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No. There are no accounts, no signup and nothing to install. It is free to use, and every price links straight to the marketplace where you actually buy or sell.

How do I find the cheapest place to buy a Rust skin?

Search the skin, or open Best Deals, and ProjectCheap shows its lowest current price across every marketplace it tracks, next to all the others, with a click-through to buy.

How do I find the best place to sell my Rust skins?

Open Instant-Sell My Inventory and paste your Steam trade URL - it lists the best instant-sell payout for every item you own. Where to Sell is a shorter version that gives one clear answer per item.

Can I find Rust skins to flip for profit?

Yes. Profitable Instant Flips lists skins you can buy on one marketplace and immediately instant-sell on another for more than you paid, ranked by profit - no listing, no waiting for a buyer.

How up to date are the prices?

They refresh automatically in the background. They can still lag a live listing, so confirm the final price on the marketplace before you buy.

Which marketplaces does ProjectCheap cover?

31 buy-side marketplaces and 19 instant-sell sources, compared side by side, with a fee, payout-method and payment breakdown for each.

Rust Skin

Cardboard Pickaxe⧉

Rust skin - compared across 15 marketplaces and 8 instant-sell sources.

The Cardboard Pickaxe Rust skin is tracked across 15 active marketplaces. Live buy prices range from a low of $0.62 on SkinSwap up to $2.96 on Mannco.store. The best instant-sell return currently sits at $0.56 on DMarket after fees. It has actually sold 70 times in the last 30 days, averaging $0.63 - real transactions, not just listed prices. Its estimated fair value is $0.62 (high confidence).

Est. fair value ? $0.62 high confidence

Cheapest $0.62

skinswap

Steam price $0.87

Steam

Best instant-sell $0.56 / $0.55

dmarket $

Spread (sell vs buy) -6.5% (-$0.04)

Open live comparison & every market →

Buy at cheapest price →

Buy from (market price)

Site	Price
skinswap	$0.62	→
skinland	$0.63	→
lisskins	$0.63	→
skinsell $	$0.63	→
igxe $	$0.63	→
sih	$0.64	→
skinport	$0.66	→
waxpeer	$0.66	→
csboard	$0.67	→
shadowpay	$0.73	→
rusttm	$0.74	→
steam_market	$0.87	→
swapgg	$0.95	→
csdeals	$2.00	→
mannco $	$2.96	→

Sell at highest price →

Instant-sell to

Site	Payout
dmarket $	$0.56 / $0.55	→
lisskins	$0.55	→
skinland	$0.55	→
csboard	$0.53	→
steam_buyorders (35% discount applied)	$0.52	→
mannco $	$0.45	→
igxe $	$0.46	→
rusttm	$0.39	→

About this skin

CategoryWeapon

ReleasedMay 9, 2024

This is a skin for the Pickaxe item. You will be able to apply this skin at a repair bench or when you craft the item in game.

Breaks down into 1 x Metal

View on Steam Workshop →

Price history

Best buy price Best instant-sell Est. fair value

Where this sells

70 actual sales in the last 30 days (244 in 90 days) - real transactions, not just listed prices. Coverage is expanding as more marketplaces report sales data.

Steam Community Market

lis-skins.com / skin.land

DMarket

CS.Deals

RustSkins

Skinport

0(9/90d)

Avg. sale, 24h $0.61

Avg. sale, 7d $0.63

Avg. sale, 30d $0.63

Sales volume

Steam Community Market lis-skins.com / skin.land DMarket CS.Deals

Most recent sales

Market	Price	When
lis-skins.com / skin.land	$0.62	2026-10-24 10:28
lis-skins.com / skin.land	$0.64	2026-10-22 19:44
lis-skins.com / skin.land	$0.68	2026-10-22 17:08
lis-skins.com / skin.land	$0.65	2026-10-19 13:50
DMarket	$0.68	2026-10-19 03:01

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