Steam is a digital storefront for games on Windows, macOS, and Linux that also lets you play games online with your friends. Your Steam account also has an associated inventory that can contain both in-game items like skins and weapons, as well as unredeemed copies of full games. With your Steam Trade URL in hand, you can trade these inventory items with friends you’ve added, strangers, and even third-party trading sites.

A Steam Trade URL is a unique link that people can use to view your Steam inventory and send trade requests. You control access to this link, and you also control whether someone can see your inventory.

In order for a Steam Trade URL to work, you first need to change your Steam privacy settings to allow other people to see your inventory. You can set your inventory to private, which prevents anyone else from seeing it, or only your friends can see it.

If you want strangers and third-party trading websites to be able to use your Steam trading URL, you will need to change your Steam system privacy settings to allow the public to view your inventory and send trade requests.