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CS2 merchant

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A CS2 merchant is any site that lets its users pay with Counter-Strike 2 skins instead of a card: case-opening sites, skin casinos, marketplaces, stores, tournament platforms. Users already hold the inventory, card issuers keep declining the vertical, and a knife moves faster than a bank transfer. AssetPay is the merchant side of that trade. You plug in one API, your checkout accepts skins under your own brand, and we run the bots, the pricing, the custody and the ledger.

If you are searching for a place to sell your own skins for cash, this page is not that. It is for the platform that wants to take skins from thousands of users and never touch a trade bot.

What you get as a CS2 merchant on AssetPay

  • Deposits in skins. The user signs in with Steam on your site, picks items from their inventory, confirms one trade offer on their phone, and their balance with you goes up. The step-by-step is in how to accept CS2 skins as payment.
  • Cashouts in skins. Withdrawals ship from AssetPay inventory, and nothing leaves until your backend approves it over a callback. One platform ran $150k of cashouts in ten days on that path alone.
  • A price you can defend. Every item is valued on float, wear, pattern and stickers against live market data, never on the name alone. How that works is in how CS2 skin pricing works.
  • Credit that survives Steam's 7-day reversal window. Part of a deposit lands instantly and the rest when the window closes; the two halves always sum to the quoted price. Details in the instant credit guide.
  • Rust on the same key. Rust items ride the same integration with full credit on arrival. See the Rust gateway.
  • A ledger and signed webhooks. Double-entry balance changes, HMAC-signed events, and a withdrawal gate your backend controls. See security.

How to become a CS2 merchant

  1. Register and pick up an API key from the dashboard. No call required.
  2. Add the checkout. A client token opens the Steam sign-in and inventory picker on your page; one deposit call creates the trade offer.
  3. Listen for the webhook. trade.settled arrives once the items are verified in our custody. Credit the user from that event, not from the offer.
  4. Approve cashouts. When a user withdraws, we ask your backend before any item ships. Say yes, and the trade offer goes out.

Code for each step is in integrating skin deposits, and every state you can observe is listed in the trade lifecycle.

What it costs

One fee per cleared trade, set per merchant by game mix, deposit-to-cashout balance and volume. No setup fee, no monthly minimum, no withdrawal fee, and a trade that fails or expires costs nothing. The structure is on the pricing page.

Who AssetPay works with

Frequently asked questions

What does a CS2 merchant need from Steam?

Nothing beyond a normal Steam login for your users. The bot accounts, API keys, trade tokens and inventory custody sit on AssetPay's side. Your users see your checkout and one trade offer from a verified account.

Can I be a CS2 merchant if my business is gambling or case opening?

Yes. Chance-mechanic platforms are the largest group on the gateway. The casinos and case sites page covers the cashout gate and the risk controls that vertical needs.

Does AssetPay buy skins from individual users?

No. AssetPay is infrastructure for merchants. A user only ever trades with AssetPay through a merchant's checkout, and the value goes to their balance on that merchant's site.

How is a CS2 merchant on AssetPay different from running my own bots?

You skip the bot fleet, the price feed, the trade-hold checks and the reversal exposure, and you pay one fee per cleared trade instead. The comparison against other providers is in the gateway comparison.

Ready to accept CS2 skins? Read the docs or talk to the team.