Recently, gamers from Russia have had some difficulties with replenishing their account on Steam, which is why many users have decided that the platform in the country, so to speak, has died. In fact, everything is completely different – you can replenish your account on Steam in Russia, it’s just that now the process is a little more complicated. You cannot go to your profile, select the required amount and debit it from your card, but if you spend five to ten minutes, the desired amount will still appear on your account. Yes, in some cases you will have to pay a little more because of the commission, but the situation is still not a stalemate, and this is the most important thing.
Replenishment of the Steam account through MTS Bank
Not everyone knows, but MTS Bank has a function to replenish an account on Steam, but only in a mobile application. Accordingly, you need to download it and enter your phone number, after which we link the account to the “State Services” and create a virtual card “Mir” (in this case, the system will also send 3% cashback). Next, in the main menu, you need to open the search and find the Steam platform. After that, you just need to enter the account login (not a nickname) and the required amount that you want to deposit to the wallet. As a result, the funds will be credited to the Steam account with a commission of approximately 5% – this is one of the most profitable ways, taking into account the cashback.
Replenishment of the Steam Wallet via WebMoney and WMZ
A very convenient way to replenish your wallet on Steam is provided by the WebMoney platform – you need to register on it through a website or mobile application, then link a phone number and take a selfie (this is necessary for system verification). After that, you need to add a wallet for the WMZ currency (dollars) and get a “Formal Passport” – just fill in your passport details (you can log in through the Passport Webmoney website through the “Gosuslugi” – it’s faster that way). After that, it will be possible to replenish the wallet from absolutely any Visa or Mastercard with a commission of up to 3.5%.
After that, you need to go to the “Payments” item, find “Games” and the Steam platform there. In the window that opens, enter the account login (do not confuse it with a nickname) and the amount of replenishment in dollars (dollars are indicated on the WMZ account). As a result, with a commission of 1%, the funds will be credited to the Steam account without double conversion – dollars from WebMoney are converted into rubles one-time. And this is perhaps one of the most convenient ways, plus the commission is ultimately much less than on third-party replenishment sites.
QIWI, tenge and Kazakhstan
A very popular, but not the most profitable way to replenish. You need to register in the QIWI payment system by phone number, and then link your account on the Gosuslug website. After that, you need to open an additional account, since we do not need a standard ruble account, and select Kazakhstani tenge there. Now you need to go to “Account Management” and make the account in tenge the main one. Next, a very important point – when replenishing a QIWI account from your credit card, you must definitely select an account in tenge, otherwise the money will go to a ruble account and then you will have to transfer this amount for a long time.
When the credited amount has reached the account in tenge, you can click on the search bar and enter Steam there – Steam will appear in the results marked “Kazakhstan”. Everything is extremely simple here – you need to enter your account login on the Valve platform, after which the money will be in your wallet within five minutes. True, it is worth immediately clarifying that in this scenario, Steam uses a double currency conversion – first from tenge to dollars, and then from dollars to rubles on the account account. Accordingly, for every thousand rubles, the user loses about 150 rubles (15%) – not to say that it is critical, but this point should be taken into account.
Direct replenishment of the account by online platforms
There are third-party services that provide the function of direct replenishment of the user’s account – these can be both more or less well-known sites, and marketplaces where services are provided by third-party users. Such services work quite actively, but their commission is simply huge (up to 60%), plus you should always look at the seller’s reviews, his rating and the number of transactions. You can use the services of these services only if all of the above options do not suit you for some reason, and you need money on your Steam wallet very, very urgently.
Marketplace and selling items
This is perhaps the most difficult and most unfavorable in terms of commission method of replenishing an account, which should be used only if all the others are not suitable. The fact is that although it is impossible to replenish a wallet on Steam from a card, no one forbids trading items on the “Marketplace” of the platform – the money from the sale is sent directly to the user’s account, and they can be spent on buying games. And if you don’t have anything substantial in your inventory that can be sold, don’t lose heart. There are third-party sites where the same items are traded and, most importantly, replenishment works from any card. You buy something valuable, then resell it on the “Marketplace” and that’s it, the money is in the account.
Not so scary for the wallet
In the end, the situation, of course, became a little more complicated, because you have to do noticeably more gestures, but not so much that you delete Steam and switch to pirated games or completely abandon this type of entertainment. If you wish and with minimal skills, you can replenish your account in just ten minutes, so there will be no problems with buying fresh and not very releases. And, most importantly, it is much more reasonable than creating an account in a different region with a VPN, and then buying games at European prices instead of the lower regional prices in Russia.
Source: Trash Box
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