So, you are admitting to wanting to scam people?
Those sites you just listed as known scam sites.

Buying a gift card from someone online other than the business the card is for should be a MASSIVE red flag.

So no, what you want to do is not a good idea.
It will only get you flagged as a scammer.

I don't think it's expressly prohibited (Valve wouldn't be able to enforce this prohibition), but if someone scams you by performing a charge-back after you send them the gift card(s), Valve isn't going to help you whatsoever because you performed your "trades" outside of their own, secure system.

Originally posted by HikariLight:

So, you are admitting to wanting to scam people?
Those sites you just listed as known scam sites.

Buying a gift card from someone online other than the business the card is for should be a MASSIVE red flag.

So no, what you want to do is not a good idea.
It will only get you flagged as a scammer.

No. I have no intention of cheating people. What I mean is whether I can still resell the gift cards I buy on my Steam account. First I ask, then I do, that's why I'm very careful and prefer to ask the community. Shoutgun was clearer.

Originally posted by Shotgun:

I don't think it's expressly prohibited (Valve wouldn't be able to enforce this prohibition), but if someone scams you by performing a charge-back after you send them the gift card(s), Valve isn't going to help you whatsoever because you performed your "trades" outside of their own, secure system.

An apt comment in terms of wanting to cheat me on the sites. I have never used them as a seller. But as far as the idea itself is concerned it is legal? I have no idea how in this matter I can ask the Steam service itself.

Originally posted by OGON:

Originally posted by Shotgun:

I don't think it's expressly prohibited (Valve wouldn't be able to enforce this prohibition), but if someone scams you by performing a charge-back after you send them the gift card(s), Valve isn't going to help you whatsoever because you performed your "trades" outside of their own, secure system.

An apt comment in terms of wanting to cheat me on the sites. I have never used them as a seller. But as far as the idea itself is concerned it is legal? I have no idea how in this matter I can ask the Steam service itself.

You are wanting to wanting to use Steam's services for digital gift cards for personal commercial activity.
That is against Steam ToS.

So, no you shouldn't do it.
If someone wants a Steam gift card, they need to buy it themselves via legit sources.
Not use scam sites and shady people using said scam sites.

Originally posted by OGON:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

So, you are admitting to wanting to scam people?
Those sites you just listed as known scam sites.

Buying a gift card from someone online other than the business the card is for should be a MASSIVE red flag.

So no, what you want to do is not a good idea.
It will only get you flagged as a scammer.

No. I have no intention of cheating people. What I mean is whether I can still resell the gift cards I buy on my Steam account. First I ask, then I do, that's why I'm very careful and prefer to ask the community. Shoutgun was clearer.

Using one's account for commercial purposes is indeed against Steam ToS, and can lead to the account being locked.

Originally posted by OGON:

An apt comment in terms of wanting to cheat me on the sites. I have never used them as a seller. But as far as the idea itself is concerned it is legal? I have no idea how in this matter I can ask the Steam service itself.

You'd have to ask support for clarity (and I have a feeling they'll give you a canned answer of "don't do it just to be safe"), but I personally don't see this as any different from simply gifting someone a gift card. You buy one in the Steam interface and send it to one of your friends; what you get in return should be irrelevant to Steam because your transaction is considered as a gift regardless.

For example, if you buy a $50 gift card for your teenage neighbor in exchange for the promise that they'll mow your lawn next week, in Valve's eyes, you're still making a gift. If your neighbor ends up not mowing your lawn, too bad, you're still out of that money. There's no way for Valve to authenticate the promise that was made, and as such they wouldn't care about it, considering your transaction to be a gift, just like the name of the system ("gift card") implies. As long as you yourself aren't engaging in fraud on their platform (such as by using stolen credit cards for payment), they shouldn't care.

Edit: and as others have said, the commercial activity clause. You can make the argument that you're only helping out friends to get games until they get the money to pay you back, but I wouldn't bank on them caring for the explanation you use. If they detect suspicious activity on your account, it will likely get restricted.

Originally posted by Shotgun:

Originally posted by OGON:

An apt comment in terms of wanting to cheat me on the sites. I have never used them as a seller. But as far as the idea itself is concerned it is legal? I have no idea how in this matter I can ask the Steam service itself.

You'd have to ask support for clarity (and I have a feeling they'll give you a canned answed of "don't do it just to be safe"), but I personally don't see this as any different from simply gifting someone a gift card. You buy one in the Steam interface and send it to one of your friends; what you get in return should be irrelevant to Steam because your transaction is considered as a gift regardless.

For example, if you buy a $50 gift card for your teenage neighbor in exchange for the promise that they'll mow your lawn next week, in Valve's eyes, you're still making a gift. If your neighbor ends up not mowing your lawn, too bad, you're still out of that money. There's no way for Valve to authenticate the promise that was made, and as such they wouldn't care about it, considering your transaction to be a gift, just like the name of the system ("gift card") implies. As long as you yourself aren't engaging in fraud on their platform (such as by using stolen credit cards for payment), they shouldn't care.

OP is wanting to sell digital steam gift cards on known scam sites.
They are wanting to take part in commercial activity with their account.
What they want to do is a violation of Steam's ToS.

Originally posted by Shotgun:

Originally posted by OGON:

An apt comment in terms of wanting to cheat me on the sites. I have never used them as a seller. But as far as the idea itself is concerned it is legal? I have no idea how in this matter I can ask the Steam service itself.

You'd have to ask support for clarity (and I have a feeling they'll give you a canned answed of "don't do it just to be safe"), but I personally don't see this as any different from simply gifting someone a gift card. You buy one in the Steam interface and send it to one of your friends; what you get in return should be irrelevant to Steam because your transaction is considered as a gift regardless.

For example, if you buy a $50 gift card for your teenage neighbor in exchange for the promise that they'll mow your lawn next week, in Valve's eyes, you're still making a gift. If your neighbor ends up not mowing your lawn, too bad, you're still out of that money. There's no way for Valve to authenticate the promise that was made, and as such they wouldn't care about it, considering your transaction to be a gift, just like the name of the system ("gift card") implies. As long as you yourself aren't engaging in fraud on their platform (such as by using stolen credit cards for payment), they shouldn't care.

I think OP intends to use currency differences to somehow profit via the selling of gift cards without taking into account exchange rates. "I bought this $10 USD gift card for xx of my funds, you can purchase it for xxx (higher rate) of my funds so you don't have to spend $10 USD!"


Either that or a method to bypass trade sanctions.

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Originally posted by Shotgun:

You'd have to ask support for clarity (and I have a feeling they'll give you a canned answed of "don't do it just to be safe"), but I personally don't see this as any different from simply gifting someone a gift card. You buy one in the Steam interface and send it to one of your friends; what you get in return should be irrelevant to Steam because your transaction is considered as a gift regardless.

For example, if you buy a $50 gift card for your teenage neighbor in exchange for the promise that they'll mow your lawn next week, in Valve's eyes, you're still making a gift. If your neighbor ends up not mowing your lawn, too bad, you're still out of that money. There's no way for Valve to authenticate the promise that was made, and as such they wouldn't care about it, considering your transaction to be a gift, just like the name of the system ("gift card") implies. As long as you yourself aren't engaging in fraud on their platform (such as by using stolen credit cards for payment), they shouldn't care.

OP is wanting to sell digital steam gift cards on known scam sites.
They are wanting to take part in commercial activity with their account.
What they want to do is a violation of Steam's ToS.

If it is incompatible with the regulamen I simply will not do it. Simple. I just wanted to ask the community.

Originally posted by OGON:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

OP is wanting to sell digital steam gift cards on known scam sites.
They are wanting to take part in commercial activity with their account.
What they want to do is a violation of Steam's ToS.

If it is incompatible with the regulamen I simply will not do it. Simple. I just wanted to ask the community.

To give you a straight answer - no, you cannot do it.

Originally posted by OGON:

Welcome guys! One issue can't give me a break. Can I buy gift cards on steam in my currency and then resell them on other sites on the net (g2a, kinguin type), is not this prohibited?

Thanks in advance!

Thank you ladies and gentlemen for your help. I have received the answer. Have a great day!

Originally posted by OGON:

GIFTCARDS

Welcome guys! One issue can't give me a break. Can I buy gift cards on steam in my currency and then resell them on other sites on the net (g2a, kinguin type), is not this prohibited?

Thanks in advance!

Simply put...

No.

Digital gift cards are sent directly to the recipient. There's no code number you could "resell".