This is a confluence of things. New laws, but also Reverb growing and being bought out. They are trying to grow which means acting like a bigger business. You can still use Craigslist, Kijiji, Facebook if you want to avoid taxes.
The answer is in the mirror.
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Yeah I’m pretty much done with reverb. It’s not necessarily their fault it’s just paying tax on items I’m selling is dumb and I don’t have sales tax in my state and I’m not a fucking business I’m selling used shit. It’s just not worth it anymore. I guess it’s gonna force me to really think about what I buy moving forward.
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As a seller the fees are way too much.
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I just don’t have much luck with selling music gear on Facebook, local classifieds or forums. I used to buy and sell lots on forums like modwiggler years ago but anymore gear just sits and you get a few lowball tire kickers. I stick it on reverb and the gear it is generally sold in days. I wish it wasn’t this way but it is.
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Same here. I have a great local shop, and I’ve sold stuff through them before, but lately they’ve been so inundated with used gear that they haven’t been able to take anything for me. Also tried selling locally on Facebook, and this forum, with no luck. If you want to move something with any sort of haste, reverb becomes the only option.
The fees and exorbitant shipping costs mean I’m less likely to buy things because I can’t expect to sell them if they don’t work out without loosing too much money in the process. At this point I’m pairing back anyway, but the expense of selling (just as a user, not a business) has really curbed my interest in getting any more gear through Reverb.
I will occasionally get a survey from them, as I did the other day, and I always express this, for what it’s worth. I encourage people who feel similarly to do the same thing. It’s not likely to change their business model, but if enough regular users stop using the site, perhaps it will start hitting their bottom line enough for someone there to pay attention.
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I just saw that Retro Gear Shop which always came up in my searches was either suspended or disabled their account on Reverb.
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That would be funny if Reverb started kicking off brick and mortar stores as well for having some sales off of the platform.
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Even more funny as I didn’t know they had a website until I did a search after seeing their disabled listings.
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It’s not just reverb, all platforms fees have shot up. It’s ridiculous.
I try and sell via forums / local sites or whatever.
But I guess it’s harder with music gear being more specialised. Luckily I did a massive studio clear out before reverb was bought by Etsy and it had lower fees.