Bitskins 2.0 Released - A Complete Overhaul
As the skins market started to grow in the early days of Counter-Strike, especially after the introduction of the Steam Community Market and Workshop, a few Online Third Party Marketplaces came onto the scene as first movers. Among these was BitSkins, which was founded in 2015 as an alternate online marketplace, offering users a range of benefits such as buying and selling their skins for a lower transaction fee compared to Steam, being able to inspect weapon floats in-game, the ability to withdraw funds to their bank accounts, among others.
In recent years, however, there has been a massive influx of new marketplaces vying for a piece of the pie, giving older ones a run for their money. This has resulted in even trusted sites like BitSkins witnessing drastic reductions in site visits and skin listings compared to a few years ago. In order to get back its former glory, the minds in charge over at BitSkins decided it was high time to make some drastic changes, and came with a plethora of overhauls to the site, aptly calling it Bitskins 2.0. In this article, we will be going over all these major changes to give you a better understanding of what to expect from the updated site and how to make the most of it.
A Completely New Design
If you visited the BitSkins site anytime in August, you would immediately have been taken aback by the User Interface, probably wondering if you had mistakenly stumbled upon a different one. The enhanced UI is the most apparent change that can be seen, and is a welcome change that was long overdue. Finding skins to purchase is now also much easier, owing to an improved filter interface that offers users to filter skins by type, price, float, etc, while the advanced features even let you look for any type of skin in a weapon family, such as dopplers, blue gems, or ones with specific stickers. on the other hand, if you are looking for a very specific type of skin, the sorting filters let you add various parameters which make it easy to get the exact thing you were looking for.
Besides the above, the site claims that users now enjoy faster speeds on a platform that provides more stability owing to better coding technology and has a lot more language and currency options to choose from as well, offering further convenience to users.
New Fee Structure and Payment Options
The fee structure has also undergone a change to make the site more competitive, making it multi-tier where the more you sell, the lower the fee you have to end up paying. New users will start out at Level 1, where the fee will range anywhere from 5-10%, with higher-priced items on the lower end of the scale. As your level progresses with more items sold, the fee will continue to decrease. For payment options, all the previous methods continue to exist with the addition of Binance Pay and Zen Pay, among others.
The API Is Now More Advanced
The API for BitSkins 2.0 has been completely redesigned to become the most advanced on the online CS2 skin scene, boasting of improved security through the use of Two Factor Authentication and other more advanced security features. According to the site, the API is available in various coding languages and uses a JSON input method, resulting in a better interface and improved safety.
Improved Affiliate System
BitSkins 2.0 has come up with a brilliant affiliate program that offers a range of benefits to its users. For one, if you are able to refer 10 people to the site, you open yourself up to a 10% share of the fees, which can even go up to 40%, which makes it the highest in comparison to any other marketplace.
You can also choose to sell your item through a private listing, which will incur half the regular fee, with the balance deposited to your account. This can later be withdrawn to a payment method of your choice, with numerous options at your disposal. Users wil also have the option to link their Telegram or Discord accounts with BitSkins, allowing them to receive notifications for things like sales, buy orders, deposits, etc, keeping you up to date on all your transactions.
The KYC has also undergone a change, with levels being introduced. New users start out at level 0 but can easily go up to the highest level of 2 by verifying certain personal information, and then providing proof of address. This will result in the ability of deposit and withdraw unlimited crypto and non-crypto amounts.
Buying and Selling on BitSkins 2.0
Buying and selling is now better than ever with BitSkins 2.0. The first step of course is to create your account, which is as simple as clicking on the Sign Up button, providing the age confirmation, and signing in with your Steam Profile for easy account creation. And if you already had an account on BitSkins, don’t worry, everything from your pending and listed items, balances and details have been transferred with the update.
One of the main quirks with the previous iteration of BitSkins was the lack of proper filters on the main page, which could only be accessed after clicking on the Advanced Search tab. This has now been fixed, making your experience of finding the skins you want to buy much easier. Once you’ve found the skin you want, simply add it to your cart, deposit the required balance from a wide range of available options by clicking on the wallet icon, and finally click on the Check Out button once you’re ready to make the purchase.
Selling your skins is similarly easy. Once you are logged in through your Steam Account, click on your profile icon on the top right which will open a drop-down menu. Select the Selling button from this menu and then press the CS2 Inventory button from the selling page which will list all the items in your inventory that don’t have a 7-day trade hold. Once you have selected the skins you want to sell, click on the sell button and you will get a trade from one of the BitSkins bots, which can be verified from the info provided by the site.
Concluding Remarks
So there you have it, BitSkins has managed to stay true to its years-old formula of providing a reliable platform for buying and selling your favorite Counter-Strike skins, and now with the release of its overhauled site, does it in an even more user-friendly and secure way. All the major issues users had been complaining about seem to have been addressed, so head on over to one of the best sites for your CS2 skins, and give it a go. If you want more information on the implemented changes, such as the payment options available, withdrawal options, and more, check out the detailed FAQ here.
