Hiya guys

First of all i was thinking about an easy title but something didn't come out my head and i don't know if there is a post about it.

Since i know Keysellers website sell games for -5 to -90% i was wondering even i already spend money and start giveaway since yesterday > Which websites are tolerated or recommended by SteamGifts for giveaway ? And tolerate by Steam

i have list who i can trust but i need your help to clarify for the other websites

site to know trusted website and got some voucher code (GMG voucher code isn't working or i miss something)
IsThereAnyDeal
gg.deals

Approved by Steamgifts:

  • Humble Bundle (Has Fees if you don't from US)
  • Indie Gala (Needs a rework)
  • Fanatical (BundleStars ancient name)
  • Amazon (sometimes find low price than others)

Approved by members

  • Green Man Gaming (official Keysellers)

  • GamersGate (Official Keysellers)

  • Voidu

  • CDkeys

  • Instant-Gaming

  • Groupees

  • WinGamesStore

  • Gamesplanet

  • Gamesbillet

  • Direct2Drive

  • Daily Indie Game

  • 2Game

  • DLGamer

  • Opium Pulses

  • Allyouplay
    Untrusted by members:

  • HRK

  • G2a

  • G2play

  • Kinguin

  • Gamivo

  • Gaming Dragons

  • Games Rocket
    Ceased to sell / Vanished

  • Chrono.gg

  • GoGoBundle / OtakuBundle

Still waiting for approval by Steamgifts: (needs more feedback)

So as you can see i didn't list all of Website who sell games' keys.

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Kinguin is good
g2play is shyt

6 years ago
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updated

3 years ago
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GoGoBundle/OtakuBundle vanished.
Chrono.gg isn't selling anymore either.

And somehow funny that Kinguin/G2Play are listed differently, since they are the same.

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Yeah, I meant that they aren't selling games anymore.

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Green Man Gaming, Groupees, Gamesbillet, GamersGate, Voidu, WinGamesStore, Gamesplanet and HRK if I'm not mistaken are all okay.

G2A, Kinguin, Gamivo and any other grey market site like these aren't allowed on SG.

3 years ago
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What do you mean by "these are not allowed on SG"?

3 years ago
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Currently #14 under "User Content" in our Guidelines.

Reselling keys and links to reseller stores. Do not use our site to resell keys, and do not post offers from stores which allow third parties to resell their keys or gifts. For example, do not ask others if they are interested in buying your leftover keys from a recent bundle purchase, or link to keys for sale on sites such as Kinguin, G2A, or Eneba.

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Thanks for the clarification. You made it sound as if it was not allowed to gift keys bought from these stores, whereas nothing regarding this is in the guidelines.

3 years ago
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Right i updated the list again, thanks for the info

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That's interesting, where did they state this?

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Question, why is G2A not approved, but people approve of Kinguin and cdkeys?

3 years ago
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G2A has been proven to facilitate stolen keys, keys brought with stolen money, etc.

Kinguin was mentioned just above by a mod saying it's not allowed, which makes sense, it's a grey market site. CDkeys iirc is one of the better "technically grey" sites, which might be why it's allowed. Can't say I've personally heard of any issues from there.

3 years ago
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No, I understand the problems with G2A, I'm saying that I feel that Kinguin and CDKeys are shady as well.

3 years ago
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And you pay a fee if you stay inactive for a long moment

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I have bought a few keys from Gamivo (and shared some of them on Steamgifts as well) and never had a problem.
I would like to know if anyone here has had any problems with Gamivo, or their keys. Always thought it was a legit site..

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Is Greenman really official seller? I remember they were selling pre-order keys after game release few times

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Risks buying from grey market sites

Unknown source of the key

Majority of keys in the store do not come directly from the publisher. Read more
Obligatory payment fee at checkout

An extra fee will be added at checkout for all available payment methods. Read more
Marketplace

A marketplace is an eBay-like platform where multiple vendors sell their keys. Make sure you select a vendor with good reputation and many successful transactions. Read more
Cheap Microsoft Windows / Office keys

The store is reselling volume licenses or OEM keys for Microsoft Windows/ Microsoft Office. Avoid them at all cost. Read more
EU VAT added at checkout

The store will ask you about your country of origin at checkout. Once you select EU country, EU VAT will be added to the final price. Read more
Paid “buyer protection”

The store will charge you extra for the guarantee that the key works. If you opt out and there is a problem with your key, you might not get your money back. Read more
Best price is hidden

The store promotes more expensive offers, even though lower price is available if you scroll down. Read more
Selling Steam gifts

Trading Steam gifts is against T&C of Steam. Purchasing them from keyshops might put your Steam account at risk. Read more

source:https://gg.deals/

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An extra fee will be added at checkout for all available payment methods.

Tbh, although I don't like this practice because of the unexpected price bump, they're basically just being transparent about the outrageous fees sucked in by payment processors...

The store is reselling volume licenses or OEM keys for Microsoft Windows/ Microsoft Office. Avoid them at all cost.

Even big legit sites sell those... Windows licenses are so weird, and it seems Microsoft will tolerate anything as long as it means one more PC running their software...

The store will ask you about your country of origin at checkout. Once you select EU country, EU VAT will be added to the final price

That's actually the legal way to do it in EU. If they do indeed pay the VAT to the specified country. Which I wouldn't be so sure of, but who knows, maybe they're actually paying attention to following the law? They won't get the police knocking at their door for reselling keys, wouldn't be good for their business to have some local IRS giving the police a real reason to pay a visit 👀

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Trading Steam gifts is against T&C of Steam. Purchasing them from keyshops might put your Steam account at risk.

Fun fact - if STEAM had not made it possible you couldn´t even trade keys - so why don´t they just disable that part of their trading system ?
too many legal issues with past purchases maybe .. or is STEAM itself somehow profiting from the way things are.

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SteamGround doesn't seem to be legit. I contacted a few devs by email a few months ago asking if they knew their games were being sold there, and they didn't even know the site existed prior to that.

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