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Everything a bot owner needs, step by step. Listing a bot is free; these keep its numbers current and its customers coming.
Owners of Steam botsList your Steam bot for freeAdd a level up, gem or trading bot to the list, prove it is yours with the bot's own Steam sign in, and go live once a person has read it.Read guide
Owners of listed botsKeep your listing updated with the SteamTradeX ReporterRuns next to a bot whose script cannot report to us (the levelup-bot script, for one). Sends rates, stock and max level. About 10 minutes, no changes to the bot.Read guide
Owners who run their own scriptListing API: update your bot's rates automaticallyThe free Listing API a listed bot calls to keep its own rates and stock current, in our format or the one other bot lists use.Read guide
Owners of listed botsFeature your bot at the top of the listPut a listed bot in the Featured table above everybody else on its page, for 1 TF2 key a week, paid from your key bank.Read guide
Shops, groups and bot ownersAdvertise on the Steam bot listA 720 by 90 banner in one of six slots at the top of every bot list page. 1 TF2 key a week, and your first advert runs thirty days free.Read guide
Owners running our botSet up your Steam trading botThe Steam account your bot runs as, its shared and identity secrets, and every setting explained.Read guide
Anyone trading with Steam botsHow to buy TF2 keys safelyWhere to buy Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys, how to get them onto your Steam account without a trade hold, and the scams to stay away from.Read guide
Anyone levelling a Steam profileHow to level up your Steam account fastWhat a higher Steam level gets you, where XP comes from, and the fastest way up: card sets from a level up bot, crafted into badges.Read guide
Anyone with spare Steam itemsHow to sell Steam gems for TF2 keysTurn unwanted backgrounds and emoticons into gems, pack them into Sacks of Gems, and sell them to a gem bot for keys or for crypto.Read guide
Owners of level-up and gem botsUse the SteamTradeX Inventory API with your Steam botAdd the SteamTradeX Inventory API to the level-up or gem bot you already run, with one copy-paste command. No coding, about two minutes.Read guide
Bot owners and developersSteam inventory 429 Too Many Requests: how bots fix itWhy Steam refuses your bot's inventory reads, how much one address gets, and the fixes that stop it, from spacing reads to an inventory API.Read guide
Bot developersHow to read a Steam inventory for a trading botThe steamcommunity.com inventory endpoint, the JSON it sends, paging with start_assetid, status codes and a Node.js example.Read guide
Anyone levelling up on SteamHow Steam level up bots work, and how to pick oneWhat sets per key means, how a trade goes from !check to the offer, and how to pick a safe bot with a good rate and stock.Read guide
Anyone trading gems or keysSteam gem bots and TF2 key botsHow gem bots buy and sell Sacks of Gems for TF2 keys, how to read a rate and compare bots, and how to trade safely.Read guide
Bot owners running their own serverChoosing a VPS for a Steam trading botWhat a bot needs from a server: a stable IP, Linux, enough memory, time sync and security, and how to keep it online.Read guide
Owners running their own serverSelf-host your Steam trading botInstall our trading bot on your own Linux VPS with one command, answer a few questions and open its dashboard. Every step shows what you should see.Read guideQuestions about bots in general? Read the FAQ.