{"id":134864,"date":"2023-02-08T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=134864"},"modified":"2023-02-13T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:00:22","slug":"csgo-skin-traders-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/02\/csgo-skin-traders-alliance","title":{"rendered":"Major CS:GO skin sites launch Skin Traders Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4119-large.jpg\" alt=\"Skin Trader Alliance\" class=\"wp-image-134883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4119-large.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4119-medium.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4119-medium_large.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4119.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Skin Trader Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fdd7b01\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Leading CS:GO skin trading sites <strong>CS.MONEY<\/strong>, <strong>CS.TRADE<\/strong> and <strong>Waxpeer<\/strong>, among others, have teamed up to establish the non-profit <strong>Skin Traders Alliance<\/strong> <strong>(STA)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fdd8162\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The Alliance will focus on making the market \u201csafe and secure for every user,\u201d according to a release.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-67d924fdd97ac\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-126456\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2022\/08\/valve-csgo-major-item-sales-70m\" target=\"_blank\">CS:GO teams, players earn $70m from in-game Major items in one year<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-81853\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2022\/04\/cs-money-named-skins-marketplace-sponsor-of-pinnacle-cup-iv\" target=\"_blank\">CS.MONEY named official skin trading platform sponsor of Pinnacle Cup IV<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-134354\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/01\/how-csgo-maintains-momentum-esport-game\" target=\"_blank\">How CS:GO maintains momentum as an esport and game<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fdda70a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>CS:GO trading scams have been rampant since Valve Corporation, the game\u2019s publisher, introduced weapon skins in the Arms Deal Update in 2013. Not only were players scamming other players, but phishing sites also appeared frequently.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fddad03\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The Skin Traders Alliance aims to create a safe and transparent space for sustainable market development, mainly through unstated cooperative and collaborative actions. It will develop security protocols, establish a comprehensive dialogue among trading sites, and strengthen connections within the market industry, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fddb2de\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Committed to its goal of maximum transparency, the Alliance will also publish market reports and focus on providing users with an overall positive experience with its services.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fddb86c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Signifying its global approach, the Alliance also lists NeshaStore and Lis-skins, Brazilian and Russian skin trading platforms respectively, among its founder members.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fddbe49\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>For the time being, the Skin Traders Alliance only includes well-known platforms as its founding members list, but expressed its goal of one day covering all skin trading platforms and bringing along the rest of the market.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/events\/esi-next-gen\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-large.png\" alt=\"ESI Next Gen\" class=\"wp-image-132619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-large.png 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-medium.png 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-medium_large.png 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ESINextGen-639349c33c7fa.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Esports Insider has teamed up with the University of Warwick for ESI Next Gen. To find out more, <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/events\/esi-next-gen\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/events\/esi-next-gen\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fddc50a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p><strong>Pavel Dunaev, CEO &amp; founder of CS.MONEY, <\/strong>told Esports Insider:&nbsp;&#8220;Skins and skins trading, alongside esports, have become an essential part of the CS:GO ecosystem that has formed around the game over the years. With the STA, we will be able to help that part to grow and mature for the mutual benefit of the whole CS:GO community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d924fddcacd\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Since its launch in 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/cs.money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CS.Money<\/a>, one STA&#8217;s founding members, has been involved with the CS:GO scene beyond the skin market,\u00a0 particularly within esports. The company has previously<a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2022\/04\/cs-money-named-skins-marketplace-sponsor-of-pinnacle-cup-iv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> teamed up with Pinnacle for its Pinnacle Cup<\/a> series and is a <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2022\/01\/blast-premier-cs-money-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long-term partner of BLAST Premier<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GamblingNewsSponsor_DataBet-Article2x-large.png\" alt=\"DATA BET (http:\/\/bit.ly\/3YpVooF)\" class=\"wp-image-134730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GamblingNewsSponsor_DataBet-Article2x-large.png 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GamblingNewsSponsor_DataBet-Article2x-medium.png 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GamblingNewsSponsor_DataBet-Article2x-medium_large.png 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GamblingNewsSponsor_DataBet-Article2x-1536x159.png 1536w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GamblingNewsSponsor_DataBet-Article2x.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Skin Trader Alliance Leading CS:GO skin trading sites CS.MONEY, CS.TRADE and Waxpeer, among others, have teamed up to establish the non-profit Skin Traders Alliance (STA). The Alliance will focus on making the market \u201csafe and secure for every user,\u201d according to a release. CS:GO trading scams have been rampant since Valve Corporation, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/02\/csgo-skin-traders-alliance\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":134883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","esi_template":"default","excluded":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,70,87,55,106,8713,8701],"tags":[8206,40,9955],"class_list":["post-134864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial","category-counter-strike","category-gambling","category-esports-titles","category-latest-news","category-partnerships-sponsorships","category-shooters","tag-cs-money","tag-esports","tag-esports-partnership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Major CS:GO skin sites launch Skin Traders Alliance - ESI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leading CS:GO skin trading sites have teamed up to establish the Skin Traders Alliance (STA), aiming to make skin-trading safer and more secure.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/02\/csgo-skin-traders-alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major CS:GO skin sites launch Skin Traders Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leading CS:GO skin trading sites have teamed up to establish the Skin Traders Alliance (STA), aiming to make skin-trading safer and more secure.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/02\/csgo-skin-traders-alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Esports Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-08T16:55:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-13T12:00:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4119.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hisham Almadani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/sho1wnl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@esportsinsider\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hisham Almadani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/02\/csgo-skin-traders-alliance#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/02\/csgo-skin-traders-alliance\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hisham Almadani\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c99774e5fcb402a898c9a199cadb2438\"},\"headline\":\"Major CS:GO skin sites launch Skin Traders Alliance\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-08T16:55:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-13T12:00:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/02\/csgo-skin-traders-alliance\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2023\/02\/csgo-skin-traders-alliance#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_4119.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CS.MONEY\",\"Esports\",\"Esports Partnership\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Commercial\",\"Counter-Strike\",\"Esports Betting &amp; 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