CS2 Marketplace Fees: What the Percentage Leaves Out

One percentage, one base, one fixed charge

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Fee assumptions at your gross price

Fee-only scenarios; the sale-price field affects these rows, while the example percentage and fixed charge do not

Operator	Fee assumption	Remainder	Meaning and unresolved costs	Operator link
Steam Community Market	13.5%	$86.50	13.5% deducted from the buyer price. This is an approximation, not Steam's exact fee rule. Wallet proceeds cannot be cashed out.	Open Steam Market
Buff163	1.5%	$98.50	Estimated 1.5% seller fee.	Check BUFF163 availability
Skinport	8%	$92.00	Standard 8% scenario. The 18 July 2025 announcement also gives items over €1,000 a 6% tier and private sales 2%; this row keeps 8%.	Check Skinport’s listing terms
CSFloat	2–5%	$95.00 - $98.00	2–5% scenario. A 2021 announcement separates sale and withdrawal charges.	Compare exact items on CSFloat
Market.CSGO	5%	$95.00	Estimated 5% seller fee; payout costs are separate.	Inspect a Market.CSGO listing
DMarket	2–10%	$90.00 - $98.00	2–10% sale scenario. The 2 March 2026 operator page describes liquidity-dependent CS2 sale rates; a trade has a separate rate.	Check DMarket’s current quote
SkinBaron	15%	$85.00	Estimated 15% seller fee.	Open SkinBaron
Waxpeer	6%	$94.00	Estimated 6% seller fee.	Check Waxpeer’s order terms
Tradeit	5–20%	$80.00 - $95.00	5–20% Instant Sell scenario. Tradeit's 2 August 2026 guide says only Revenue balance is withdrawable and describes payout processing costs.	Price a Tradeit basket
Swap.gg	8–28%	$72.00 - $92.00	8–28% exchange estimate, not a cash-selling commission. Swap.gg's pricing help describes item valuations rather than one rate.	Check a Swap.gg exchange
Skinbid	5%	$95.00	Estimated 5% seller fee.	Open SkinBid
HaloSkins	5%	$95.00	Estimated 5% seller fee.	Open HaloSkins

Fee data date: 2026-05-30. This text was edited on 2026-10-10.

A lower selling percentage can still leave less money

Example: a $100 sale with a 5% commission leaves $95. If withdrawal then costs 2% of that balance, $93.10 remains before any fixed or conversion cost. The combined percentage loss is 1 − 0.95 × 0.98 = 6.9%, not 7%. Each rate needs its own base.

For one-stage entered costs of 5% plus $2, the example calculator instead gives $7 deductions and $93 remainder. It is a different model. An unknown withdrawal charge is an unfinished input, not an actual zero-cost payout.

1. Identify whether the displayed amount is a seller ask, buyer checkout total, immediate bid or internal exchange valuation.
2. Confirm the seller tier and conditions for this exact item. Check whether an advertised private-sale rate requires a separate workflow.
3. Find withdrawal percentage and base, fixed charge, currency conversion and recipient costs for an eligible destination.
4. Calculate each stage in order, then compare complete proceeds and likely execution at the real price.

Steam's buyer price is a different starting number

Steam's official FAQ separates its 5% transaction fee and the CS2 game's 10% fee, with minimum charges and rounding. Example: if the buyer pays $100 and both rates apply to the seller's item amount, the simplified inverse is $100 / 1.15 ≈ $86.96, rather than $85. The exact sell preview controls the real cents.

Our Steam row deducts 13.5% from a buyer price, producing $86.50 at $100. That is a planning approximation retained by the tool, not a replacement for Steam's formula. Its remainder is Steam Wallet credit; external cash rows cannot be compared as the same kind of payout.

Read a fee range as arithmetic

At a $100 gross price, a 2–10% fee leaves $90–$98 before other charges. Skinport's published tiers and DMarket's item-dependent rates show why the exact transaction matters.

Other rows are estimates. The Swap.gg row is an exchange estimate, so it is not equivalent to a cash-selling fee. Use the notes to see which costs are still missing, rather than sorting the displayed remainders into a universal ranking.

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