Today we’ll talk about what the billing address in Steam is. Quite often, when paying, many are faced with this issue, or rather a problem. Why and how to deal with it? Let's get a look.
Drop of doubt
The billing address is the most significant and incomprehensible problem for newcomers to Steam. It occurs when the user thinks about buying a game (or about giving it to a friend). He begins to select the necessary file, adds it to the basket and even chooses the payment method. It would seem that everything, here it is, a purchase. But no, here the ill-fated settlement address comes out.
When filling in the details for payment, as a rule, there is no doubt. By all means, until the user encounters our today's "object of adoration." He begins to start searching for an answer to the question of what is the settlement address in "Steam". And here opinions are divided. Then confusion interferes with the purchase. Let's see what answers can be found by asking other people what kind of address is that which you must enter when paying.
Registered address
The first thing you can “run into” when searching for information about what a billing address is is that many will write “your home address”. Very many are embarrassed by such an answer. And rightly so, why does “Steam” “know” at what address you live? Especially if you order only an electronic format for receiving this or that game. They won’t deliver anything “to your home”, so most likely there’s no need to enter your address.
In fact, you should not be afraid that you will have to score your home in the "billing address" column. If you chose to pay by credit card, you should not be surprised - in the event of fraud or suspicion of their conduct, the system should check the accuracy of the information received from the buyer, so as not to blacklist him by mistake. It makes sense to indicate your residence address in this situation.
Place of residence
You can also come across opinions that the billing address is the address where you live. So to speak, your actual place of stay. Some users may say that it is used to issue a check. In fact, when you purchase through Steam, no checks will be sent to you.
If you decide to choose to pay through your Steam wallet, then the Steam billing address is really your place of residence. Thus, the system must identify your location and allow (or deny) access to the purchase. This is to prevent purchases from regions on the prohibition list. True, getting confused here is very easy. If in doubt, which address should be entered, you can use the place of registration. In this case, you are definitely not mistaken - no one will come to your home and check where you live.
Or maybe a map?
The settlement address becomes more understandable in the Steam service when you start paying with a card. Here, of course, you can come across answers about the place of registration. True, this is not entirely true. The billing address is also your bank card number. Simply put, this is the "place" from which money will be debited for a completed purchase.
In order to find out the estimated address of a bank card, you need to look at its back. There will be a number consisting of 20 digits. This is the very address incomprehensible to many. When paying, enter it once in the required field, after which it will be saved and will no longer bother you. After that, you will have to enter a special security code each time. Thus, you will be able to forget about the billing address with a complete account until you decide to change the method of payment for your purchases.
Virtual money
Now many began to use various services with electronic money. Users of online wallets maliciously rub their pens, watching their friends who are tormented by paying for purchases in Steam. Until you start shopping yourself. Even their settlement address did not pass by.
Panic and chaos begin to reign here: what is it? After all, what kind of address can electronic money have, which you cannot even hold in your hands? The answer is quite simple - everything on the Internet has a “habitat”. Including electronic money.
The billing address for users who choose a payment method using wallets with electronic funds is nothing more than the number of your wallet. Moreover, in foreign currency equivalent. That is, if you have only, say, "ruble" addresses, then they will not be suitable for output. You can enter it in WebMoney, however, then you will have to carry out currency exchange during the purchase. In truth, this is a rather unpleasant process, since the exchange is made at the rate that was fixed at the moment. It’s more profitable to keep a special “currency” wallet, which will serve you as a reliable assistant when making purchases through Steam.
Thus, you can see that the billing address is a rather obscure little thing, the value of which varies depending on the payment method chosen. Nevertheless, if you carefully read all the information on the official Steam website, you can easily figure it out. Enjoy the shopping!