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CS.Deals
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Multi-game marketplace for CS2, Rust, TF2 and Dota 2 that relaunched its site in 2026. Its fee page lists a 2% seller fee and 0% for buyers, and its terms name CS DEALS LTD, registered in Cyprus, as the operator. Withdrawal fees are not published per method, so check the withdrawal screen before you sell.
CS.Deals at a Glance
| Platform Type | P2P Marketplace |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Last seen online | 3 hours ago |
| Fees | 2% seller / 0% buyer; instant sell and item trades 0% |
| Cash-out | Bank account or crypto after a 7-day hold; withdrawal fees shown only at withdrawal |
| Trustpilot Rating | ★ 4.7 / 5 (471 reviews), checked Sep 29, 2026 |
| Payment Methods | Bank transfer, Crypto, Debit/credit card |
| Official Site | cs.deals |
What is CS.Deals?
CS.Deals is one of the older names in skin trading, and it has just been rebuilt. Its homepage says it has been trading since 2016, and the relaunched site covers CS2, Rust, TF2 and Dota 2 from one account: a peer-to-peer marketplace, an instant-sell option where you sell straight to the operator, item-for-item trading, and a documented public API. The operator named in its terms of service (last updated March 3, 2025) is CS DEALS LTD, a company registered in Cyprus under number HE489418 with an office in Limassol, and the terms are governed by Cyprus law.
That is a correction on our side. Earlier versions of this review described CS.Deals as run by a Finnish company. The current terms name only the Cyprus entity, so that is what we report. We re-read the operator's own pages on September 29, 2026, and everything in this review is dated to that read.
On Trustpilot, CS.Deals showed a 4.7 TrustScore across 471 reviews when we read the page on September 29, 2026, with 87% of reviews at five stars and 7% at one star. It is a small sample: Trustpilot counted 26 reviews in the previous 12 months and flags that the company has not invited reviews recently. The homepage puts the platform at 942K+ registered users and 153K+ listed items across all four games, 44K+ of them CS2. Those are the operator's own counts, not ours.
CS.Deals fees explained
CS.Deals publishes its fees on a single page. Read on September 29, 2026, it lists a 2% selling fee on the marketplace, taken from the seller after the item sells, and a 0% fee for the buyer. Instant sell is listed at a 0% selling fee and item-for-item trading at a 0% trading fee, both with prices 'shown as is'. On a $1,000 marketplace sale the commission is $20, where an 8% marketplace would take $80.
There is no loyalty tier on that page. Earlier versions of this review quoted a 1% rate for loyal sellers. The published fee page shows a flat 2% and nothing lower, so we have removed it. CSFloat publishes the same 2% seller fee with 0% for buyers, which means CS.Deals ties for the lowest published seller fee rather than beating it.
Zero percent on instant sell does not make it free money. You are selling to CS.Deals at the price it quotes, so the cost sits inside the quote rather than in a fee line. The comparison that matters is the instant-sell quote against what the same skin would net as a 2% marketplace listing.
The terms add one charge the fee page does not mention. After 365 days with no login, deposit, withdrawal, trade, sale, purchase or new listing, CS.Deals can delist your items, sell your on-site inventory at what it determines to be fair market value, and charge an inactivity fee of USD 10 per month against your balance. It sends one email notice first, and logging in resets the clock. The page also warns that fees can change at short notice, so check it before a large sale.
Payments & cash-out on CS.Deals
The homepage says sale proceeds can be withdrawn to a bank account or in cryptocurrency, and the API documentation lists BTC, LTC, ETH, USDC and SOL for crypto withdrawals. We found no mention of PayPal on any CS.Deals page we read on September 29, 2026, so PayPal is no longer listed here.
What a withdrawal costs is the part we could not pin down. The fee page shows a 0% withdraw fee, but it sits in the Instant Sell column rather than the Marketplace one. The terms say withdrawal methods, minimums and fees are shown at the time of withdrawal and can change. The API documentation says a crypto withdrawal has a platform fee deducted and then a network fee, and that each currency has a minimum, without stating any of the amounts. The 1.5% SEPA and 2% crypto figures this review used to quote do not appear on any current page, so they are removed. Until CS.Deals publishes per-method figures, our comparison tables show its payout fee as not published and its net proceeds as a best case.
Timing is clearer. The operator's own FAQ says that once a skin sells you wait 7 days for the trade reversal period to end before you can withdraw the proceeds. That is Valve's July 2025 Trade Protection window, and it applies across the market rather than only here. The same FAQ says a marketplace listing may take a few days to find a buyer, while instant sell pays immediately at the quoted price.
Two compliance points from the terms are worth knowing before you deposit. CS.Deals can ask for identity or source-of-funds verification at any time, and the account and balance stay frozen until you provide it. Under the refund policy, an unused card deposit can be refunded in full if you ask within 24 hours, and crypto deposits cannot be reversed.
Pros
- Published 2% seller fee with 0% for buyers
- 4.7★ Trustpilot (471 reviews)
- Named operator: CS DEALS LTD, Cyprus
- Public API and a published list of its trade bots
Cons
- Withdrawal fees are shown only at the point of withdrawal
- USD 10 monthly inactivity fee after 365 idle days
- Small review base: 26 Trustpilot reviews in the last 12 months
- Market filters are locked until you log in
Who CS.Deals is for
- Sellers who want a published 2% seller fee with no buyer fee
- Traders who want to cash out to a bank account or in crypto
- Anyone trading CS2, Rust, TF2 and Dota 2 items from one balance
- Bot operators and developers who want a documented public API
- Users who want a named, registered company behind the marketplace
Who should skip it
- You want withdrawal fees in writing before you sell, since they are shown only at withdrawal
- You need PayPal payouts, which we could not find listed
- You leave balances idle for a year or more, because an inactivity fee applies
- You put a premium on a large, recent review base
The Verdict
CS.Deals is a low-fee marketplace with a clearer paper trail than it used to have. The seller fee is a published 2% with nothing charged to buyers, the operator is a named Cyprus company, the bots are listed publicly, and the Trustpilot score was 4.7 across 471 reviews on September 29, 2026. The relaunched site is modern and quick to browse, which retires our old complaint about a dated interface.
The gaps are about disclosure. Withdrawal fees and minimums are not published per method, the review base is small and mostly older, and the terms give the operator wide discretion over holds, verification and inactive accounts. If you sell here, check the withdrawal screen before you list, and keep the account active. For the deepest buyer pool, pair it with Skinport or CSFloat and use CS.Deals where the 2% fee makes the difference.
Key Features
Payment Methods
Payment methods vary by region and account verification level. Check CS.Deals's website for your location's available options.
CS.Deals FAQ
- Is CS.Deals legit and safe?
- CS.Deals is operated by CS DEALS LTD, registered in Cyprus under number HE489418 according to its terms of service, and its homepage says it has been trading since 2016. It held a 4.7 Trustpilot score across 471 reviews when we checked on September 29, 2026. That review base is small, with 26 reviews in the previous 12 months, so weigh it accordingly.
- What are CS.Deals' fees?
- The CS.Deals fee page, read on September 29, 2026, lists a 2% selling fee on marketplace sales, 0% for buyers, 0% on instant sell and 0% on item trades. It shows no loyalty discount. Withdrawal fees are not published per method: the terms say they are shown at the time of withdrawal.
- How long does it take to cash out from CS.Deals?
- The operator's FAQ says you wait 7 days after a sale for the trade reversal period to end, then you can withdraw to a bank account or in crypto. A marketplace listing also has to find a buyer first, which the same FAQ says may take a few days. Instant sell skips the wait for a buyer by selling to CS.Deals at its quoted price.
- Does CS.Deals have a promo code?
- We found no public promo code. The registration form we viewed on September 29, 2026 asks for an email, username and password and has no code field. We did not go through checkout, so we cannot say whether one appears there. The footer links an Affiliates page that currently reads 'Coming Soon'.
- Who owns CS.Deals?
- The terms of service, last updated March 3, 2025, name CS DEALS LTD, a company registered in Cyprus under number HE489418 with an office in Limassol. Earlier versions of this review named a Finnish operator. No current CS.Deals page we read mentions one.
- Does CS.Deals charge an inactivity fee?
- Yes, according to its terms. After 365 days without any login, deposit, withdrawal, trade, sale, purchase or new listing, CS.Deals can charge USD 10 per month against your balance and sell items left in your on-site inventory. It sends one email notice first, and logging in resets the clock.
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How we compare trading sites
- Fees are read from the operator, not estimated.Every fee in the table comes from the platform’s own pricing or terms page. Where a site prices by spread rather than a stated percentage, we say so instead of inventing a number.
- Trustpilot scores are dated. Each one carries the day it was read, because a score quoted without a date is a claim about a moving number.
- We publish cash-out reality, not just the fee. The headline percentage matters less than whether you can get actual money out, how long it takes, and whether KYC is required — which is where most complaints in this category come from.
- Shut-down platforms keep their page. We do not quietly delete a marketplace that failed. Those pages stay as a record of what happened, because that is the most useful thing anyone can know about them.
- We earn commission on some links. Where a platform runs an affiliate programme and we are in it, our outbound links are affiliate links. It costs you nothing extra, and it is why the fee data is sourced and the negatives are published.
Staying safe when you trade skins
Fees are the thing people compare and theft is the thing that actually costs them. Almost every inventory lost in CS2 trading goes the same handful of ways, and none of them involve the marketplace itself being hacked.
- Never give anyone your Steam API key. A stolen API key lets an attacker silently cancel your real trade offers and substitute their own, so you confirm a trade that no longer goes where you think. Check your API key page and revoke any key you did not create yourself. No legitimate marketplace needs it.
- Read the trade confirmation, not the website. The Steam mobile confirmation is the only screen that tells the truth about what you are sending and to whom. Check the items and the recipient there every time, however trustworthy the site looked.
- Support will never DM you first.Impersonated “support” accounts on Steam and Discord are the most common approach in this category. Real support happens on the site you logged into, never in an unsolicited message.
- Check the domain before you sign in. Phishing sites clone marketplaces exactly and differ only in the URL. Type it yourself or use a bookmark; never sign in from a link someone sent you.
- Valve will not help you afterwards. Trades are final, Steam Support does not reverse them or restore items lost to a scam, and third-party sites are outside its remit entirely. Prevention is the whole of the cure here.