How GamerPay’s New Protected Trade System Works
On July 16th 2025, Steam introduced a new 7-day trade reversion feature. This means that any user who completes a trade on Steam can reverse it within 7 days - even after it’s been accepted.
To protect both buyers and sellers on GamerPay, we’ve updated how trades work with a new 8-day protection period.
Here’s what you need to know 👇
🛍️ For Buyers
1 - Buy an item as usual
You place an order and pay - your funds are securely held in escrow.
2 - Seller sends the trade
You’ll receive the item via a Steam trade offer.
Once you’ve accepted it:
3 - Confirm the trade on GamerPay
You’ll have 18 hours to confirm that you received the correct item.
If you don’t do anything, the system will automatically confirm for you.
4 - Protected period starts (8 days)
For the next 7 days, Steam allows trade reversals. During this time, your funds stay safe in escrow.
5 - Final verification on day 8
We’ll ask you to confirm you still have the item.
If you confirm: the seller gets paid.
If you do nothing: we assume everything is fine and pay the seller.
If something is wrong: open a dispute right away.
✅ After this step, the trade is completed💰
🧑💻 For Sellers
1 - Accept the order and send the item via Steam
After the buyer places an order, you send them the item.
2 - Wait for buyer confirmation
Once the buyer confirms (or after 18h), the trade enters the 8-day protected state.
3 - Sit back and relax
The buyer will be asked to confirm they still have the item after 8 days.
If they confirm or don’t respond within 24h, you get paid.
If they dispute the trade, we may ask you for proof you sent the correct item.
🤷 Disputes
Those who encounter problems and “dispute” a trade, will have their specific trade go into manual review (so remember to dispute if you encounter a problem).
When a dispute takes place GamerPay we’ll hold Buyer’s money until the case is resolved.
Both parties will possibly have to provide evidence that they sent/received the item.
This will often be easy to determine as either or both parties just send a simple video recording of their inventory history.If we have pinpointed the problem and solved it, there is no need to worry!
⏳ Why this change?
Steam now allows users to reverse trades up to 7 days after accepting them.
To protect against fraud, GamerPay holds the funds in escrow until we’re sure the trade was not reversed on Steam.
This system ensures:
🔒 Buyers don’t lose money if a seller reverts a trade.
🤝 Sellers aren’t paid until the buyer confirms they still have the item.
❗ Important
Do not reverse a trade on Steam after using GamerPay. Doing so will result in a permanent ban and loss of funds.
Use the “Start Dispute” button if anything feels wrong.
Conclusion
We hope this article answers all your questions.
Make sure to also read “GamerPay’s new P2P skin trading system and safety” to get a view of the full spectrum and safety, which is a focus of GamerPay.
If anything is still unclear or you need help, please feel free to contact us. Our support team is here to help, just open a chat when you’ve logged into GamerPay.
