How to understand how much a skin should be worth
Imagine the situation: as a result of opening a case you have a remarkable skin in your hands, which promises you the opportunity to earn good money. But how do you figure out how much it's really worth selling for? The rarer the skin is found, the more difficult the valuation can be.
If we are talking about a popular skin for CS:GO, which is bought and sold often, it is possible to determine the optimal price without problems. It's enough to see how its price has changed over time – such data is available on the official trading platform Steam and on many third-party sites. Although the price can fluctuate even during the day, it is easy to understand how much users are willing to buy and sell a game item for.
In addition, by looking at the chart, you can try to guess how the price will change in the future. If you can see that recently it is growing, and you want to sell the skin right now, you can put the price a little higher than the average – most likely, and it will soon find a buyer.
How much do rare skins cost?
Knives, gloves and rare firearms skins are a bit more complicated. The problem is that these items don't come up for sale very often, which means it's also difficult to construct a reliable chart of price changes. To make a more conclusive prediction, you can compare the cost of several similar items or look at data on different sites. If you still don't know what price to put and the last sale was quite a while ago, you can raise that price by 10-15%. After all, it's better to lower the price if the skin can't be sold for a while than to miss out on possible profits.
What affects the price of a skin?
To refine your estimate, it's a good idea to keep in mind the factors that affect the price of a skin. These include:
- float value;
- for some skins – pattern-index;
- collection to which the skin belongs;
- rarity;
- presence of StatTrak counter.
The more rare a skin is, the more additional parameters affect its price. Sometimes a variant with a near-zero float value can cost several times more than an average quality gun. For ordinary skins the increase in cost even in times is not so significant – if the skin cost 10-20 rubles, and less shabby version – 40-60, the difference is not fundamental. Another thing is skins with initially high cost – . Here its change in several times can have a very significant effect.
StatTrak usually increases the cost of a skin by a factor of about two. A notable pattern-index also gives a noticeable increase in price, especially if the probability of getting the desired coloring is low. In addition, some skins from limited collections increase in price due to the fact that their quantity on the market is limited.
Thus, in order to sell the skin yourself and not to get too cheap, you will need to study the past statistics on this item and understand how its price has changed over time. If another player offers you a deal, consider it carefully before agreeing. In many cases, in order not to take additional risks, it is easier not to negotiate a deal with other players, and use the services of Lis-Skins – we are always ready to buy back skins and discuss individual terms for large deals and rare game items.