Reverb publishes its seller rate schedule on a Selling Fees page, detailed further in its help center: a 5% selling fee on the item price plus shipping (minimum $0.50, maximum $500 in USD), and a Reverb Payments processing fee of 3.19% + $0.49 per transaction for standard sellers, or 2.99% + $0.49 for Preferred Sellers, on the order total. A cross-border order can add roughly 1%, and listing in a different currency than your payout currency can add a 2.5% conversion fee. That schedule is free to any seller and is the right place to check what a rate currently is.
After a sale, Reverb's own Earnings page in a seller's account itemizes exactly what was withheld from that payout — a real, useful, and free resource, but a retrospective one: it tells you what a sale already cost, not what a choice in front of you will cost. Reverb's own help center carries an article on why total earnings look lower than the sale price, which is the question this calculator exists to answer before the sale happens rather than after.
Between those two resources — a schedule that states rates, and a statement that reports what already happened — sits the arithmetic on a decision still open: does a buyer's offer beat waiting for list, does the same item beat its Reverb number on eBay, is Reverb Safe Shipping worth the extra label after expected claims, does a shop's consignment cut or cash offer beat listing it yourself, does a bump still pay, and what does a partial refund cost against taking a return. This calculator does not try to reproduce Reverb's live rate card — every fee here is a box you type from your own statement, so it never drifts out of date the way a stored table would.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| What does Reverb currently charge in selling and processing fees? | Reverb's own Selling Fees page. |
| What was actually withheld from a payout that already happened? | Reverb's own Earnings page, inside a seller's account. |
| Does this buyer's offer beat waiting for the list price? | This calculator's offer-vs-list section — see the worked example on should I take this Reverb offer. |
| Does the same item beat its Reverb number listed on eBay instead? | This calculator's offer-vs-list section compares both channels on one screen. |
| Does charging shipping, folding it into the list, absorbing the label, or offering pickup leave more? | This calculator's shipping-paths section. |
| Does Reverb Safe Shipping still beat an own label after expected claims? | This calculator's Safe Shipping section. |
| Does a shop's consignment cut or cash offer beat listing it yourself? | This calculator's consignment section. |
| Does a bump still pay, or is a partial refund cheaper than taking a return? | This calculator's bump and return sections. |
This tool needs no Reverb account and no listing to exist yet: it is a
static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has
loaded it keeps working with the connection off. Your numbers stay in
your own browser between visits, and a shareable link
carries them after the # in the URL — never uploaded
anywhere, and reproduced only in whoever's browser opens that link.
Both, for different jobs. Reverb's own Selling Fees page publishes the rate schedule sellers pay: a 5% selling fee on the item plus shipping, a Reverb Payments processing fee, and the rest of the free-to-any-seller schedule. It is the right place to check what a rate currently is. It does not compare a buyer's offer to waiting for list, does not weigh Reverb against selling the same item on eBay, does not price Safe Shipping against an unprotected label after expected claims, and does not check a shop's consignment cut or cash offer against listing it yourself. This calculator does not try to reproduce Reverb's rate schedule — every rate here is a box you type from your own statement — and instead answers the seven follow-on decisions the schedule itself leaves open.
Reverb publishes two free resources, and neither is a standalone what-if calculator: a Selling Fees page stating the rate schedule before you list, and an Earnings page inside a seller's own account that itemizes what was withheld after a sale already happened. Reverb also publishes a help article explaining why total earnings can look lower than the sale price — evidence that the gap this calculator fills, seeing the net cash before you decide, is not something Reverb's own materials compute for you.
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Reverb.com, Inc. Reverb, Reverb Payments, Reverb Gives, Reverb Safe Shipping, and Preferred Seller are trademarks of Reverb.com, Inc. or its affiliates, named here only to describe what this calculator is for.
Open the Reverb fee calculator to run the comparison on your own numbers.