The 200 selling limit on Steam (trading cards) rant

I know its a good reason they do this, somewhat along the lines of not allowing illegal activities to be done.
 
That is kind of disappointing that they ask for your address to sell digital items like cards on Steam.

Can you use a rented PO Box mailbox at a local post office as the address?

If you are earning enough money from selling cards to afford a rented mailbox, using a rented mailbox could be a good idea.

A lot of online stores which sell stuff online, and online celebrities like YouTube Creators use a PO Box rented mailbox to receive fan mail, business mail, and sell stuff instead of a home address to protect their privacy, and maybe make their online business look more professional, and make their online business feel less like it is being run out of a home basement.
 
froggyboy604 said:
That is kind of disappointing that they ask for your address to sell digital items like cards on Steam.

Can you use a rented PO Box mailbox at a local post office as the address?

If you are earning enough money from selling cards to afford a rented mailbox, using a rented mailbox could be a good idea.

A lot of online stores which sell stuff online, and online celebrities like YouTube Creators use a PO Box rented mailbox to receive fan mail, business mail, and sell stuff instead of a home address to protect their privacy, and maybe make their online business look more professional, and make their online business feel less like it is being run out of a home basement.
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Nope you can't use a PO box in the form. And to be honest I am not even making that much anyway.
 
Sorry I don't use steam so confused me slightly? Are these physical trading cards or digital ones for games? I didn't know you still had to fill it in if you were outside the US. I know a few sites where you earn money to post on forums require you to complete a form like this after you earn around $500
 
Marc said:
How would they even find out? It's not like they ship things to your address.
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I agree, it would be difficult for Steam to find out without hiring a private investigator to go to the home to see if you live there.

The address information is sometimes inaccurate because many people like home renters move homes very often. The home they rent from may sell the home to a new owner who does not want to rent, or the owner of the house decide not to rent their home anymore because they need more space for their new born baby, or their adult children who are moving back from college.
 
So I email Steam about this and this what I got:

Even though you may never have visited the U.S. or lived in the U.S., you have previously used a U.S. address in either a failed or successful purchase, either while traveling, or possibly in error.

If we have any history referring to a United States billing address we are legally required to go through the verification process and confirm your residency.

The last transaction reflecting a U.S. address is available to be viewed in your Steam account transaction history. You can view your transaction history at https://store.steampowered.com/account/history/

The requested information will be sent to a third party for verification. As soon as we receive the confirmation back from the verification company, your account will be updated and the market limit removed. This is an automatic process, if the restriction hasn't been removed we are still awaiting confirmation on the documentation you provided. If the information you have provided does not meet the verification company’s requirements, they will email you directly with a list of required information that they need from you.

Steam Support is unable expedite this process or remove the limitation on your account until the required information has been verified.

Best Regards,
Cassie
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So yes your details would be sent for verification. And providing fake details won't help in this case.
 
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