How to get CS:GO stickers

Given the traditional summer rush for stickers, many people are beginning to wonder how to get stickers in CS:GO, what to do and how complicated it is.

And when you consider that in 2020 there were no particularly large tournaments due to the worldwide pandemic, the value of many stickers has skyrocketed. Take for example the recent pak from Operation «Split Net» and tournament «Katowice 2019» all three types. We talked about them in detail in another blog — we recommend to read.

If we talk about official methods, you can get stickers in CS GO in the following ways:

• buy a capsule on the Steam trading platform and open it yourself;

• take part in a paid operation;

• exchange with a friend through the game inventory.

Other standard options are not provided. If you found something similar on the Internet — think three times, and whether it is worth risking money, account and time.

Although there is one alternative, in which we are sure — our store of game values from CS GO. You might ask: «where are they?»because the section is completely clean. But if will regularly update the page, you can get a sticker at a discount of 30% off its market value.

Trading in Steam

Let's start with the standard way of getting CS:GO stickers through the trading platform. To use its services — go to your account and under «Community» select the appropriate item.

Next, highlight the Counter Strike: Global Offensive game and go to the advanced search settings, where you need to filter stickers by the following criteria:

• Collection (memorable date, Major Major, new operation);

• team (NAVI, HR, Titan);

• rarity (top class, notable, exotic, extraordinary, contraband);

• type (autograph, logo, tournament).

Filters are used as desired, but the narrower the search circle — the easier it is to select in the future.

Let's say you are interested in the latest CS20 collection, which was released as part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Counter Strike series.

In the general pool you can find both sealed capsule with stickers and already opened stickers.

Click on the capsule to see everything that can fall off of it, and at the same time a list of offers for sale.

Like the price — buy. If you're looking for a specific sticker from the — collection, it's cheaper to find a matching one. Let's say you're interested in the sticker «I'm too old». Price isn't bad, costs cheap, olds are happy — should take it. The purchasing procedure is the same as purchasing a capsule.

Please note: the more you purchase — the more expensive the final cost per unit. No fraud, more of a system to stabilize the market so someone doesn't buy a few thousand stickers in bulk. It's simple with the sale too: more thrown out — got less per piece. But got rid of the whole set at once, slightly reducing the overall degree of panic on the site. 

Rewards for the operation

We should immediately note that all operations in CS GO — are paid. We mean large-scale events like «Split the Net» with tons of plushies at the finish line. Let's not deny it: many people buy an event pass to recoup and cash in on rare skins, items, and stickers that won't drop anywhere else. Unless only on the sites then to look for at resellers or acquaintances.

As soon as you have fulfilled all conditions of the pass, you will receive a number of items (cases, agents, graffiti), including new stickers.

How to dispose of them in the future — everyone decides for himself. Many immediately ship them to Steam to recoup the cost of the transaction. The last one, for example, cost almost 1000 rubles, and was not very generous on decent skins, top agents and other plushies. 

Exchange

By and large, any movements related to third-party trading platforms are qualified in Steam as an exchange of goods from one inventory to another. Only if with friends and acquaintances everything happens mutually, with trading platforms — only after a preliminary transfer of a certain amount to the account. 

But it is necessary to fulfill several conditions beforehand. For example, open the inventory for public exchange (Inventory — Exchange offers — Who can send me exchange offers — edit privacy settings).

In this item, you need to set the settings that are shown in the screenshot below. In this way, you allow others to enter into trading relationships with you.

Just don't forget to make it mandatory to enable exchange confirmation.

There are a few nuances to this process:

Both participants must have their account linked to their smartphone and the confirmation system enabled. Otherwise, the transaction will be on hold for 72 hours;

If someone has restrictions on their account, including an inventory ban — transaction will not take place;

After each exchange, confirmation of the action is required via mail or phone (red tape, but not fatal).

If everything is fine, in the exchange field you'll see a picture something like this. It can be canceled at any time.

The trade is valid for exactly one week, after which it disappears if the other party has not confirmed the exchange.

Is

the game worth the candle

Does

it

make sense to seriously purchase stickers in huge quantities while they cost pennies? Practice shows that most of them have absolutely no value, and the average cost on trading sites does not exceed 5-7 rubles. The only winners here are investors who are able to initially buy 50-100 thousand without much damage to themselves. 

For those who also want to take a bite of their part of the pie, we have prepared an article about the most interesting stickers, which are definitely worth investing in.

 

Well, if you just want to decorate weapons — prepare 3-5 rubles, purchase through Steam and don't worry. There are plenty of groovy stickers on the trading floor, the selection is wide. And remember — they're disposable, you can't take them off. Unless you erase it manually. We talk about this in detail in another piece, which we also suggest you read.