If you’re new to the Counter-Strike skins community, it can be hard to know where to sell your skins to get the best deal. It’s confusing, right? You sell on Steam, you only get Steam Wallet funds. Most CS2 skin sites usually allow you to sell and receive direct bank transfers, but there’s one area that is a bit of a blind spot for most: PayPal.
You may have noticed that it’s quite difficult to sell CS2 skins for PayPal cash, and there’s a reason for that. While PayPal claims to cover intangibles (digital goods) in its Buyer Protection service, previous comments from CS2 skin sites indicate that the company has been explicit about sales of in-game items on the service. In real terms, this makes it a dispute headache, and ultimately more trouble than it’s worth for even the most reputable CS2 skin trading sites.
So, how do you sell CS2 skins for PayPal? Let’s look at some ways you can do so and sell your Counter-Strike skins for real money.
Use one of the few CS2 skin selling sites that pay via PayPal
They’re few and far between, but sites that let you sell CS2 / CS:GO skins for PayPal do actually exist. One such site is SkinFlow, which pays out in PayPal with quick transactions. It’s important that with this option, you do your own research on the site you’re using before you commit to selling your CS2 / CS:GO skins for PayPal money. You can use sites like TrustPilot to make this easier, ensuring you’re selling your CS2 skins safely each time.
While I’d recommend selling on more reputable sites and selling your Counter-Strike skins for real money via bank transfer, it’s understandable that in some situations, using PayPal is a necessity. In this case, just do your due diligence to avoid getting scammed for your CS2 skins.
Sell your CS2 skins to your friends
This is the boring but sensible and consistent option, I’m afraid. If you really want to sell CS2 / CS:GO skins for PayPal cash, your best bet is selling to your friends. If you’re close enough to them that you know they won’t start a nonsense dispute via PayPal, then this will always be the safest way to sell CS2 skins on PayPal. Not everyone will have friends to sell to, and that’s always worth being aware of.
In these instances, you can sell CS2 skins for PayPal cash to other gamers online, but this of course comes with inherent risks of random disputes that won’t always go your way. To avoid this, you try to sell your skins on CS2 trading forums that have some form of reputation system, where you’re able to see who the trusted buyers and sellers are. This isn’t a foolproof way to sell CS2 skins for PayPal, but there are always ways to reduce your chances of getting scammed. As long as you’re super careful (especially with your most expensive CS2 skins), you should be fine selling online.
