Counter a price

POST/v1/bargains/{id}/counter

Seller: answers the buyer's price with your own, above theirs and below the lot's. The buyer has 24 hours to accept or decline it, or can offer a new price.

Request

Path parameters

idstringrequired
The bargain's id.

Request body

price_centsintegerrequired
The price in US cents: the new one for a lot, the one you saw for a purchase, the one you offer in a bargain.

curl -X POST 'https://api.rockvel.store/v1/bargains/019a4d3f-5a72-7b19-8c0e-2f6d1b9a4e57/counter' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ROCKVEL_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"price_cents":3150}'

Answer 200

idstring
The bargain's id.
rolestring
Your side of the bargain.
One ofbuyerseller
statusstring
Where the bargain stands. One whose time ran out reads expired.
One ofopencounteredaccepteddeclinedcancelledexpired
lot_idstring
The lot it is for.
item_slugstring
The item's slug.
itemobject
The item as the lot shows it.
Fields of item
- asset_idstring
  Steam's id of this very item. It changes when the item changes hands.
- namestring
  Name as Steam shows it.
- market_hash_namestring
  Name on the Steam market. A market card has one for each.
- image_urlstring
  Steam's icon of the item.
- kindstring
  What sort of item it is.
  One ofweaponknifeglovesagentstickerpatchcharmgraffitimusic_kitcontainercollectibleother
- raritystringoptional
  Rarity in Steam's words.
- exteriorstringoptional
  Exterior as a code: FN, MW, FT, WW or BS.
- stattrakbooleanoptional
  The item is StatTrak.
- souvenirbooleanoptional
  The item is a Souvenir.
- marketableboolean
  Steam lets this item be sold on its own market.
- floatnumberoptional
  Float value, from 0 to 1. Left out for items without one.
- paint_seedintegeroptional
  Paint seed, from 0 to 1000.
- kill_countintegeroptional
  StatTrak's count of kills.
- paint_indexintegeroptional
  The paint's number in the game.
- def_indexintegeroptional
  The weapon's number in the game.
- phasestringoptional
  The phase of a Doppler or Gamma Doppler.
- name_tagstringoptional
  The name tag on the item.
- inspect_linkstringoptional
  Opens the item in the game.
- highlight_urlstringoptional
  Video of a souvenir charm's moment.
- stickersobject[]optional
  Stickers on the item, and patches on an agent.
  Fields of stickers
  idintegeroptional
  Its number in the game.
  namestring
  Its name.
  image_urlstringoptional
  Its picture.
  slotinteger
  Which place on the item it takes.
  wearnumberoptional
  How scraped it is, 0 for intact.
  scalenumberoptional
  Its scale, as the game places it.
  rotationnumberoptional
  Its rotation, as the game places it.
  offset_xnumberoptional
  Its offset along x, as the game places it.
  offset_ynumberoptional
  Its offset along y, as the game places it.
  offset_znumberoptional
  Its offset along z, as the game places it.
  tint_idintegeroptional
  Its tint's number in the game.
  patternintegeroptional
  The pattern of a charm.
  highlightintegeroptional
  The moment on a souvenir charm.
- keychainsobject[]optional
  Charms on the item.
  Fields of keychains
  idintegeroptional
  Its number in the game.
  namestring
  Its name.
  image_urlstringoptional
  Its picture.
  slotinteger
  Which place on the item it takes.
  wearnumberoptional
  How scraped it is, 0 for intact.
  scalenumberoptional
  Its scale, as the game places it.
  rotationnumberoptional
  Its rotation, as the game places it.
  offset_xnumberoptional
  Its offset along x, as the game places it.
  offset_ynumberoptional
  Its offset along y, as the game places it.
  offset_znumberoptional
  Its offset along z, as the game places it.
  tint_idintegeroptional
  Its tint's number in the game.
  patternintegeroptional
  The pattern of a charm.
  highlightintegeroptional
  The moment on a souvenir charm.
- tagsobject[]optional
  All the labels Steam gives the item.
  Fields of tags
  categorystring
  The label's kind, such as Collection.
  namestring
  The label itself.
- notesstring[]optional
  Steam's lines about this item: its match, its date of issue, what a container holds.
- referenceobjectoptional
  A hint for your price: the cheapest lot of this name on lis-skins, of this phase for a Doppler. Float, pattern and stickers do not count in it. Only in your inventory and stall, and left out when lis-skins has no such lot.
  Fields of reference
  price_centsinteger
  The price in US cents.
  offersinteger
  How many lots of this name, or this phase, lis-skins has.
lot_price_centsinteger
What the lot costs now, in US cents.
price_centsinteger
The buyer's price, in US cents.
counter_centsintegeroptional
The seller's answer to it, in US cents. Left out until there is one.
order_idstringoptional
The deal an accepted bargain became.
actionsstring[]
What you can do with the bargain now.
One ofacceptcounterdeclinecancel
created_atdate-time
When the buyer offered the price.
expires_atdate-time
When the side whose turn it is runs out of time.

{
  "id": "019a4d3f-5a72-7b19-8c0e-2f6d1b9a4e57",
  "role": "seller",
  "status": "countered",
  "lot_id": "019a4b9d-2e17-7a58-b1c6-0d3f6a9e4b12",
  "item_slug": "ak-47-redline-field-tested",
  "item": {
    "asset_id": "54267934219",
    "name": "AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)",
    "market_hash_name": "AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)",
    "image_url": "https://community.akamai.steamstatic.com/economy/image/i0CoZ81Ui0m-9KwlBY1L_18myuGuq1wfhWSaZgMttyVfPaERSR0Wqmu7LAocGIGz3UqlXOLrxM-vMGmW8VNxu5Dx60noTyLwlcK3wiFO0POlPPNSI_-RHGavzOtyufRkASq2lkxx4W-HnNyqJC3FZwYoC5p0Q7FfthW6wdWxPu-371Pdit5HnyXgznQeHYY5wyA",
    "kind": "weapon",
    "rarity": "Classified Rifle",
    "exterior": "FT",
    "marketable": true,
    "float": 0.2613,
    "paint_seed": 412,
    "paint_index": 282,
    "def_index": 7,
    "inspect_link": "steam://run/730//+csgo_econ_action_preview%2006168DEAFD92CC071E0E26F0072E0536023EE1",
    "stickers": [
      {
        "id": 1693,
        "name": "Sticker | Crown (Foil)",
        "slot": 1,
        "wear": 0.08
      }
    ],
    "tags": [
      { "category": "Type", "name": "Rifle" },
      { "category": "Weapon", "name": "AK-47" },
      {
        "category": "Collection",
        "name": "The Phoenix Collection"
      },
      {
        "category": "Quality",
        "name": "Classified Rifle"
      },
      { "category": "Exterior", "name": "Field-Tested" }
    ]
  },
  "lot_price_cents": 3250,
  "price_cents": 3000,
  "counter_cents": 3150,
  "actions": [],
  "created_at": "2026-11-02T07:41:17Z",
  "expires_at": "2026-11-03T08:41:17Z"
}

Refusals

Status	Code	When
403	`banned`	This account can't start anything new on Rockvel.
404	`no_such_bargain`	There is no such bargain waiting for your answer: it ended, it is the other side's turn, or it isn't yours.
422	`bad_bargain`	The lot takes no bargains, the price isn't below the lot's and within its max_discount, or a counter isn't between the buyer's price and the lot's.

Any route can also answer with the statuses on the Errors page.