iTrade.gg

iTrade.gg is a bot-based CS2 (and Rust) skin trading site where you swap items from your Steam inventory for items in the bot inventory, with the difference settled in site credit. It suits traders who want fast, instant swaps and the lowest possible cut, not people who need to wire real cash to a bank account.

_Last updated: June 7, 2026._

_Fees and figures checked: June 2026. We track 22,781 live iTrade.gg listings and refresh prices regularly._

iTrade.gg at a glance

iTrade.gg has run for several years (the brand dates back to roughly 2019 to 2020), uses automated trade bots, and prices items with stickers and charms factored into the value. It is smaller than the giants of the space, which shows up as a thinner catalog, but the core mechanic is simple and the fee model is aggressive.

Fees and payouts

The headline that matters for sellers is the cut, and on the SkinWise-tracked seller trading fee, iTrade.gg sits at 0.0%. On a clean $100 sale you net about $100, with no percentage skimmed off the top of that transaction.

A fair word of caution, because trust is the point of this review: "0% trading fee" is not the same as "free value." Bot trading sites make money on the spread between what they pay for an item and what they charge for one. iTrade.gg leans on market-based pricing and overpay for good floats, stickers and charms, but converting skins to the lowest cash-equivalent value still carries the usual trading-site haircut. Judge the deal item by item, not on the fee line alone.

Payout method and speed. Payouts here are trade credit, used to pull skins out of the bot inventory. Because trades are bot-to-Steam offers, the transfer is fast once you accept on Steam, often within seconds to minutes. There is no fiat queue to wait in, so there is no slow cash-out under load to worry about. If your goal is real money in a bank account, this is the wrong tool, and a cash marketplace like Skinport or CSFloat fits better. Compare both routes on our all-markets page.

Is iTrade.gg legit and safe?

Short answer: yes, it is a legitimate trading site, and the risk profile is low for what it actually does. Here is the evidence, weighed the way I weigh any marketplace.

Track record. The platform has been live for several years, which matters in a space where scam clones appear and vanish in months. A multi-year history with steady traffic is a genuine positive signal, not proof of perfection.

Reputation. Public reviews skew strongly positive. iTrade.gg holds a Trustpilot score around 4.8 across roughly 125 reviews, with repeated praise for fast trades, low fees and responsive support. I read that as encouraging but not overwhelming: a few hundred reviews is a smaller sample than the household-name markets carry, so weight it accordingly.

Account security. Login is through Steam OpenID, so iTrade.gg never sees or stores your Steam password. To trade you need the Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator active (Steam requires it to have been on for at least seven days for instant trades). That is solid, but be honest about what it is: your protection rests on Steam Guard and your own vigilance, not a separate marketplace 2FA layer. Keep the authenticator on your phone, never disable it for "faster" trades, and treat anyone who asks you to as a scammer.

Escrow and buyer protection. This is bot trading, so items move through Steam's native trade-offer system. You see exactly what you give and what you get before you click accept, and trades are final once confirmed. There is no holding of your cash on a balance waiting for a withdrawal, which removes a whole category of payout risk. The flip side is that a confirmed Steam trade cannot be reversed, so the burden is on you to check the offer.

Disputes and support. Support is reachable by live chat, email and Discord, and reviewers describe quick, human responses. In at least one case the team flagged a bad trade beforehand and refunded after a user-side mistake, which is better than I expect from a faceless bot site. That said, chat-and-Discord support is normal here, so do not expect formal arbitration.

How to buy and sell on iTrade.gg

To buy or swap into a skin: 1. Click "Sign in with Steam" and authorize through Steam's own login page. 2. Add a valid Steam Trade URL and confirm your email address. 3. Make sure the Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator has been active for at least seven days. 4. Browse the bot inventory, pick the skins you want, and let credit cover any difference. 5. Confirm, then accept the bot's trade offer in Steam after checking every item.

To sell or trade away skins: 1. Sign in and open your inventory on the left side of the trade screen. 2. Select the skins you want to trade away and review the value shown. 3. Choose items from the bot inventory to receive, or bank the difference as trade credit. 4. Confirm the trade and accept the Steam offer. 5. Double-check the incoming and outgoing items match before you approve.

How iTrade.gg compares

The pitch is fees, and on the seller fee line iTrade.gg is genuinely aggressive. Steam's Community Market quietly takes a cut of roughly 15% on a sale, and you can never move that money off Steam. Cash marketplaces sit in the middle, charging a seller fee but letting you withdraw real money. iTrade.gg drops the trading fee to zero but keeps you inside the skin-and-credit loop.

Those figures are approximate and the comparison is not apples to apples: Steam keeps you locked in, Skinport and CSFloat pay real cash, and iTrade.gg pays in skins and credit. If a cash payout is the priority, read our Skinport review and CSFloat review. If you want fast swap-style trading, the closer comparisons are sites like SkinsMonkey, Swap.gg, CS.Deals and CS.TRADE. You can line them all up on the markets page or hunt the widest price gaps on our deals page.

FAQ

Is iTrade.gg legit? Yes. It has operated for several years, carries a Trustpilot score around 4.8 across roughly 125 reviews, uses Steam OpenID login so your password is never stored, and settles trades through Steam's own offer system. It is a legitimate trading site, with the honest caveat that it deals in skins and credit rather than cash withdrawals.

How long do iTrade.gg payouts take? Fast, because payouts are trade credit and skins rather than fiat. Once you confirm and accept the bot's Steam trade offer, the items move in seconds to minutes. There is no cash withdrawal queue, so there is no slow bank payout to wait on.

What are iTrade.gg's fees? The seller trading fee SkinWise tracks is 0.0%, so a $100 sale nets about $100 on that transaction. Remember that bot sites also earn on the buy and sell spread, so check each item's value rather than judging on the fee line alone.

Can I withdraw real cash from iTrade.gg? No. The payout method is trade credit, used to pull skins from the bot inventory. If you need money in a bank account or PayPal, use a cash marketplace such as Skinport or CSFloat instead.

Is it safe to buy and sell on iTrade.gg? For trading, yes, the risk is low. Login goes through Steam, trades clear through Steam's native system, and you approve every offer. The biggest real-world risk is fake lookalike domains and spoofed trade offers, so confirm you are on itrade.gg and that the bot offer matches what the site shows.

Is iTrade.gg cheaper than the Steam Community Market? On fees, yes. Steam takes roughly 15% on a sale and locks the proceeds inside Steam, while iTrade.gg's tracked seller trading fee is 0.0% and you can swap into different skins. Whether you come out ahead overall depends on the per-item pricing, so compare values before you trade.

Does iTrade.gg require KYC or ID verification? Because it pays in trade credit and skins rather than fiat, there is no cash-out KYC or AML step like a money marketplace would have. Your identity tie-in is your Steam account and Steam Guard, which is why keeping the mobile authenticator active matters.

Why is the iTrade.gg inventory smaller than other sites? It is a smaller, more focused platform, so the bot inventory carries fewer items than the largest marketplaces. Reviewers note this as the main trade-off, alongside the strong fees and support.

The bottom line

iTrade.gg earns a clean pass for what it is: a legitimate, low-fee, instant skin-trading hub with a real track record and sensible Steam-based security. The 0.0% seller trading fee is the genuine draw, and the trade-credit-only payout is the genuine limit. Know which one you need before you sign in. If you want to see whether a swap here actually beats the field, compare live prices across every marketplace in our price catalog and watch the biggest gaps on our deals page.

Sven, SkinWise