Skinport vs DMarket: fees, payouts and which is actually cheaper
A head-to-head on the things that move money: what each venue takes from a sale, what lands in your bank account, how long you wait to re-trade — and what our own live price feed says about where the same skin is cheaper.
What our price feed says
Cheaper to buy
Skinport has the lower asking price on 60.1% of shared items
Across the shared items, Skinport's ask is a median 4.74% below the other venue.
Better to sell
DMarket nets the seller more on 78.2% of shared items
After each venue's own seller fee and cash-out, DMarket leaves a median 11.29% more in hand.
Computed over the 5,072 CS2 items both Skinport and DMarket have a price for that is less than 48 hours old. Prices are FX-normalised to a single currency before comparison.
Based on the lowest listed asking price per venue, not on completed sales — an ask is what a seller wants, not proof someone paid it.
We currently track prices for 16,175 items on Skinport and 6,678 on DMarket. That is our coverage of each venue, not the size of its catalog.
Newest price in this sample: 2026-09-23 (UTC).
Fees side by side
| Fee | Skinport | DMarket |
|---|---|---|
| Seller fee | 12% | 5% |
| Cash-out (bank transfer) | 0.5% | 1% |
| You keep | 87.56% | 94.05% |
| Lists in | EUR | USD |
Seller and cash-out fees as published by each venue, transcribed into our fee model and last reviewed on 2026-04-01. They are not scraped live — check the venue's own fee page before a large trade. This is the same fee model our cross-market deals feed uses, so the numbers here and there always agree.
Worked example: what actually lands in your pocket
Both venues take a cut of the sale and again on the way out. This is the same arithmetic Skinport and DMarket apply, run on a sale price you choose.
Skinport
- Sale price
- $100.00
- Seller fee (12%)
- −$12.00
- Cash-out (0.5%)
- −$0.44
- You keep
- $87.56
DMarket
- Sale price
- $100.00
- Seller fee (5%)
- −$5.00
- Cash-out (1%)
- −$0.95
- You keep
- $94.05
After fees, DMarket leaves you 7.41% more in hand than Skinport — the same ratio at any sale price.
Fee percentages only. The two venues rarely price the same skin identically, so the sale price you can actually achieve differs too — that is what the price-feed comparison above measures. Taxes, currency conversion at your bank and any promotional fee discounts are not modelled.
Beyond fees
The fee gap is rarely the whole story. Trade holds, delivery and payout routes decide as many trades as the percentage does.
| What differs | Skinport | DMarket |
|---|---|---|
| Trade hold | None — tradable immediately | 7 days |
| Delivery | Bot escrow — the item moves to Skinport's bots first, so buyers receive it ready to re-trade. | Instant peer-to-peer trades plus a bot inventory, with a public trading API for automated flows. |
| Payout methods | VISA, Mastercard, PayPal, Bank transfer, Crypto | VISA, Mastercard, PayPal, Skrill, Crypto |
Which is better for whom
Neither venue wins outright — they are built for different traders. Pick the row that sounds like you.
Choose Skinport if you are…
- Sellers who want the highest sticker price and will accept a bigger cut
- Buyers who need an item tradable immediately, with no 7-day wait
- EU sellers cashing out to a SEPA bank account
Choose DMarket if you are…
- Traders who need reliable fills on popular items
- Anyone automating against a public trading API
- Sellers who want more cash-out routes, including crypto
Common questions
Does Skinport or DMarket charge the lower seller fee?
Skinport charges 12% and DMarket charges 5% on the seller side, as published by each venue and last reviewed on 2026-04-01. The lower percentage does not automatically mean more money in hand: cash-out fees and the price each venue's buyers actually pay both change the outcome.
Do items from Skinport and DMarket come with a trade hold?
Skinport: None — tradable immediately. DMarket: 7 days. A trade hold is Steam's own restriction on re-trading a freshly traded item; venues that deliver from their own bots can hand you an item that has already sat out its hold.
Is Skinport or DMarket cheaper for buying CS2 skins?
Skinport carries the lower asking price on 60.1% of the 5072 items we currently see priced on both. That is a comparison of listed asks, not completed sales, and it moves as both venues re-price.
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