{"id":96313,"date":"2016-06-23T14:32:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T12:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96313"},"modified":"2016-06-23T14:33:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T12:33:43","slug":"g2as-shady-key-selling-grey-market-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/96313-g2as-shady-key-selling-grey-market-exposed","title":{"rendered":"G2A&#8217;s shady key-selling grey market exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key-selling website G2A is currently facing heavy <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2016-06-23-g2a-and-tinybuilds-row-over-pc-game-key-reselling-is-getting-ugly\" target=\"_blank\">criticism <\/a><\/strong>from indie developers tinyBuild after being accused of selling over <strong>$450,000<\/strong> worth of &#8220;stolen keys&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>G2A were quick to blow off the accusation, giving tinyBuild three\u00a0days to provide a list of suspicious keys.<\/p>\n<p>Head of tinyBuild Alex Nichiporchik found this <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2016-06-23-g2a-and-tinybuilds-row-over-pc-game-key-reselling-is-getting-ugly\" target=\"_blank\">ultimatum <\/a><\/strong>to be incredibly aggressive, and accused the company of trying to discredit tinyBuild.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation boils over, tinyBuild also <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tinybuild.com\/g2a-sold-450k-worth-of-our-game-keys\" target=\"_blank\">talked <\/a><\/strong>to an anonymous G2A merchant about how exactly G2A gets its keys so cheaply, and is providing PC gamers with a massive grey-market.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">This is how it works:<\/h3>\n<p>With the number\u00a0of game keys spread through bundles,\u00a0most players would want to sell a few to other players.<\/p>\n<p>It is a simple process\u00a0for sellers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get a game key from a bundle.<\/li>\n<li>Sell it on G2A.<\/li>\n<li>Make a small amount of money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, the consumers get a good price on games.<\/p>\n<p>tinyBuild states that this business model is fundamentally flawed and facilitates a black market economy.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Nichiporchik\u00a0spoke\u00a0to a merchant on G2A, who said\u00a0that he earned up to <strong>$4,000 a month<\/strong> using the following business model:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acquire\u00a0of a database of stolen credit cards on the darkweb.<\/li>\n<li>Go to a bundle\/3rd party key reseller and buy a ton of game keys.<\/li>\n<li>Put them up on G2A and sell them at half the retail price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have you used G2A in the past? 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