This is to clear up the question we get asked frequently.

"How can you sell Trading Cards for less than what they actually cost on the Steam Community Market?"

Where do the cards come from?
Tʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏꜰ sᴛᴇᴀᴍ ɢᴀᴍᴇs ᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴀꜰꜰᴏʀᴅᴀʙʟᴇ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇs. Tʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇs ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴄᴇssᴀʀɪʟʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴏʀ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴄᴇɴᴛs. Bᴜᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ 30 ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇs sᴘᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ-ɢᴀᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴅ ᴅʀᴏᴘ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢᴀᴍᴇ.
Oᴜʀ sᴜᴘᴘʟɪᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏꜰɪᴛ ʙʏ ꜰᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ Tʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴀʀᴅs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴏᴜsᴀɴᴅs ᴏꜰ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛs.

Why dont the suppliers sell their cards on the Steam Community Market for more money?
Sᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴛᴀᴋᴇs ᴀ ʙɪɢ % ᴏꜰ ᴛᴀxᴇs ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴʏ ɪᴛᴇᴍ sᴏʟᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀʀᴋᴇᴛᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ. Wᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇ ᴀɴ ᴇᴀsʏ sᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ sᴇʟʟ ɪɴ ʙɪɢ ʙᴜʟᴋ.