Why the Same Skin Has Ten Different Prices

Search any popular skin and you will find copies priced from twenty euro to two thousand. They are not the same item. Five variables account for nearly all of the spread.

1. Exterior and float

The biggest single factor for most skins. Factory New commands a premium over Minimal Wear, which commands one over Field-Tested. Inside each bracket, low floats cost more than high ones. A skin at 0.001 and the same skin at 0.069 are both Factory New and can differ by half again in price.

2. StatTrak

A kill counter typically doubles or triples the price of the same skin in the same condition. It is the second-largest factor and the easiest to filter out if you do not want it.

3. Pattern index

On Case Hardened, Doppler, Fade, Marble Fade and Crimson Web, the pattern decides most of the value. Two Factory New copies at identical floats can differ by a factor of ten purely on how the texture landed. This is why images matter more than numbers on those skins.

4. Souvenir status and stickers

Souvenir copies carry tournament stickers, and the value follows the stickers, not the gun. A common skin with a legendary player’s sticker from a legendary match is a collector item priced accordingly.

5. Supply and age

Cases leave active rotation, drops stop, and existing copies slowly disappear into trade-ups and abandoned accounts. Older skins tend to drift upward; freshly released ones fall as the market floods with new drops.

How to use this when shopping

Do not compare a listing against the cheapest example you can find anywhere — compare it against copies with the same exterior, same quality and a similar float. Our catalogue lets you filter all three at once, which turns a confusing spread into a short, sane list where the prices make sense.

And when a listing looks unusually cheap for its bracket, check the float and the images before assuming you have found a bargain. Usually the number is at the far end of the range.