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How can I add balance?

Tradeit has two separate balances, and each one has a different job. Before you top up, it helps to know which balance you need, because they cannot be moved between each other.



Trade Balance

Trade Balance is a virtual currency you use to complete trades when your skin is worth less than the skin you want from Tradeit’s inventory. You can see it in the top-right corner of the trade page.

There are three ways to get Trade Balance:

  1. Complete challenges and win giveaways

  2. Add funds to your Trade Balance

  3. Trade a skin for a lower-value skin from Tradeit’s inventory

Store Balance

Store Balance is a virtual currency you use to buy skins outright from Tradeit’s inventory. You can see it in the top-right corner of the store page.

Important: Trade Balance and Store Balance are entirely separate wallets. You cannot transfer balance from one to the other, so always top up in the right place for what you want to do.

How to add balance

  1. Trade Balance — on the trade page, click the blue icon next to your balance (top-right).

  2. Store Balance — on the store page, click your balance (top-right); a top-up window opens.

  3. Choose your payment method and the amount you want to add, then confirm.

Some payment methods grant a bigger top-up bonus than others.

Which payment methods can I use?

We support a range of payment methods, and the options you see depend on your region:

  • Cards — Visa and Mastercard

  • Crypto — pay with your preferred cryptocurrency

  • Pix — instant payments in Brazil

  • Link — fast one-click checkout, powered by Stripe

  • iDEAL — bank payments in the Netherlands

  • Kinguin Gift Card — redeem a Kinguin gift card

  • SBP — the Faster Payments System (СБП) in Russia

  • and more

Topped up but no balance yet?

Give it a moment — most payments land quickly. If your balance still hasn’t appeared, see I have made a payment. Why haven’t I received the balance yet?

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