In plain words: Lis-Skins buys CS2, Dota 2 and Rust skins from you for real money, and sells skins from its own stock. It is a shop, so you sell to the site, not to another player. It pays about 8% under market when it buys, and its prices for buyers sit close to CSFloat's. The rule to know before you put any money in: cash you deposit can only be spent on skins. Only money from selling skins can be withdrawn.
A shop with its own stock
Most big skin markets match players with each other. Lis-Skins trades from its own accounts instead. You sign in with Steam, it loads your inventory and quotes a price for each item, and its bot sends the trade. When you buy, the skin comes from its stock or, its FAQ says, from "partner marketplaces". Its terms call it "a reseller of virtual goods" and say it "is not related to online gambling".
It is one of the biggest sites in our traffic data, with about 7.4 million visits in August 2026.
Selling: about 8% under market
Our fee data puts Lis-Skins' instant sell at about 8% under market. Among the sites in that data that buy skins outright, only CS.MONEY and Skin-Land pay more:
| Instant sell | Under market |
|---|---|
| CS.MONEY | 5% |
| Skin-Land | 5.5% |
| Lis-Skins | 8% |
| Avan Market | 14% |
| DMarket | 20% |
| Tradeit | 23% |
A skin worth $100 on the market gets you roughly $92 here. Selling on the Steam Market costs 13%, and that money stays in your Steam Wallet. Lis-Skins pays out to a card or crypto. A player-to-player market like CSFloat charges less (2% to sell), but you wait for a buyer.
Two limits on what it pays. Its FAQ, in an archived copy from 3 January 2026, says it does not pay extra for float, stickers or pattern. A low-float or rare-pattern skin is worth more on a market where buyers can see those details. It also says it does not buy every skin and turns down items it has too many of or that sell slowly.
The 8-day wait, and why "instant payout" is small
Steam's Trade Protection lets the sender undo a CS2 trade for several days. Lis-Skins waits for that window to close before paying. Its FAQ says a sale pays out after 8 days if the skin is not pulled back. If you reverse the trade, the sale is cancelled, and Steam blocks your account from trading for 30 days.
There are two ways around the wait:
- Instant Sale credits your site balance at once, but only for buying CS2 skins on Lis-Skins. You can withdraw it after the 8 days.
- Instant Payout sends money straight out. You need KYC done (an ID check), at least $50 of past sales, and a sale inside your limit. The January 2026 FAQ sets that limit at 10% of all your past sales, capped at $250. With $50 of sales behind you, the limit is $5. A sale above the limit is not paid in part. All of it waits the 8 days.
For most new sellers, every payout waits the full 8 days.
Buying: close to CSFloat, well under Steam
We compared Lis-Skins' lowest listed prices with other markets for 15,821 skins priced $1 or more, using our price data from 24 October 2026. The median gap was 2.6% above CSFloat and 2% above Buff163. It was about 22% under the Steam Market, and cheaper than Steam on 89% of those skins. The gap with CSFloat grows with price: 1.4% for skins under $10, about 6% for skins over $1,000. So it is a good place to buy cheap skins, but check CSFloat before you buy a knife.
Items on a trade hold are sold too. You get a message when the skin can be traded. Its January 2026 FAQ then gives you 36 hours to create the trade and 5 hours to accept it in Steam, or the sale is cancelled and the money returns to your balance minus a 2% fee. Its rules say that if you reverse a trade after buying, the money is not refunded.
Money rules to read before you deposit
These come from Lis-Skins' terms (dated 1 November 2024, in an archived copy from 10 October 2025) and its FAQ. The live pages were behind a bot check when we tried on 25 October 2026, so the current versions may differ.
- Deposits can't come back out. Money you top up can only buy skins. It can't be withdrawn or moved to another account.
- The way in decides the way out. If you deposit crypto, you can't withdraw to a card, and the reverse.
- KYC to withdraw. The terms say you must send the documents it asks for before you can withdraw: an ID, and sometimes proof of address, bank statements or a selfie.
- Caps. Withdrawals are capped at 5,000 EUR a week and 15,000 EUR a month. The minimum withdrawal for CS2 is 3.5 USD.
- Chargebacks. Dispute a card payment and the account is suspended for 180 days.
- Payout methods. The FAQ lists bank cards, SBP (Russia's instant bank transfer) and crypto: USDT on BNB Smart Chain, ERC-20, TON and TRC-20, plus Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, BNB, Solana and USDC. It says the fee for each method is shown before you confirm, most payouts take 1 to 3 minutes, and card payouts can take up to 3 business days.
Who runs it
Lis-Skins has run since 2017, and its founder posts on X as Lis. The terms name the owner as In-Game Solutions PTE. LTD., a Singapore company at 135 Middle Road, under Singapore law. Its registration number, 202435257H, starts with 2024, which in Singapore's format is the year the company was registered. So the current company is newer than the site.
The site shows prices in roubles, hryvnia and tenge as well as dollars and euros. It pays out by SBP and, its how-it-works page says, YooMoney, and its FAQ cites Russian data law next to Singapore's. It was built for Russian-speaking players first.
What players complain about
Lis-Skins has 4.8 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 7,764 reviews. The Trustpilot link in the site's own code is set to show only the 5-star reviews, so keep that in mind if you arrive there from the site. The recent good reviews praise prices and quick trades.
The recent bad ones, from September 2026, are mostly about money stuck on the site:
- A seller waited the 7 days for a sale, then couldn't withdraw for two more days because of a "technical problem".
- A buyer topped up with USDT on BEP-20 to buy a knife. Three hours later the deposit hadn't arrived, the knife had sold, and the balance couldn't be withdrawn. That last part is the deposit rule above.
- A user sent 10 USDT on TON without the MEMO, the tag some crypto networks need to match a payment to your account. They say support wouldn't return it.
- One reviewer says the site doesn't explain instant sell properly.
We can't verify these.
Betrefs has no Lis-Skins code and no affiliate deal with it. Its FAQ says it offers no free bonuses, only a referral scheme that pays 2% of the sales of people you invite.
Should you use it?
Use Lis-Skins to turn ordinary CS2, Dota 2 or Rust skins into cash. It pays more than most instant buyers, and the money goes to a card or crypto. Plan on the 8-day wait and a KYC check. Sell rare floats and patterns elsewhere. When buying, only deposit what you will spend on skins, and compare expensive items with CSFloat first.