Frequently asked questions

Buyorder Manager asks CSFloat what the competing buy orders look like for each item you're tracking (matching your float range or paint seed restrictions, if any), then moves your own buy order to sit just above the highest competitor - never above the price cap you set. If no one is above your cap, it leaves your order alone; if everyone's above it, it pauses instead of overpaying.

CSFloat's buy order system is only reachable through the same API your own account uses when you place or edit a buy order on csfloat.com. Your key is what lets the manager act as you - reading competing offers and creating or adjusting your buy orders - instead of us needing your password or any inventory/trade access, which we never ask for.

Your key is stored only on this server, tied to your Steam ID, and used exclusively to call CSFloat's API on your behalf. It's never shown back in full in the browser and never sent anywhere except csfloat.com. Since this is a small, self-hosted tool, treat it with the same care you'd give any password - only use it on an instance run by someone you trust. See our Privacy Policy for more.

It depends on your plan: Free checks each buyorder roughly every 20 minutes, and Trader / Trader Pro check every 75 seconds. The dashboard itself refreshes on a similar cadence, so what you see stays close to what the manager is actually doing.

Yes - each buyorder can optionally be restricted to a float range, or to up to 4 paint seeds (patterns), so you only end up competing for - and buying - the exact float or pattern you actually want.

No. The price cap is a hard ceiling - the manager will pin your order right at the cap if competition reaches or exceeds it, and will never create or raise an order past it.

CSFloat removes a filled buy order from your active list without any notice. The manager detects that on the next check, marks the item "purchased" in your activity log, and pauses it automatically so it doesn't immediately start bidding on another unit.

Yes - the Free plan lets you run up to 3 active buyorders at no cost, so you can try the whole workflow before upgrading. See Pricing for details on all plans.

Email [email protected] - you'll be talking directly with the developers, not a support queue. See our Privacy Policy for how data deletion requests are handled.