How to sell Rust skins

Most Rust skins are worth their store price and nothing more, because most come back to the item store. The seller's whole job is to know which of theirs have never been re-listed — those trade on scarcity — and to sell everything else as what it is. A cash sale pays below the Steam Market number, which is wallet funds; the difference is what wallet funds are worth in money.

What buyers ask first — and what the listing must say

• The skin's exact name and whether it has ever returned to the item store; buyers check the store history.
• The source if it matters — an early Twitch campaign, an event, a first-week store drop.
• Whether it is a single skin or a complete set; sets sell together, rarities alone.
• Trade status and a screenshot from the Steam inventory.

How the handover works

• The buyer's trade link appears on the order page after payment; you send the offer there.
• The buyer accepts and confirms; a purchased item is on hold for seven days on their side, not yours.
• No Rust ownership is needed to trade the skins.

Every order here runs through SmurfGuard escrow, in the same five steps:

1. The buyer pays. The money goes into SmurfGuard escrow — not to you, not to us.
2. The order appears in your seller cabinet at /seller/orders with everything the buyer gave: character name, trade link, or the access for a piloted order.
3. You hand over — in game, by trade offer, or with the account — and mark the order delivered on that page.
4. The buyer confirms. Your share moves to hold.
5. It stays on hold until the warranty window ends, then lands on your balance.

How to price it

• Run the store-history test first: in the store now, re-listed before, or never — that decides the tier.
• For never-re-listed skins price against the last cash buyer, not the last wallet sale.
• Bundle common door, box and bag skins; they are valued by the dozen.

Estimate a Rust item before you price it → · Live Rust account prices →

What can go wrong

• “Rare” in the title of a skin that was re-listed last month is a dispute; buyers check.
• The two skin-scam mistakes apply here as in CS2: never before payment, never to a link off the order page.

What you receive

The commission is 0%: you receive exactly the price you set — not the price minus a percentage, not the price minus a transaction fee, not the price minus a withdrawal charge. There is no listing fee, no monthly fee and no seller rank that unlocks a better rate later. The hold is not a fee either: it is what makes a buyer willing to pay a stranger before receiving anything, and it is released the moment the warranty window closes.

Every new listing goes through moderation before it reaches the storefront. The check is about the listing being accurate — the details above, stated plainly — not about you proving anything.

Seller ranks

Your store carries a rank badge — New, Rising, Top or Elite — computed from confirmed sales, rating and reviews, and recomputed after every sale and every review. It changes nothing about the fee, the hold or the warranty: it is what buyers see next to your name on every listing, and one of the ways they can sort a shelf. The thresholds are public: seller ranks.