How to choose a subscription
4 min readPulse offers the following plans:
- π¨π»βπ Starter. Your current plan if this is the first time you have heard of Steam trading and have not run any trade cycles.
- π·ββοΈ Medium. A plan for beginners with a small trading bankroll. Unlocks a number of additional cool features.
- π€΅βPremium. A subscription for advanced traders who are ready to take this market!
Advantages of the different subscriptions
| Features | Starter subscription | Medium subscription | Premium subscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to the table | β | β | β |
| Sales history and charts | β | β | β |
| No ads shown | β | β | β |
| All sites available | β | β | β |
| Access to the LIVE feed | β | β | β |
| Working with items | Items up to $2 | Items up to $5 | No limits |
Sales charts in the Medium and Premium subscriptions
Lets you analyze the all-time sales chart of an item RIGHT IN PULSE without going to the site
Access to sites
The full list of supported sites and which subscriptions they are available with can be found HERE
LIVE FEED in Pulse
The LIVE Feed is a tool that lets you buy from a dozen sites at once, according to your settings, with the fastest update of item information.
More about this tool in WHAT IS THE LIVE FEED
What do the Medium and Premium subscriptions give?
- Private trading sites. On the starter subscription, access to such sites is limited, which directly affects bankroll turnover and the trader's earnings.
- Item analysis with charts right in the table. So you don't have to open every item via a hyperlink and view the item's sales on the site.
- A bigger pool of items by price. On the starter version of the subscription the table shows skins no more expensive than $2.
- Access to the Live Feed. A tool for searching items on several sites at the same time.
- No ads.
Why should you get a subscription?
The main thing to understand β I am not selling.
Fast parsing of items from a dozen sites requires expenses, which is exactly what the subscription covers. And you, in turn, get features after which YOU WILL NOT USE the FREE subscription.
But I can say with confidence β even the free version has sites that can give big profits. Just be ready to buy for a long time due to the skin price limits and to analyze sales charts not in the table, but on the site where you will sell.
And this video shows exactly one of those combinations, where the trade happens on a site with a free subscription for small bankrolls.
What to pay attention to when choosing a subscription?
Who Medium is for:
- A beginner in skin trading. Someone who already understands a thing or two and wants to expand their work by bringing PRIVATE sites into it.
- A beginner who is tired of buying. Over time your bankroll starts to grow, and turning the balance over with items up to $2 becomes unbearably slow.
Now, by switching to Medium, you get the ability to pick skins up to $5. This increases the number of profitable skins and the buying speed. - Anyone who wants to speed up item analysis without going to sites to evaluate a skin's price by the sales chart. In this subscription, charts and order books are already available right in the table!
Who Premium is for:
- Those who are so deep into trading that they are ready to work with several sites at the same time and instantly grab the most profitable items using the Live Feed.
- Users who are discovering a completely new kind of trading with expensive items. And along with that, speeding up their bankroll turnover and increasing profitability, because very profitable items can be found in the expensive segment.
My personal advice, without loud statements: "If you have already run 1-2-3 test trade cycles and understand trading a bit, try Medium and work with more expensive items. As soon as the subscription ends and you realize you want to move on β go for Premium. This subscription can pay for itself in 1 trade cycle."
And now, let's move directly to working with the table itself and figure out how to set it up!