This is my first guide on steemit. This one will will list several ways to make money on steam.
1 / Create
-----A) Design
Designing things such as Profile Pictures, Artworks or more generally common steam editable things, is one of the best way to make money on steam.
But you have to pick the right type of Design skills, because there is alot of different designer, I am not gonna list them all here, but here is a quick list :
Graphic Designer,
Motion Designer,
Infographist,
Interior Designer,
Architectural Designer,
Digital Painter
etc...
Here, 2 are better than others : Graphic and Motion Designer.
Why ? Because we are on steam, people want design, they want cool logos, for their profiles, their teams, they want artwork, etc.. you won't get many customers if you are a Digital Painter for example. And you won't get any if you are an Architectural Designer.
What is good with Design, is that you can do it infinitly, there is customers, there is places to make your advertisement and there is reward.
Requirements :
-Photoshop, or something like Photoshop.
-Illustrator
Tips :
-Be good and THEN start selling, don't sell too fast.
-Be objective on your work, or you won't progress.
-Look at tutorials, but create by yourself, or you will only be able to create what already exists.
-Sharpen your inspiration, the more you search for ideas, the easier it will become.
-Be paid BEFORE the Design Creation is Started.
So, at the end ? Worth it !
-----B) CODE
Make a game on steam and earn lots of money ;) Or you can code something for someone
Requirements :
-None is particular !
A few tips :
-Start on simple language
-Start on game engine if you want to create games (UE, Unity etc..)
-Use Visual Scripting !
Worth it if you create a succesful game!
2 / Offer your services
-----A) Teaching
Teaching may be less popular, there is still a few persons (and proportionally to steam there is a lot) that will contact you.
You should go for a CS GO (as always, most popular), other popular games on steam or Design Teaching.
Teaching requirements :
-Be patient
-Be good
-Know more things than tutorials on Youtube
And now, a few tips :
-Teach basic things
-Try to teach multiple people at the same time
So at the end ? Worth it !
3 / Trade
-----A) Steam Items
Trading Steam Items isn't very popular, good or bad things, there's alot of items you can deal with :
-Backgrounds
-Card
-Emoticons and Gems.
Steam Items Trading Requirements :
-Get a Budget
-Get a way to find people
-Control the market
-Be the cheapest
And now a few tips :
-Advertise on appropriate forums !
-Go into groups dedicated to Trading
Takes alot of time for little profit
-----B) CS GO Skins / TF2 Items
Just the most popular way, without any doubt. You'll always find someone to trade with, then it's infinite.
Requirements:
-Few skins to start with
-Be active
-Get a nice profile, +rep etc.. so people trust you !
It might be hard to be sucessful, and by that I talk about 1000$+ / year. This is why I put a 3 of Difficulty.
Tips :
-Use keys as currency
-Buy low sell high
-Be careful with pattern and float
-Overpay if you downgrade your skin
So, at the end ? Worth it !
End of this guide !
This is the end of this guide !
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