Posted by the official Steam Community Market group:

"We shipped a change earlier today to reduce the number of cases confirmation is required to list an item on the market. Items that typically sell for under $1.00 USD will no longer require confirmation when the list price is reasonably within the median price, but confirmation will still be required once many of those cheaper items are listed. Confirmation will still be required on all rare and valuable items.

We'll be watching for any problems with this change, and make adjustments if needed."

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5 years ago

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nice. I guess saves time for those with tons of cases and cards. Looks at inventory

5 years ago
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Will this also mean no stupid ass Steamguard Mobile Authenticator confirmation?
Since I might actually be able to use the market again after 2 years of having to be a damn psychic looking 15 days in advance.

5 years ago
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I just added some cards to the market and there were no mobile confirmation required but I can't tell you if this also means that the trade hold for people without steam guard is disabled.

5 years ago
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I just tried.
I got the "YOU WILL BE HELD 15 DAYS!" message yet despite it got listed instantly.
I sure hope they don't change that... well, time to dump my inventory.

5 years ago
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That message is probably just a bug, listing cards should be instant now.

However, it seems trade hold (not to confuse with market hold) works exactly the same way as before.

5 years ago
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Actually it seems I was only able to list a SINGLE item without email-confirmation and 15 day wait period... all following items; still stuck :(

So sad. Got my hopes up and Valve fails again :/.

5 years ago
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That's strange, it doesn't make any sense to exclude users without mobile authenticator from this. When it says "no confirmation", it shouldn't make a difference whether you have the authenticator or not.

Let's hope you're still experiencing bugs, it's Valve we're talking about after all.

5 years ago
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Makes some degree of sense, I'm afraid. Accounts without an authenticator are less secure, so an easier target for hackers who would then want to sell everything in your inventory to get funds into the steam wallet that they can use to buy stuff on the market that they have put up themselves from real accounts, which means they can profit.

For the safety of your inventory it makes sense that people without a strong 2FA method is limited in how easy it is to sell "all the things".

Annoying to be sure, but I would be surprised if they removed that.

5 years ago
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When you put it like that, it indeed makes sense. You're probably right, I didn't take everything into consideration.

But if things work as intended, they should specify that these new changes only apply to users with mobile authenticator, because the original post doesn't say anything about that.

5 years ago
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Except when you add in it really doesn't matter much. People without SGMA don't get hacked, those with get hacked, some additional people now GET hacked since they are far more lax with phone security than their PC.
It really still boils down to people, so forcing it on everyone is still a bad idea all around. You force it on the people who need it (got hacked) then gie everyone else the option.
Valve however, doesn't do that. And it's pretty damn bad for a lot of us.

5 years ago
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Have you tried WinAuth or Steam Desktop Authenticator? Worked fine for me when I did not have a phone.

5 years ago
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I generally use Steam on 3 platforms; My PC (for gaming), tablet and my GF's laptop.
I'm pretty worried if I use any of these I would be locked out of the 2 other platforms, so I'm not using it.

5 years ago
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I understand. That makes it complicated indeed.

5 years ago
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I use WinAuth and I use 3 workplace computers, 2 at home, and 1 at the folks. It is a portable program. :)

5 years ago
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That's USB right? Going to be a bit tough with my tablet.

5 years ago
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I use Steam Desktop Authenticator and it works on my laptop and at my workplace. I installed it on both devices, works like charme.

5 years ago
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You can easily put WinAuth or SteamDesktopAuthenticator on multiple PCs, and ArchiSteamFarm exists too. But if you're at a friend's house and want a code to do something on your tablet, perhaps a portable authenticator indeed helps you. YMMV.

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5 years ago
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Nice, this will come in handy during sales when I'm selling batches of cards, confirming 10 or more items in a row on the app is just painful cos the damn thing is not what I'd call stable or fast.

5 years ago
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Finally. Nothing like selling event cards for 0,1€ and confirming every single one. People that use bots and have hundreds of accounts will make it also faster, and Valve servers will be less stressed to send and receive confirmations.

5 years ago
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Excellent news! The change made sense from Valve's perspective but it felt far too annoying and restrictive when you just want to sell a bunch of crappy $0.04 cards.

5 years ago
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so... to understand it correctly... let's say somebody hack into my acc and sell an item that costs on market about 50USD and lists it for 0.05€ it will go without confirmation?

But hey, that's amazing, cards can be sold easily again.

5 years ago
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You read the snippet in the OP right?

5 years ago
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i did, but I didn't really understood it... that's why I asked

5 years ago
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sell an item that costs on market about 50USD and lists it for 0.05€ it will go without confirmation?

"within the median price"
"still be required on all rare and valuable items"

from this i would say that no....i know, it is so hard to read

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5 years ago
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are you serious? you write that 12:43 and i 11:41....sorry, cant read post from future
lol, you made me laugh again, thank you

5 years ago
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Frighin finally

5 years ago
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yeah, it is nice small improvement, but after so many changes to worse in steam market, cant be so much happy about it

5 years ago
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Not working, still getting the 15 day delay.

Btw, "...but confirmation will still be required once many of those cheaper items are listed. Confirmation will still be required on all rare and valuable items."

So basically everything remains the same.

5 years ago
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well that will be nice if im ever badge happy and have to sell lots of stuff. was always annoying to sell something so cheap and have to confirm it everytime.

5 years ago
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If they still require confirmation for trading it won't change much for me :/

5 years ago
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As someone who's addicted to completing badges, hells yeah. I hope this'll motivate more people to sell the cards I'm looking for :D Now to budget my market spend limit...

5 years ago
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Sold 3 cards, works like a charm.

5 years ago
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Hm I guess that might be why I couldn't list anything in the market last night. Would be about time for this change, I was sick and tried of constantly getting locked out of steam because I dared to confirm too many market listings at once.

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5 years ago
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Good for people who didn't already use PC authenticators (WA, SDA, ASF) or perhaps whatever third party implementations there are on mobile. I hope their 'media price' detection really works so that hacked-into accounts are not more easily plundered now.

5 years ago
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ASF does mobile authentication emulation? I've been trying to figure out a way to use 2FA but I don't use a cell phone and the bluestacks method seems to have gone broken.

Have you a suggestion, or did I merely stumble onto a user with info but not necessarily the details I need? (⌐■_■)

5 years ago
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https://github.com/JustArchiNET/ArchiSteamFarm/wiki/Two-factor-authentication

Once you've downloaded the good file from your android phone/bluestacks/winauth/steamdesktopauthenticator, it's just a matter of writing "!2faok" or "!2fa"

5 years ago
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I'll have to give that a tool. Thank you kind fellow!

5 years ago
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Yeah, ASF has "always" offered mobile auth support; you would set it up by first getting SDA/Winauth and copying the files over to ASF, but you do need a cellphone to receive a text on. Valve want a phone number associated with the account.

You can use your authenticator identity in as much auth software as you want at the same time. On paper you can have Winauth, Steam Desktop Authenticator and ArchiSteamFarm all generating auth codes or confirming trades at the same time (running from multiple PCs in multiple countries if that's your thing).

Most of this software can auto-confirm trades, or one-click batch confirm all outstanding market listing and trades.

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I guess I can always use a friend/family member's phone. Somebody who is trustworthy ୧༼ಠ益ಠ༽୨

My home phone number is on my account, and it CAN receive text-to-landline but I don't know if Valve would be able to use that.

5 years ago
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it CAN receive text-to-landline

Try, sounds like it should work. Perhaps report how it went.
Just don't share phone # with anyone who plays MP FPS and might want to cheat, since VAC bans are contagious among co-users of a number.

5 years ago
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Awesome news. Will make trading in sales much better and faster.

5 years ago
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That's amazing! Thanks for the news :)

5 years ago
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nice welcomed change, was annoying having to list cards, then go on my phone and confirm them,, made the process take nearly double the amount of time it should have..

5 years ago
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Hmm the "Quick Sell" option still requires authentication, hopefully will be worked out

5 years ago
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great news tbh

5 years ago
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The first card worked without any problem, but from the second card on it asked for my 2FA. That's not what I expected when I read "many of those cheaper items"...

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Yeah, that's what I got too.
Really a shame.

5 years ago
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I guess "many" = 2 because that's how far Valve can count..

5 years ago
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I wish they would only count up to $2 when I want to buy a game...

5 years ago
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I got another 1 through today, give it a try?
It's really silly if there's a 1 per day limit on us... for some reason... though.

5 years ago
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Ahh, yes I didn't read the caveat, many spoils all the fun. :( Went through all the booster packs and foil cards that hadn't sold yet, and relisted everything cheaper, had to confirm every single one, same as usual...

5 years ago
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only took valve 1-2 years, they are getting faster/smarter. 👏👏👏

5 years ago
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would this be because of the recent companies not wanting their games on Steam anymore?
I mean not sure how much of that is true, but competition us REALLY good for us sweet gamers and paying customers!

Let them feel the heat, let them wake up from slumber, too cozy in their golden feathers, maybe... what do I know? :P

5 years ago
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Thank god. I got tired of having to go confirm that yes, I really do want to sell this handful of .05$ trading cards ;\

5 years ago
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They'll change it back once hackers wipe out inventories of cheap cards.

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