What is GearScouter?
A search across Reverb, eBay, and ShopGoodwill for used musical instrument and recording gear — merged into one feed, with alerts so you stop missing auctions and price drops. Search is free for everyone, watching and alerting on Reverb listings is free with an account, and a $1 lifetime membership adds eBay and ShopGoodwill watching plus account linking to bid.
Free, no account: search
Type one query and GearScouter fans it out across Reverb, eBay, and ShopGoodwill in parallel, merging the results into a single ranked feed with a shared price format. No signup, no payment, no limit on how much you search.
Try a search nowFree account: Reverb watching & alerts
Create a free account to watch specific Reverb listings with a price ceiling, save Reverb searches that run in the background, and get alerted on price drops, new matches, and endings — all free, forever. This mirrors what Reverb already offers its own members for free, so GearScouter doesn't charge for it either.
Create a free accountWhat the $1 lifetime membership adds
Watch eBay & ShopGoodwill too
The same price-ceiling watchlist and alerts as the free plan, extended to eBay and ShopGoodwill listings — since those don't come with a free watch/alert feature of their own to match.
Saved searches across every source
Free accounts save Reverb-only searches. Paid saved searches can span Reverb, eBay, and ShopGoodwill together in one standing query.
Link eBay to bid
Connect your own eBay account over official OAuth (GearScouter never sees your password) to place bids without leaving the dashboard. Entirely optional — searching and watching never require it. Reverb account linking is coming soon, pending Reverb's own approval process.
The member nav
GearScouterOn a phone this collapses to a hamburger menu that opens a slide-out drawer with the same links.
A preview of the dashboard
This is what greets you after signing up — real layout, example numbers:
Watching
6
Saved searches
3
Bids & offers
1
Unread alerts
4
How the $1 works
It's a one-time payment, not a subscription — $1, once, processed by Stripe. No recurring charge, ever. It exists to keep the membership tier limited to people who actually intend to use it, not as a meaningful price for what it unlocks.