Deal Desk

People who already flip used gear

If you buy on Reverb and eBay to resell, the job is not “browse the internet.” The job is: see what just listed that matches your buy list, check what that model actually sold for, and decide whether to chase it.

Deal Desk is that inbox. You tell it the brands and models you flip. It shows new matches. You decide.

Set a buy list. Scan the feed. Decide.

Start with something you already flip

You do not need a perfect list on day one. Pick one lane you know, set a price cap, and tighten from there. Here are three common setups:

A quick path from sign-up to your first Flip

• 1Create a free account and open your feed.
• 2Open Edit Filters and pick one category you actually buy — pedals, guitars, amps, etc.
• 3Add two brands you flip often. Skip the rest for now.
• 4Add one keyword if you hunt a specific model (e.g. “DS-1”, “AC30”).
• 5Set a price cap at the top end of what you would pay to flip, not what you hope to sell for.
• 6Scan five cards — open Price History on anything that looks close.
• 7Flip one you would chase, Pass two that are dead, Watch one that might drop.
• 8Come back tomorrow. The feed should show new matches, not a blank search box.

Each card is a listing, not a research project. Price sits up top. Title and source are next. Research is there if you want it. The decision buttons are Flip, Watch, and Pass.

When to Flip, Watch, or Pass

The buttons are simple. The habit is checking comps first, then deciding in about thirty seconds:

Sold prices without leaving the inbox

When you need to see an item's sold history, open Price History on that listing — or use Look up sold prices at the top for a model that is not in the feed.

Quick sanity check before you Flip

Unsure if it is a flip? Ask here — not in ChatGPT

A lot of flippers already paste a listing into ChatGPT or other LLMs and ask whether it is worth chasing. That works, but you leave the desk, copy the title and price, and write a prompt from scratch.

Deal Desk has that step built in. Tap AI on the card. The listing is already in the prompt — title, asking price, condition, shipping, whether offers are on — and the question is written for used-gear reselling, not a generic “is this a good deal?” You get a second opinion on whether the price looks like a flip, what to watch, and whether it is worth negotiating. You still hit Flip, Watch, or Pass.

AI is optional. Free accounts get a daily cap; extra uses are credit packs. It will not buy the item for you, and it is not a substitute for sold history when the comps matter.

Four free tools, one workflow

Deal Desk is the hunt. These other SearchMusicGear tools cover the rest of a flip workflow:

When to use the feed vs email

Both are free. They solve different moments in the same hunt:

Many flippers use both: Deal Desk for the daily pass, alerts for the one grail model that has to ping your phone. Need more than ten alerts? Email [email protected].

See the desk in motion

A short clip is enough: set a filter, watch a few cards come in, Flip one, Pass one, open sold history on a third.

A feed of your buy list — nothing else

• Not a marketplace. You still buy on Reverb or eBay. Deal Desk is how you find the listing and decide if the price is worth chasing.
• Not every new listing on the internet. If it does not match your brands, keywords, and price cap, it stays out of the feed.
• Not a bot that flips for you. It does not bid, message sellers, or list the item after you buy it. Flip, Watch, and Pass are your calls.
• Not a value on gear you already own. If you want to know what your guitar or pedal is worth, use Gear Value. If you want sold comps on any model, use Sold Price History.