This comparison is written by an aggregator, not by yet another marketplace trying to pull you in through a referral link. CS2Price collects prices from eleven marketplaces plus Steam in real time, so we see what a single-site user cannot: where the same skin is actually cheaper, who paints a pretty storefront over dead liquidity, and how the fee eats the difference. Below: every CS2 marketplace by type, an honest fee table, and which site solves which job.
Three worlds: P2P, instant-sell, and Steam
Every marketplace falls into one of three types, and the type decides everything: price, speed and risk. P2P markets — you sell to a real person: higher price, lower fee, but you wait for a buyer. Instant-sell sites — you sell to the site's bot: immediate, but noticeably below market, which is how the site earns. The Steam Community Market — enormous liquidity, a 13% fee, and one catch that beats both: the money stays locked in your Steam wallet forever.
selling closed to outsiders — buying only; the market's price benchmark
Market.CSGO
P2P
5%
card/crypto · 0% + 1–5% processor
CIS-focused payouts
LIS-SKINS
instant-sell
5%
card/crypto · ≈3% + fix
CIS-focused payouts
CS.MONEY
instant-sell + market
5%
card/PayPal · 7%, 4% subscribed; part instant
instant withdrawal of part of the balance
Waxpeer
P2P
6%
crypto · 0–2% + network
works worldwide
Skinport
P2P (West)
12%
bank transfer · 0%
EU cards focused
Steam
community market
13%
no withdrawal — wallet only
money stays inside the Steam wallet
Sale fees are the rates CS2Price uses for seller net. Withdrawal fees are from marketplaces' published terms as of August 22, 2026 — they vary by method and change often, verify at payout time
The fee is not the whole story. Your real sale price = listed price × (1 − fee) − payout cost. The gap between 2% and 13% is eleven percent of your revenue, but a cheap fee with dead liquidity means selling for weeks. Computing the actual net per marketplace is covered in where selling a skin nets you more.
How big the markets really are
Storefront size means both choice and liquidity: where there are more items, you find both the float you want and a buyer faster. Our monitoring covers every marketplace by price, and for two of them we collect full listing books — right now that is 3.1 million live listings worth about 180 million dollars.
Marketplace
Distinct items
Live listings
Storefront value
Steam
35,966
—
no withdrawal — wallet only
Buff163
35,558
—
Alipay · not relevant for outsiders
YouPin898
32,757
—
Alipay · not relevant for outsiders
Market.CSGO
30,529
801,944
card/crypto · 0% + 1–5% processor
CSFloat
28,163
—
bank/crypto · 0.5–2.5% by volume
Waxpeer
27,731
—
crypto · 0–2% + network
LIS-SKINS
27,231
2,295,360
card/crypto · ≈3% + fix
Skinport
26,236
—
bank transfer · 0%
CS.MONEY
26,111
—
card/PayPal · 7%, 4% subscribed; part instant
Sale fees are the rates CS2Price uses for seller net. Withdrawal fees are from marketplaces' published terms as of August 22, 2026 — they vary by method and change often, verify at payout time
CSFloat: the Western standard
The main Western P2P market, 2% fee. It grew out of a float database and it shows: liquidity for rare-float and stickered skins is the best in the business — such an item sells faster and higher on CSFloat than anywhere else. Mechanics worth knowing: bids on listings (items realistically go 5–8% below the sticker price), auctions, buy orders with float and pattern filters. Limitations: an unverified account carries a turnover cap around $2,000 that active traders hit quickly, and failed deliveries cost you a fine and account standing. In our statistics CSFloat posts the lowest price on 51% of liquid items — more than anyone else, so a hunt for a cheap skin should start there.
Buff163 and YouPin: China's price benchmark
Buff163 is the site the whole market watches: when a trader says "percent of Buff", they mean its prices. The sale fee is 2.5%, but selling is closed to outsiders — it requires verification through Chinese Alipay that a foreigner cannot normally pass. Buying still works. YouPin898 is the second Chinese giant: a 1% fee, passport-based verification, and a Chinese-only interface. For most readers the practical meaning of both sites is different: they are the source of benchmark prices and liquidity — which is why CS2Price shows their prices in comparisons but does not use them when picking the lowest buyable price.
Instant-sell sites: speed traded for price
CS.MONEY, LIS-SKINS and a dozen similar sites buy skins instantly — that is their entire value. They pay below market: the business model is buy cheap, resell higher. The accepted item pool is limited to liquid positions; the bot simply will not quote illiquid skins. Nice touches: CS.MONEY offers instant withdrawal of part of your proceeds. The rule is simple: instant-sell means "sold today", not "sold well". If you can wait even a week, P2P almost always pays more — exactly how much shows on any item card in our comparison.
Western readers should also know three names our RU audience uses less. Skinport — a polished EU-focused P2P market with a 12% fee that undercuts Steam while paying out real money. DMarket and Tradeit — hybrid trade-and-market platforms popular for swapping rather than cashing out. Fee structures there change often enough that we recommend checking the current rate at the moment of sale — and comparing the final net, not the headline percent.
One skin — every price at once
This entire marketplace zoo boils down to one question: where is a specific skin cheapest right now? Answering it is CS2Price's core mechanic. Open any item card — say, the people's AK-47 Redline FT — and you see every marketplace's price side by side, from $27 at the minimum, plus history, buy orders and live listings. Cross-market spreads reach tens of percent — we broke this down in the knife hub where the gaps are fattest, and ready buy-low-sell-high pairs update on the deals page. Turning these spreads into profit is covered in the skin deals and flipping guide.
Safety: three rules worth more than any fee
Your Steam API key goes nowhere except the official steamcommunity.com — any third-party site asking to "confirm the trade with your key" means item theft
Verify the trade in the Steam mobile confirmation, not on the marketplace page: last-second item substitution is still the top scam scenario
Do not store large sums on marketplace balances: market accounts are tied to your Steam account, and a block on either side freezes the money
The verdict: which marketplace for which job
Job
Where to go
Why
Buy at the lowest price
CSFloat, then the item-card comparison
51% of minimums in our base — but a third of minimums live elsewhere
Sell high, time available
CSFloat / Waxpeer / Skinport
P2P prices beat bots; 2–12% fees
Sell today
CS.MONEY / instant-sell
immediate, but below market — the price of speed
Learn the "true" price
Buff163 as the benchmark
the whole market watches it; we show its prices in comparisons
Spend inside Steam
The Community Market
13%, but it fills the wallet — cheapest funded via skins
Job-based summary. Minimums and spreads are live CS2Price data, August 2026
The last row deserves its own story: the cheapest way to fill a Steam wallet is not a middleman's card but skins themselves, at a rate well below face value. The full math is in funding your Steam wallet below face value.
CS2 marketplaces FAQ
Which marketplace has the lowest fee?
YouPin898 at 1%, behind Chinese verification and interface. Among the accessible ones — CSFloat at 2%. The full table of rates we use for seller net is above.
Where are skin prices higher?
On P2P markets: you sell to a person, not a bot. Instant-sell pays below market — the price of immediacy. The exact gap for a specific skin is on its card in our comparison.
Is Buff163 safe?
As a price source and a place to buy — yes, it is the world's largest skin market. Selling is closed behind verification for foreigners, and any "workarounds" through intermediaries are a risk we do not recommend.
Can I sell skins with zero fee?
A direct trade with another player is the only zero-fee path — and the highest-scam-risk one. Marketplace fees pay for deal security, and CSFloat's 2% is the closest safe option to zero.
Prices and minimums in this article are live — the chips recompute as you view. Fees are an August 2026 snapshot: marketplaces change them rarely, but double-check the rate on the site itself before a large sale.
CS2Price
YouPin898
CSFloat
Buff163
Market.CSGO
LIS-SKINS
CS.MONEY
Waxpeer
Skinport
Steam
