I have specialized in trading collectibles and other rare hard-to-value assets for over 4 years. During this time, I’ve learned the art of negotiation and making deals in a familiar market. I spent a lot of time studying potential clients’ inventories, how they spend money and buy things. And I have been doing that with the goal of targeting them to take on a bunch of highly profitable deals. It often requires good social skills, a deep understanding of the market, and strong negotiation ability.

I managed to transact around $425,000 in items, crypto and cash between Q1 2014 and Q2 2018.

Example trade: Asset Bundle to 141 EUR Trade 27.05.2022 (UNCUT)

May 27, 2022. CSGO Skin bundle in exchange for 141 EUR. Shorter trade session than the rest.

Example Trade: World No. 1 Rank Float Sale for 240 USD 24.07.2022 (UNCUT)

July 24, 2022. World’s #1 lowest float Bizon Chemical Green sold for $240 cash. ~90% profit margin from an old 2016 investment.

Example trade: From a virtual item to $1850 BTC 29.8.2019 (UNCUT)

August 29, 2019. AUG CSGO Skin in exchange for $1850 (XBT). Profit made: ~$1150 Investment dates back to Q4 2015.

Be advised; mild language and slight cringeworthiness.

Example trade: Live ~$90 BTC Trade 26.10.2020 (Discussion Included)

October 26, 2020. Extensive discussion included and the video was minimally edited. CSGO Skin in exchange for around $90. Profit made: ~$50 Investment dates back to Q2 2017.

Here you can see a part of my transaction record showing a typical flow, cashing into commodities (keys in this case) followed by a series of cash sales leading to a profit.

Long term investments take a while and often carry a higher risk and reward. The August 24th sale here comprises of items dating back to the same investment as that the item sold years later in the above video. The investment yielded lower profit margins, however.

AWP skin investment (Q4 2015): $1000

AK skin (Q4 2015): $550

Return on both (August 24th, 2017): ~$2000

Vs.

AUG skin investment (Q4 2015): $700

Return on AUG (August 29th, 2019): $1850

I’ve had the pleasure of working with a US-based organization consisting of nice people in the same synthetic economy I was in, founded by two friends of mine named Michael “Prime” Lacey and Dan “schmed” Schmedlin. I’ve spent just over 2 years in the organization, joining in 2016 as a Junior Moderator and made my way up the chain.

We had a goal of giving space for traders to advertise their goods and maintaining a healthy environment for the people to conduct their trading activities on our server with a peace of mind.

As an administrator, I had full control of the servers and was kicking/banning users causing harm to the server environment along with those who exhibit disruptive and rude behavior. I have worked on protecting and advising users against potential scam methods, especially when it comes down to cash trading. With sufficient evidence of scam attempts, I filed reports against scammers and have contributed to issuing verdicts to other scam reports as well. I have also had a major role in ensuring that our staff maintained a strict 24/7 moderation coverage by coordinating with members of different divisions covering different timezones, enforcing a strict boots-on-ground around the clock approach.

I have handled a intra-organizational issues throughout my time as the head administrator, including a verbal harassment case involving a member of the organization, which resulted in the administration urgently releasing public statements on behalf of the organization regarding the staff member’s behavior as means of damage control, in addition to taking the appropriate measures to ensure that such mishaps would never occur in the future.

Moreover, I’ve organized Community Nights for the staff members of the organization in order to facilitate a great chemistry between us. We sometimes invited our top patrons of the server into the events too. During my time in this position, I’ve made a couple of friends from my time moderating the server, as we had over 35,000 monthly visitors from people all over the world.

Unfortunately, the organization dissolved in early 2019, soon after I resigned. This was a result of a major hit the synthetic economy suffered, causing many traders to quit and affecting the network’s monthly visitor counts down the road, disrupting the revenue stream as a result.