Sales & volume

How to Get CS2 Sale Volume and Supply Data

Listing count ≠ sale volume. CSPriceAPI exposes active listing count on price endpoints and completed sales via /v1/market-sales/search — use both, never confuse them.

Quick start

Copy-paste curl example

Authenticate with your Bearer API key. Full reference in the API docs and data coverage.

curl -s -X POST "https://api.cspriceapi.com/v1/prices/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"items":["AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)"],"markets":"youpin,buff163,skinport,csfloat,market-csgo"}'

Overview

Three different numbers

MetricWhat it measuresEndpoint
Listing countActive seller listings right nowcount on /v1/prices/latest
Completed salesTrades that actually happened/v1/market-sales/search
Bulk sales exportLast 24h sales dump/v1/market-sales/export

A skin can show count: 500 listings and zero sales today — still liquid-looking but stale. Conversely, sales can spike while listings drop (inventory absorbed).

Guide

Listing counts (liquidity proxy)

curl -s -X POST "https://api.cspriceapi.com/v1/prices/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"items":["AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)"],"markets":"youpin,buff163,skinport,csfloat,market-csgo"}'

Use count to:

  • Filter bots (count >= 10)
  • Weight fair value confidence
  • Spot fake arbs (1 listing at weird price)

Market.CSGO is notable for sales-count fields on listings where available — see Market.CSGO API.

Guide

Completed sales search

curl -s "https://api.cspriceapi.com/v1/market-sales/search?market_hash_name=AK-47%20%7C%20Redline%20(Field-Tested)" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Use sales to:

  • Confirm listing prices trade in reality
  • Detect manipulation (low sales at inflated ask)
  • Build volume dashboards

Product overview: Sales Data.

Guide

Bulk export (24h)

curl -s "https://api.cspriceapi.com/v1/market-sales/export" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

For ETL pipelines, analytics warehouses, and market-wide volume studies.

Guide

YouPin as volume leader

YouPin898 drives the highest transaction volume in CS2. When measuring "market activity":

  1. Start with YouPin + BUFF listing counts and sales.
  2. Add Western markets for retail layer.
  3. Report per-market — do not sum CNY and USD counts without conversion context.

Guide

Worked example: misleading listing count

MarketAskcount
DMarket$451
CSFloat$52340

DMarket "cheapest" ask is one listing — not a liquid market. A volume-aware bot skips count < 5.

Guide

Supply vs demand narrative

  • Rising listings + falling sales → supply glut, bearish
  • Falling listings + rising sales → absorption, bullish
  • Requires time series — combine daily history + daily sales aggregates

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