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Reverb seller fee guide

Reverb Seller Fees: Rates, Payouts, and Profit Examples

Learn current Reverb seller fees, processing rates, fee bases, minimums, caps, Bump and cross-border costs with payout and profit examples.

Reviewed September 15, 2026

Enter your item price, buyer shipping, tax, costs, and account tier to separate every modeled Reverb fee from real profit.

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For a standard seller using Reverb Payments, a typical domestic order has two required charges: a 5% selling fee and payment processing of 3.19% plus $0.49. Those percentages do not use exactly the same base. Reverb applies the selling fee to item price plus shipping charged to the buyer. It applies payment processing to the full order amount, including buyer-paid shipping and applicable sales tax. The Reverb fee calculator keeps those amounts separate so tax does not become seller revenue merely because it enters a fee base.

The 5% selling fee has a $0.50 minimum and a $500 maximum in USD. Reverb Preferred Sellers receive a lower 2.99% processing rate while the fixed $0.49 remains. Optional Bump advertising, a possible 1% cross-border processing charge, 2.5% currency conversion, PayPal processing, shipping labels, and taxes on seller fees can change the result. Rates and terms here were checked against Reverb's official help pages on September 15, 2026. Confirm the live policy and your Earnings page before relying on an estimate.

What are Reverb seller fees in 2026?

Reverb identifies two main charges on every transaction. The selling fee is 5% of the total sale amount, including shipping. The payment processing fee covers the buyer's online payment and is charged on the full order amount, including applicable tax. Reverb lists standard Reverb Payments processing at 3.19% plus $0.49 and Preferred Seller processing at 2.99% plus $0.49. This calculator is a USD model; confirm the displayed rate and fixed charge in your account before using it for another currency.

A quick combined percentage such as 8.19% plus $0.49 is useful only when there is no sales tax, no minimum or maximum selling fee, and no optional charge. It can understate processing when tax is present because processing includes tax while the selling fee does not. It can also overstate or understate the 5% portion on very large or very small orders because Reverb applies a minimum and cap. The calculator therefore calculates each component before adding total fees.

How does the Reverb fee calculator work?

Start with the item sale price and shipping paid by the buyer. Their sum is both seller revenue before fees and the selling-fee base. Add buyer sales tax only to the processing base. Choose Standard or Reverb Preferred processing, enter a Bump rate only when a Bumped listing sells, and enter the exact cross-border dollar charge shown for an eligible order. Then add what you paid for the gear, the postage you actually buy, packaging, insurance, and other direct costs.

The calculator reports the selling fee, percentage processing fee, fixed processing charge, Bump fee, cross-border fee, total modeled fees, payout, profit, margin, return on direct costs, and target sale price. Payout is sale price plus buyer-paid shipping minus modeled fees. Profit goes further by subtracting inventory, postage, and packaging costs. Return on direct costs is profit divided by item cost, actual shipping, and packaging or other entered costs; Reverb fees are already deducted from profit but are not added to that denominator. Buyer sales tax remains outside seller revenue even though Reverb says it is processed and therefore belongs in the processing-fee base.

What amount does Reverb use for each fee?

The selling-fee formula is 5% multiplied by item price plus shipping charged to the buyer, subject to the currency-specific minimum and maximum. For a U.S. order, a $500 guitar with $30 buyer-paid shipping has a $530 selling-fee base. Five percent is $26.50. Buyer sales tax does not enter that selling-fee calculation according to the official help article.

Payment processing uses a broader amount: item price plus buyer shipping plus applicable buyer tax. If the same order has $40 of tax, the processing base is $570. At the standard 3.19% rate, the percentage portion rounds to $18.18, and the $0.49 fixed charge makes total processing $18.67. That difference in fee bases is why one blended rate can be misleading. The calculator performs monetary rounding at the component level and displays the components separately.

Worked example: a $500 guitar with buyer-paid shipping

Suppose a guitar sells for $500, the buyer pays $30 shipping, and the order has $40 sales tax. The seller is on standard Reverb Payments, does not use Bump, and the order is domestic. The 5% selling fee on $530 is $26.50. Processing is 3.19% of $570 plus $0.49, which is $18.67 after rounding. Total modeled Reverb fees are $45.17.

Seller revenue before fees is $530 because the $40 collected as tax is not treated as seller revenue. Subtracting $45.17 leaves a $484.83 payout before seller costs. If the guitar cost $300, actual postage is $30, and packaging and insurance total $8, profit is $146.83. Profit margin is about 27.70% of the $530 seller revenue. A payout of $484.83 is not the same as profit because the seller still has $338 of entered product and fulfillment costs.

How do the minimum and maximum Reverb selling fees work?

In USD, Reverb lists a $0.50 minimum selling fee and a $500 maximum fee. A positive sale amount below $10 would produce less than $0.50 at 5%, so the minimum controls. At exactly $10 of item price plus buyer shipping, 5% equals $0.50. At $10,000, 5% equals the $500 maximum. Above $10,000, the selling fee remains $500 under the stated USD table, while processing and other applicable charges can continue increasing.

The calculator is configured only for the verified USD minimum and maximum and should not be treated as a currency-conversion tool. If the listing currency differs from the payout currency, Reverb may add its stated 2.5% currency-conversion fee. This calculator does not infer that charge or any non-USD minimum or maximum. Use the current policy and the amounts shown in your account for another currency.

When do Bump, cross-border, and currency fees apply?

Bump is optional advertising. Reverb's current help article says a seller sets Bump as a percentage of the item's final sale price, with a 0.5% minimum and 30% maximum. It also says the fee is paid when the Bumped listing sells and is deducted from product amount plus shipping, excluding tax. The calculator follows that stated base, keeps the rate editable, and defaults to zero. Enter the percentage selected on the listing only when the Bumped listing sold.

Reverb says an eligible Reverb Payments order can have an additional 1% cross-border fee. Its current cross-border article describes a buyer billing address in a different country from the shop address. The cited page does not define the exact base used to calculate the 1%, so this calculator does not infer it. Enter the exact dollar charge from the order. Reverb also states that listing in a currency different from the payout currency can trigger a 2.5% conversion fee on the earnings subtotal after regular processing fees; that charge is not automatic here.

Are PayPal orders calculated the same way?

No. Reverb's current general seller-fee article says both Reverb Payments and PayPal orders use the full order amount, including tax, as the processing-fee base. PayPal applies its own processing terms, so the percentage and fixed charge can differ from the Reverb Payments presets.

The calculator's 3.19% and 2.99% presets are Reverb Payments rates, not PayPal presets. If an order uses PayPal, consult PayPal's current merchant-fee page for the seller's country and transaction type, then use a suitable payment calculator or account statement. Do not substitute the Reverb Payments percentage merely because the order originated on Reverb.

How should a seller set a target price on Reverb?

A target price must cover percentage fees, fixed processing, the 5% minimum or maximum, inventory, actual postage, packaging, optional advertising, and the desired profit. The calculator searches sale prices in cents and tests the full formula at each step. This matters near the $10 minimum-fee boundary and the $10,000 maximum-fee boundary, where a shortcut that divides costs by one blended percentage can return the wrong minimum price.

Treat the result as a planning estimate. Reverb controls the actual charge, and refunds, partial refunds, taxes on seller fees, shipping-label purchases, currency conversion, Bump attribution, and account adjustments can change the payout. Compare the estimate with the Earnings page after a sale. If a charge differs, update the editable optional inputs or record the difference as another direct cost before evaluating profit.

What should you verify before listing?

Open Reverb's current seller-fee and payment-processing pages and confirm the update date, seller country, listing currency, payout currency, payment provider, Preferred status, and cross-border conditions. Check the listing itself for a Bump rate. Confirm whether buyer shipping reflects what the buyer pays and whether your actual postage, insurance, signature service, and packing materials are fully entered as seller costs.

Then check the order statement rather than relying only on a public example. Reverb may collect tax without paying it to the seller, while still including that amount in processing. VAT, GST, HST, or local sales tax may also apply to seller fees depending on business status and location. Marketplace Math is independent from Reverb and does not know account-specific promotions, credits, refunds, or negotiated terms.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage does Reverb take from a sale?

Reverb's standard selling fee is 5% of item price plus buyer-paid shipping. A standard Reverb Payments order also has 3.19% processing on the full order amount including applicable tax, plus $0.49. Other fees can apply.

Does Reverb charge fees on shipping?

Yes. Reverb says the 5% selling fee includes shipping in the total sale amount. Payment processing also includes shipping, and applicable buyer tax enters the processing base.

What is the minimum Reverb selling fee?

The official table lists a $0.50 minimum selling fee for USD transactions. This calculator does not supply non-USD minimum or maximum amounts.

What is the maximum Reverb selling fee?

The official table lists a $500 maximum selling fee in USD once the sale amount reaches $10,000. Payment processing and optional fees are separate and can continue increasing.

Do Reverb Preferred Sellers pay less?

Reverb lists payment processing of 2.99% plus $0.49 for Reverb Preferred Sellers, compared with 3.19% plus $0.49 for standard Reverb Payments sellers. The 5% selling fee remains separate.