I assume no responsibility in case something goes wrong... Check these prices yourself BEFORE committing your moo-la!

  1. Get 5 complete sets of CS:GO cards (LESS, if you already have badge levels there -- the maximum level is 5). Right now, this will cost you about $0.50, but I bet this will go up soon!
  2. Craft the badges. This will get you a Holiday card, an emoticon and a background. Right now, you can sell them for more than $0.50, or exchange them for gems if that is your thing.

I hope someone appreciates this info... :)

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You kinda ruined best way to earn money?

10 years ago
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But thats a + coz you are generous and not self-caring like me. Lol

10 years ago
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Nice little information, though I have level 5 already.
This may help.

10 years ago
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Wow, nice tool. Thank you!

10 years ago
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i only have 12 cents T_T and only 43 XP away from level 20

10 years ago
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Buy or create gems then bid on anything in the steam auction and then cancel your bid.

10 years ago
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and what will that do?

10 years ago
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It'll give you a 100xp badge for bidding on an item.

10 years ago
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nevermind, thanks ^^

10 years ago
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You're welcome congrats on reaching level 20

10 years ago
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it works thank you!
i bought the set for 0.75try and sold the card, emoticon and background total for ~0.95.
and repaeted 9 times (4 for me, 5 for my friend).

10 years ago
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There was a problem purchasing your item. The listing may have been removed. Refresh the page and try again.

goddamnit valve

10 years ago
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do you guys evem know why you keep leveling?

just curious

10 years ago
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Every 10 levels allows another showcase on your profile, plus epeen

10 years ago
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its like a drug for us ...

10 years ago
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I like numbers.

I would be lvl 222 already if steam support wouldn't get so harsh about game reselling which was (note the "was") my main income.

10 years ago
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It also increases your card drop rate every 10 levels or thereabouts. Granted, it probably ends up costing more to gain them than you make in additional trading cards, depending on how you do it.

10 years ago
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I only level up when i see profit on it .

For example, bought missing cards for some sets, spent like 0.30$ ~, and won a 0.50$ card from the steam holiday + backgrounds and icons that could turn to gems until i got 1000 that could sell in the market for more than 1$

The leveling up its just a plus

10 years ago
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There is an ancient prophecy that the fist one to reach level 1000 will be crowned as Gaben's heir.

10 years ago
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you craft a badge which cost you 0.50$ and u get a holiday card which is 0.20-0.30$ and an emotion/background which are 80 gem maybe.where is the profit?!

10 years ago
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Yeah I don't see how this adds up either.

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As of right now,what you spend:
Cs:go cards are easily buyable for 0.08(0.07 if you're patient) each. 5 cards each set,5 sets - need 25 cards in total,money wasted = 0.08 X 5 X 5 = $2.

What you get in return:
5 cards worth 0.23c each,5 emoticons worth 100 gems each,5 backgrounds worth 100 gems each.
Sell cards for 0.23*0.85 = $0.2 per card after tax,$1 total.
Craft all emoticons = 500 gems,craft all backgrounds = 500 gems,total 1000 gems = 1 sack.
Sell gem sack for $1.28 X 0.85 = $1.08 after tax.

Total $2 spent,$2.08 gained,Net gain: $.08,+500 XP.

Also note that sacks of gems appear to have a lower fee(~0.9,possibly exempt from developer fee? 0.875 precisely for this calculation,may just be a rounding problem),giving approximately $1.12. There's also a 5% chance of getting a foil instead of a regular card each time you craft a badge,for a total of 22.62190625% to craft at least one foil badge.

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I had level 1 badge already so I bought 4 sets for 0.7x5=0.35 each.
Money spent=$1.40
I got 4 sales cards which earned me 0.21 each.
Money from Sales card=$0.84
Used the 4 emotes and 4 backgrounds to create gems. At 100 gems each that's 800 gems.
Created a Sack Of Gems by adding 2 junk backgrounds.
Money from Sack Of Gems=$1.02
Total Money earned=$1.86
Profit=1.86-1.40=$0.46 along with 400 exp

10 years ago
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Never thought this way, crafted and I got ~0.1$ profit from it each level. And 500xp!

10 years ago
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What did you sell? For what price? to recoup the 50c on cards

10 years ago
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A Christmas card it self already about price of 3 CSGO cards, an Emoticon and a background each price of 1.5 CSGO cards. This is minimum price.

10 years ago
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thanks ^^

10 years ago
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Worked, +0.04 euros and +500 xp

Thanks!

10 years ago
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Don't forget, day one of the actual sales often sees a boost in the value of the holiday cards. Might be worth holding them until the 18th :)

10 years ago
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Possibility of voting to get cards and the eventual cards with every 10$+ purchases I hope.

10 years ago
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Thanks a lot! Really nice and simple idea

10 years ago
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why 5 sets only, cause it doesn't drop holiday cards anymore?

10 years ago
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Normal game badges max out at level 5, so unless you are crafting on an alt account, any further cards wouldn't be craftable.

10 years ago
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You can only craft 5 badges for any game.

10 years ago
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Got myself almost a dollar, so thanks :)

In addition, guys, you might want to break down all the CSGO wallpapers and emoticons, and sell them as a gem sack. They sell a lot faster!

10 years ago
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Thanks! Worked for me, I got 500xp plus 2 cents :)

10 years ago
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Thanks for sharing.

10 years ago
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Quick question, can I craft badges for games that I don't own or need to have that game in my library?

10 years ago
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Works without owning the game^^

10 years ago
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Thanks, gonna go try it out

10 years ago
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Maxed out CS:GO badge and got a few cents. Any other cheap badge with possible "profit"?

10 years ago
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Thanks, I thought 'why not' and actually just got a foil Holiday card while crafting CS:GO cards :D

10 years ago
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Lucky :D
I crafted 24 sets and not a single foil

10 years ago
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Is this still profitable?
It costs 0,35€ for me for the 5 cards :/

10 years ago
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I just made a little profit from this. See my previous comment for exact figures.

10 years ago
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A holiday card is worth 0,20€ (.18 without fees) and you can sell backgrounds and icons for 0,10€ (.08 without fees, it's worth .085 if you have enough gems to pack them into a 1000 sack), you can still be lucky and drop a foil. Otherwise that's just free XP.

10 years ago
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I was about to post this too, noticed it today while seeing what badge to craft.

10 years ago
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Is there any backgrounds/emoticons excluding cs go who gives 100 gems?

10 years ago
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last sales backgrounds.

10 years ago
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thanks :)

10 years ago
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dota2

10 years ago
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Thank you :)

10 years ago
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would this also work with portal1/2, l4d 1/2?

10 years ago
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I would really like to know too!

10 years ago
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Should work with all badges, but CSGO only needs 5 cards for the badge and they're pretty cheap which is why you can make a profit off em

10 years ago
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thanks

10 years ago
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yeah it won't work. And L4D2 items are 80 gems only. (portal 2 probably too)

10 years ago
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thanks

10 years ago
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Thanks! got 44 cents and 500xp

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