Steam Gift Card is one of the many gift cards that Nigerians can use on the Steam gaming site. Most times, it is just converted to cash in Naira.
The most popular Steam Gift cards bought online in the form of eCodes come in denominations such as $20, $50, and $100. These eCodes can be traded for cash or cryptocurrency.
These days, Gift Cards are becoming a universal medium of exchanging value online. It is faster, and can facilitate cross-border payment without any regulatory issue.
Many Nigerians today receive Steam Gift Cards as token from friends and family abroad, and there is huge demand to exchange or convert their Steam tokens for cash.
This post shows you how to do so.
Use Steam Gift Card to Buy Bitcoin & Other Crypto
The fastest way to convert your Steam gift card and get good value is to trade it for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. This is by far, the fastest and most value way to do so.
Simply log on to Paxful and find a crypto exchanger to trade with. The exchanger would indicate via their listing profile that they accept Steam gift cards as a means of payment.
Some of these crypto traders would prefer higher value Steam gift cards such as $50, $100 and $200.
All you have to do is make your choice of crypto, start the trade, send your Steam card code, and wait to be credit with the crypto value.
Sell Steam Gift Card on Game Forums
Game forums are much more than platforms to chatter about the latest gaming wonder or how Lara croft is getting older.
There are deals going on under the table, with Steam gift cards representing the biggest gaming token in the industry.
You could sell your Steam Gift card of any value on these forums by just asking people. Call it marketing, but it doesn’t matter as long as you are able to sell your gift card for cash.
Most people would be willing to pay you around 70% to 80% of the value of your Steam gift card, as long as it is legit. You could even increase your chances of making a sale by asking for less.
Once you broker a good deal for your Steam gift card, you can get paid via PayPal, Bitcoin, or other cryptos.
Exchange Steam Gift Card for other Gift Cards
Still on the gaming forums, instead of selling your Steam gift card outrightly, you could exchange it for other gift cards of your choice.
There are more than 50 gift cards you could exchange your Steam token for. Simply choose the one you can easily convert to Naira, and find a good deal worth brokering online.
To successfully do this, the value of the Steam gift card has to match the value of the other gift card. So, you have to deal with popular Steam tokens such as $50, $100 or $200.
Sell your Steam Gift Card on Glover
Looking to cash out as fast as possible?
Then just sell your Steam gift card on Glover. It takes less than 30 minutes do so. You can exchange any gift card value on Glover, from $25 and $50 up to $100, $200 and $500.
But note that the value you get would be significantly less than if you find a deal by yourself. Also, Glover requires that you verify your identity and input your BVN before you could use their platform.
If you are okay with that, then you can go ahead.
Sell your Steam Gift Card on Presmit
Presmit just like Glover is a cool and fast way to sell your Steam card online. You can trade any gift card value, from as low as $25 to $500.
However, the exchange rate is the problem.
These platforms are reseller, so they would usually “low-ball” you just to get a good deal for themselves. Sometimes, they could even pay as low as 40% of the value of your Steam gift card.
So, you can trade if you are comfortable with that.
This could be a sort of last resort where all other options fail, and you just need to cash out fast. It is also most likely that the gift card is a gift, so the rate wouldn’t anyways, as long as you are getting paid.