Would love some help!

[SneakySphynx]

Im using:

Requests Limit: 5 Delay Between Requests: 100 Item Delay: 2000

Scanning for - 5 Items

Been trying for like 3 weeks, with 0 buys. What the hell am i doing wrong? :D Got 31 Euro that i put the max price on, even added ak redline at 1 euro below max price to try. And have not bought anything.

Any tips on what i should bot to make small profits or whatever, i dont mind aslong as i make a little. I mean 3 weeks? come on :p

Really thankfull for all the help i can get.

Im sitting on Fiber Optic internet, 100mb / 100mb Only user, and 0 downtime. If that helps.

[mtzi]

try testing with 0.03$ item to see if bot can buy, or if u have cookies problem, also do the scans happen normal? like ever 2-3 sec? maybe sometimes it lags and scans once every 10 sec?

[SneakySphynx]

Thats how my scan times look, i will try with a 0.03 item will post an update soon mate. Thanks alot for getting back to me. :)

[SneakySphynx]

Okay so i added a Phoenix weapon case for 0.03 and put buy quantity to 1

Ended up with this:

[SneakySphynx]

I login in using:

Sessionid webtradeeligibility steamlogin

Im not using: Since i dont know where to find them.

steamMachineAuth steamLoginSecure

[mtzi]

thats the problem, if u dont have these 2, u DONT buy, u get the "problem purchasing error" i had it too. try using firefox to find these cookies, i had same problem, and 1 more guy, we both found it on firefox. also steamMachineAuth has random numbers behind it. like steamMachineAuth79123 thats what u want.

[SneakySphynx]

Aaah, i will get right on that. Well that was a 3 week waste :p

Thanks alot for helping out, got one final question you'll probably dont want to answer but it's worth a try!

Is there anything in particular i can scan for, that will give me many, but small profits?

Im currently going with 3-4 Hightier knives and 1x low ak redline.

Thanks again! <3

[SneakySphynx]

By the way, should i search for Newly Listed, or Item Page?

[mtzi]

newly listed is better if item is popular, example new case, everybody opens, everybody sells. for slower items like knives its better to item page, however difference is newly listed can look infinite items because it scans 1 page (the newly listed) when if u put too many item pages u get errors because of many requests.

[SneakySphynx]

God damnit, installed firefox logged in etc. Fixed all cookies, and still getting errors.

No idea why, tried with different delays since it was a case for 0.03.

:/

[mtzi]

if u installed firefox right now, its still tradeblocked for a week, u need to find cookies from browser where u are not tradeblocked.

[SneakySphynx]

Ah, so can i use chrome cookies for everything except the:

steamMachineAuth steamLoginSecure

Or that wont work maybe?

[mtzi]

also, my chrome just now showed the cookies u were missing, maybe you can try like 3-4 times to open steamcommunity and maybe they show. sometimes they dont show, sometimes they do. if u install new browser its tradeblocked for 1 week (new device thing)

[SneakySphynx]

Doesnt say anything when im browsing market about trade block, maybe beacuse i used steam authenticator?

[mtzi]

so on firefox u dont have tradeblock?

[mtzi]

u can use cookies from whatever browser u DONT have market block

[SneakySphynx]

Im going to try and buy a case from market on firefox hang on!

[SneakySphynx]

Yeah i can buy from firefox : )

[mtzi]

so the cookies should be correct, try using all 5 from firefox?

[SneakySphynx]

Yeah that's what im doing atm, wont work tho :s Will try to relog the scmbot, hang on :)

[SneakySphynx]

Redid everything, and still giving me errors. No idea wtf's going on. :/

[mtzi]

me neither man. sorry :/ ask @Maxx53 he might know more

[SneakySphynx]

I added the case to " item page tab " And it gave me an error: Item is not supported in html

[SneakySphynx]

[SneakySphynx]

[mtzi]

yes, items listed as commodities for steam market (keys cases etc) dont work as HTML, u need to go to option and scan JSON if u want cases, but if u scan JSON, u cant look for knives etc.

[mtzi]

you either scan HTML for items (not cases not keys), or u scan JSON for ONLY keys/cases no skins

[SneakySphynx]

Ah maybe i should turn of html, and try if it works to buy a case. Maybe thats why it gives me an error. :)

[SneakySphynx]

hmm.

[mtzi]

ive never had this much trouble... i dont know whats happening mate.. this shouldnt be happening

[SneakySphynx]

My standard luck. :( thanks for trying mate, really appreciate it.

[mtzi]

just wait for max to come, he sure knows more. @Maxx53 help this guy

[Maxx53]

items with new buy order interface is not supported. such as http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/730/Operation%20Phoenix%20Weapon%20Case

[SneakySphynx]

Aha, ill try another one. Thanks for the reply!

[SneakySphynx]

Are my scan settings looking good, if we count aside all my problems i've had?

Requests Limit: 5 Delay Between Requests: 100 Item Delay: 2000 HTML Search: Yes

Would that work for knives/skins? :)

[mtzi]

less item delay better searching BUT the limit is where it gives "not supported in html" error, for 5 items i remember using 1700 delay (which is faster than 2000), try to reduce it as much as u can BUT WHILE NOT GETTING errors, it looks good tho even without changing it

[SneakySphynx]

I added my 4 knives to item page tab, and im currently at 1200 delay without errors will lower it more. And i got an ak 47 elite build on newly listed tab, just to try. :)

[mtzi]

all works then?

[SneakySphynx]

Looks like it, just waiting for it to buy a ak 47 elite build, will raise the wished price just to get it over with. Knives are scanning fine. Im down to 500 delay on all 4 still no errors.

Should i crank it down even more? =)

[mtzi]

dont go much lower than 500. ppl say it might get u banned if lower than 500

[SneakySphynx]

Alright ill stay at 500-700 ish

[mtzi]

if u want try buying 1 shit skin, autosniper polar camo 0.04 cents

[mtzi]

so u can test the cookies etc

[SneakySphynx]

Yeah it worked, put it on " item page " and it bought it after 3 sec. :)

[SneakySphynx]

Also changed delays to 600 to be safe, well let the waiting begin! ^^

Thanks alot for all your help, it is extremely appreciated!

[SneakySphynx]

Also the final question haha, can i have like 4 knives on " item page tab " While having a few weapon skins on " newly listed " like popular ones? Or maybe better to keep them on item page tab aswell? :)

[mtzi]

if u try to put all the weapons on item page ull start getting errors, especially if they are more than 10-12 in total, and you will have to make scan slower if u have like 20 gun skins better keep in newly listed. and knives on item tab, however item tab is said to work better it has 100% chance to buy if they put it low (and someone else doesnt get it first), whereas in newly listed it might not pop at all.

[mtzi]

try to find a balance. put the better items in item tab 5-10 and leave the rest on newly listed if u have more

[SneakySphynx]

Ah okay, i was thinking about adding like 5 knives / 3-5 top skins at Item page & Random low/med skins like 5-10 at newly listed.

Should be okay? :)

[mtzi]

sounds good

[SneakySphynx]

@mtzi Are theese settings alright?

Getting scan times like this with 4 items on " Item Page " tab.

If i add more, the scan times increase to 6 second intervalls. Missed 2 knives i've been scanning for, just wanna make sure my settings are optimal :)