdraw to a bank card, and what the fees, minimum and timing are. A banner said replies were taking 24-48 hours, then an assistant joined at once with a summary.

The assistant said the revenue is locked for 8 days, while the rules page says 7. We use 8, the higher figure, and plan around it.

Pros, cons, and who should skip

Tradeit fits someone who swaps skins, spends proceeds in the store, or can pass identity checks and wait over a week. It fits less well if you want fast cash at a known price.

• Payout to Store Balance costs 0% and is instant.
• Bank and crypto payouts start at $10 and cost 2%.
• Trustpilot 4.7 from 22,097 reviews, with two named legal entities.
• Chat runs 24/7 in 9 languages.

And on the other side:

• The Instant Sell spread is unpublished, against a "No hidden fees" line.
• Only Revenue can be withdrawn, after an 8-day lock.
• Card deposits cost 5.8% on $10.
• Debit card payout is "Coming soon" and PayPal is unavailable.

Before your first deposit

You must be at least 18, and your local law may set a higher age. Tradeit is closed to people in or from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea, the DNR and LNR, Russia and Belarus, and to those on OFAC, US State Department, UN Security Council or EU lists.

Read how we handle commissions on our affiliate disclosure page, and see responsible play if trading stops being a hobby.

Score: 3.4 of 5, clear payout fee, unclear selling cost

Trust, 4.5 is the highest: two named companies, Trustpilot 4.7 from 22,097 reviews, and no public platform incidents found. It stops short of 5 because we found no parent company and the widget shows 4.8 against 4.7.

Promo codes, 3.5 is second: a fee discount, +35% to +45% top-up bonuses and the cs2check code, accepted on 1 Oct 2026. The bonus cannot be withdrawn directly, and it is spent in a store with a markup.

Payouts, 3.0 rests on the 2% fee from $10; Revenue-only withdrawal and the 8-day lock add nothing. Fees, 2.5 is the lowest because of the unmeasured spread next to a 0-30% store markup. Once we measure 3-5 real skins, this is the number most likely to move.

FAQ

Is there a Tradeit coupon code?

Yes, our code is cs2check. A new test account took it on 1 Oct 2026, one per account and only before your first trade. Per the partner, that means $5 on a first trade and 35% extra on a top-up, or a shop discount.

Is Tradeit legit?

We found two named legal entities, Trustpilot 4.7 from 22,097 reviews and no public incidents against the platform. We tested no deposit or withdrawal, so payout speed is unconfirmed.

How do I withdraw money from Tradeit?

Sell a skin, wait out the 8-day lock (the rules page says 7), then press Cash Payout on the Revenue balance. Bank and crypto start at $10 and cost 2%.

What are the Tradeit fees?

A 2% payout from $10, 0% to Store Balance, a store markup of 0-30% over Steam Market per the rules, and an Instant Sell spread the site does not publish.

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