The Hidden $1000 Investment

[@cstrends]

Do you think Riptide is a good or bad investment? Let us know in the comments.

[@letstalkpocketknives267]

Best investment ive ever made. I bought hundreds of tier 6, flick, strafe, buttery, great wave holos all for around 50-60 cents. My biggest regret is i didn’t buy more. Ive sold about half of them 6 months ago and probably made around $500 off a $50 investment. Holding the other half at least 2-3 more years. Riptide to the moon! Also, my boy CS trends here pumping out the best CSGO content currently being made, way to go bruh.

[@cstrends]

Wow, you were probably one of the only few people who saw potential in these stickers early. Keep holding onto these stickers and they'll do great long-term. CSGO is also going through a huge hype right now so things are bound to keep going up.

[@letstalkpocketknives267]

@@cstrends oh for sure! One thing ive actually been doing for the last year is sniping 4x liquid fire crafts as well as flick, tier 6, strafe, kill count, and great wave crafts. You can still get these for minimal overpay and i think in several years the overpay will be very decent. I think this is one of the better long term investments available currently if you actually put in the time to find a reasonable deal thats on a desirable skin with a craft that makes sense.

[@cstrends]

@@letstalkpocketknives267 You are right, and it is a great long-term investment since these stickers cannot be replaced or replicated because of their uniqueness which makes these a safe investment.

[@Komso47]

do me a favor and look at the Stone Scales (Foil) in CS2 IT LOOKS LIKE A GOLD BRICK as of right now: 2$ market price - Perfect time to invest in it When the hypetrain starts with that sticker, its gonna blow riptide stickers.

[@cstrends]

It's a good looking sticker but its popularity is weighing on if people prefer foils a lot more in CS2. But 1 month from now it could all work out.

[@adrenalyn2011]

I invested 60 euros in all these stickers and now they are worth 250. Crazy return for a year. Still I am going to keep them for long time 😊

[@cstrends]

Good idea. These stickers seem to be a safe investment long-term. It’s also great to hear you’ve already made profit and I’m sure your going to make a bunch more.

[@Tom-eq5bz]

Bought some stickers for 6 Cents and they are now 1 euro each

[@cstrends]

That's some good profit. If you keep holding you'll most likely make more.

[@fest1v3]

Everyone said I was dumb for buying surf shop. Now I’ve already cashed out on $300 & still have plenty to go. Way way back, I opened 3 crown foils and sold them on market for ~$20 each. Still my biggest CSGO regret. Not having a repeat of that this time, I’m gonna be holding the rest of what I have forever

[@cstrends]

Sounds like you've learnt from your past mistake which is great. I think you'll definitely be glad your holding onto your investments since these stickers have a lot of potential.

[@devol3829]

This video made me realise that i want a picture of Gaben on my AK barrel.

[@cstrends]

Now we all need it.

[@AlleFTWxD]

i made a x4 miami tier 6 craft on a black lotus mw and a fn for 1€ ea per sticker. Sold one to my friend and the fn one for 15€ while the sticker was 11€ on market, kinda sadge but im ok

[@cstrends]

We all make mistakes. I'd recommend the next time you see a sticker you like enough to apply it to a weapon, you should invest into it. If you like it enough to apply it, most likely others will do the same and if the specific sticker increases in price, people will be willing to pay more for the sticker anyway because it looks good. Just make sure the sticker you invest into doesn't have over 30,000 sticker crafts and then you've got yourself a great investment.

[@XanD-cs]

Soo nice vid man!!!

[@cstrends]

Thank you, glad you liked it

[@Daveeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

I got 12x liquid fire (holo) and 4x opal flciks for like $25 a long time ago

[@cstrends]

That investment must be paying off if your still holding onto them.

[@karldoring9887]

I bought 100 liquid fire holos at 1,7$ each

[@cstrends]

Wow you bought in early. If your still holding onto them your making some good profit.

[@rocketf123]

Sticker goes brrrrrrrrrrr

[@cstrends]

Indeed

[@OG_Fluent]

Great vid dude, very impressed :)

[@cstrends]

Thank you, more is on the way so stick around.

[@iwams1]

i really enjoyed the edit and also thanks for the interesting opinion. i really have to think about it a bit more

[@cstrends]

Glad you enjoyed the edit. At the end of the day its your decision if you want to invest or not and I'm sure if you do your own research you'll make the right decision.

[@Rickkhry]

I wanted to get those stickers and i saw videos calling it a good investment back then but i just went for full stockholm and no riptide stickers

[@cstrends]

Stockholm is still a great investment so I think you made a good decision. I'd recommend holding onto Stockholm because I believe they're nowhere near finished going up.

[@dzsango8411]

hey! thank for these videos what you created. they helped me a lot, but pls tell me, what is the top 10 cs go investment (in order) right now in your opinion! thx the answer! :)

[@cstrends]

Sure, I'll make the list specific so here it is: 1. Stockholm 2021 Mouz Holo 2. Antwerp 2022 Rox Holo Autograph (People always blame this sticker on market manipulation but everyone says that when an item is performing well on the steam market) 3. 2022 Antwerp M0nesy Gold Signature 4. Antwerp 2022 S1mple Holo Autograph 5. Antwerp 2022 Cloud9 Holo 6. Stockholm 2021 Movistar Riders Holo 7. Miami Tier6 Holo 8. Liquid Fire Holo 9. Any autograph glitters from the Antwerp Legends autograph capsule (they are all very undervalued right now) I only listed 9 because I'm going to be making a video on that specific investment I didn't mention so stay tuned.

[@dzsango8411]

@@cstrends okay, thank you ;)

[@caylanangelfshh0001]

There r so many cheap riptide crafts that it alone makes worthy investment buys

[@cstrends]

If you do buy cheap crafts you will definitely make some profit. If you constantly look at the steam market you can easily snipe a 4x craft that's undervalued.

[@DPZ420]

I have 11 opal strafe, 3 cotton candy flow, and one great wave foil im holding long term (another 3-5 years). Paid $2.5 Canadian for each one roughly.

[@cstrends]

Great idea to hold for a while. Sounds like you're going to get a good return on investment for what you paid for them.

[@jank9670]

You're videos a really entertaining, but I think 200 or 300$ for these stickers would be crazy unless there is a hype where many people apply them again as much, as they did during the operation. The crown sticker is almost a status symbol I think and I don't see them reaching that level soon. But as you mentioned it is all about supply and demand and these stickers really seem to be underinvested in which to me seems like the demand is way more natural than with all the new major stickers out there.

[@cstrends]

The Riptide stickers are still pretty new so their future is uncertain. When you think about it, the Crown Foil a year from its release was $15 just like the Liquid Fire holo right now and it didn't have the same reputation it has now. Slowly it built its reputation through time and people having the realization that the sticker looks great. There is nothing stopping the Liquid Fire holo from having the same scenario but like I said, it all depends on if other sticker collections will not take away the demand from the Riptide stickers which has been the case recently. I do understand that you think $200-300 for some Riptide stickers is a stretch, but many would have said the same about the Crown Foil years ago if you told them it is towards $1000 nowadays.

[@cookieeguy]

Great video :))

[@cstrends]

Thank you

[@Ev4Nou4]

i love this operation, i used all my stars to hope to get a lot of flow sticker and manage to have a 500$ return until the release of 10 years aniversary i sold all and bought dust fa sticker and make bunch of money, regret i didnt hold longer tho, i really hate the super 6 purple holo i had a couple i sold all of them, now i regret lol

[@cstrends]

At least you made profit from your investments. The great thing about CSGO is that there are always new opportunities to invest so the next time you see a sticker collection with potential I'm sure you'll hold and make even more profit.

[@ltlrrota9017]

Opened a miami tier6 and sold it for 7€ because Im impatiently dumb 😢

[@cstrends]

I’m sure everybody has regretted selling something early at some point. Even I have had things in my inventory that I regret selling early. If you learn from your mistake I’m sure the next time you have an item with potential you’ll hold and make a lot of profit.

[@Eon-97]

Anything when it comes to CSGO is a good investment, as long as it isnt a skin. Stickers, cases, Operation passes etc are always on the uptrend. Time is both your friend and enemy, DO NOT INVEST WHAT YOURE NOT WILLING TO LOSE. No point in investing on the SCM if you have paper hands.

[@cstrends]

I agree, with CS2 coming out everything will go up in price. What I'm afraid of though is that the market will crash after the release of CS2. Once the players that didn't like the game leave, it will result in less demand for items on the market which will crash the market. So I'm anticipating the market will be heavily inflated and won't stay like that for too long.

[@jank9670]

But who has a hidden 1000$ investment into them?

[@cstrends]

There is definitely someone out there that has $1000 worth of Riptide items. That's not me, can confirm that.

[@M1GOD]

I have a feeling ur sitting on some of those stickers lmfao

[@cstrends]

I can promise that I don’t have any. I do have some crafts with the liquid fire holo but other then that I don’t have anything else related to Riptide. It wouldn’t be fair to make a video like this and be holding onto these stickers which could potentially get pumped which is not what I want. I don’t have any bad intent when I make a video like this, I just want to share a good investment.

[@underscoredaniel3497]

Hello , where do you find spreadsheets with data ? E.g cases opened etc

[@cstrends]

If you want to find data on cases opened you should check out the csgo market forum on reddit. If you join their discord server they provide a lot of useful information on the steam market. Hopefully I helped.

[@maserati4000]

i bought 4x Miami Tier6 holos for $50CAD a piece and 5x Liquid Fire holos for $29.50CAD a piece. definitely pricey for a first time investor but just for the reasons you mentioned, i thought it made more sense to go that route. people like stickers, especially nice and shiny ones. at the very least i feel like it wont be investment where i lose money even with the fees. im happy to hold them though for a couple of years and add a few more. comparing the prices today compared to what i bough them for, i think i made a good decision lol

[@cstrends]

These Riptide stickers are rarely talked about on investing KZbin channels compared to Major stickers which gives them more natural demand instead of investor demand. It will help them out in the long run so you'll make a bunch of money from this investment eventually.

[@maserati4000]

@@cstrends well, bought 2 more of the Miami stickers for about the same $50CAD and on steam market they are all up by $10 each so im not complaining (the liquid fire ones are up like $13CAD too). so far its turned out to be a good investment lol. you are right about the natural demand since this seems like a stickers price isnt driven by investors (right now). the big questions for me now are how will the community view them once CS2 is available and if we get a new operation, how will those stickers look. if they look good then demand could increase and if the next operations stickers are terrible then these stickers will be hyped up even more. indirectly, the majors stickers will impact the prices too because if they are good, people might liquidate they tier6's and liquid fires' so i can snag more for cheaper prices before the update. oh the stress lol

[@cstrends]

@@maserati4000 There are always multiple factors that come into play when investing, but demand is the most important in the cs market. The fact that these riptide items have natural demand is a huge point as to why they are great as an investment.

[@danishiman1593]

well im broke cuz im invest on stockholm already

[@cstrends]

Stockholm is a great investment, probably better than Riptide. Just hold onto your Stockholm investments and it will pay off.

[@danishiman1593]

@@cstrends yeah I plan for the long term specially the challengers capsule and what is your thoughts on breakout case I have some of them also

[@cstrends]

@@danishiman1593 The operation Breakout case is a good investment. The knives are great and they’ll never be re-releases so holding onto them is a good idea.

[@bro80kgpuremuscle]

Can we get more hype for stockholm pls, i want more money pls

[@cstrends]

We don’t want to cover the same topics again if we’re going to be saying the same thing. So unfortunately we won’t be talking about Stockholm again for a while.

[@GhostXB22]

Мне нравится эти стикеры но я не храню их я использую из чтобы порадовать себя

[@cstrends]

They are great stickers for crafts. They're so unique and you can't find stickers like these anywhere else.

[@TheBuddaBrot]

how many did you buy?

[@cstrends]

None, the reason I don’t have any is because I don’t want people to think I am making this video to make money maliciously through a pump. Plus that stuff has been getting people banned on steam recently. If I think there is a good investment worth talking about, our audience are the first people who will hear about it before I decide to invest into it, I think it’s fair that way.

[@Aurinna]

legend

[@mariokonrad]

Nice edit.

[@cstrends]

Thank you, glad to know you liked it

[@mariokonrad]

@@cstrends I have many Tier 6 Holos. Of course I like your video :-D

[@jank9670]

@@mariokonrad how many are you holding on to?

[@mariokonrad]

@@jank9670 Compared to other CS investments not that much. My entire inventory is about 15k€/17k$

[@JackSparrowTheCAPTAIN]

bro just said riptide stickers are safer than stockholm, lmao

[@cstrends]

If Valve release new non-background sticker what do you think will happen? Obviously their going to crash in price and have a fraction of the price potential they once had.

[@JackSparrowTheCAPTAIN]

@@cstrends with the low supply? bro u ok?

[@averagecadiaNenjoyer]

@@JackSparrowTheCAPTAIN aaaaaaaand he was right, lmao

[@mdT_00]

oook let's go

[@cstrends]

Let's go 👍

[@themujka9801]

Very dissappointing video… Same was being Said for Battle Scarred Holo

[@cstrends]

The Battle Scarred holo has over 171,000 sticker crafts, so putting Riptide stickers in the same realm as the Battle Scarred holo does not make any sense. Plus, we already pointed out that the Battle Scarred holo was a disappointing investment which is the entire reason why Riptide became a great investment in the first place. People got scared because of Broken Fang items not meeting expectations, meaning Riptide became underinvested which has made it a much better investment.

[@jordan2104]

The Battle Scarred Holo story is not over yet. It's still a very popular sticker used for crafts and with new skins added into the game, even more will be used. After all, it is a good-looking sticker!

[@cstrends]

@@jordan2104 You’re right. It’s not an dead investment, in fact it’s been rebounding recently. As long as it has demand it will be a good investment which it does.

[@sparkling2020]

First! 🎉

[@cstrends]

Nice, that was fast!

[@dualburritos960]

Make some some riptide Videos haha pls 🥹

[@cstrends]

I've got a lot of video ideas right now so I'll have to think about what video I do next.