the platform

how it works.

What a rental costs, what an owner gets paid, and where every dollar goes.

the model

Rent-to-buy.

Stacked Overdrive is a marketplace for guitar pedals, built to give the value back to the players on both sides of it.

You pay $15 to rent a pedal, plus shipping, and it ships to you. You get a week with it on your own rig. If you like it, buy it — the $15 you paid comes off the price. If you don't, you generate a shipping label in the app and send it on to the next renter from any USPS counter.

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renting

Renting, start to finish.

Pick a pedal and check out — $15 plus its shipping, and every pedal on the site rents for that same $15. Nothing is charged at checkout — you pay when the owner ships it. Your account is created right in checkout.

It ships to you, with tracking in your email. Delivery starts your seven-day week.

You get the week on your own rig, and the first five days are guaranteed yours — nobody can book it away while you decide. Buying is one press in the app: you pay the owner's price minus your $15. If something's wrong with what arrived, say so within two days.

Not keeping it? When it's time to send it on, generate the shipping label in the app — pack the pedal in a USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Padded Envelope (free at any Post Office) and show its QR code at any USPS counter. No printer, no label of your own, and the next leg's shipping is the next renter's, not yours.

selling

Selling, start to finish.

List the pedal: photos, condition, and your sale price — the only number you set; renting is $15 sitewide. Type the model in; if it isn't in the catalog, list it anyway.

When someone books it, generate the shipping label in the app — pack the pedal once in a USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Padded Envelope (free at any Post Office) and show its QR code at any USPS counter. No printer, no label. The counter scan is the moment you're paid: $14.27 of the renter's $15, after card processing — the only thing we take on a rental.

From there, one of three things happens: somebody buys it, it moves on to the next renter, or — if nobody's in line — it heads home to you. Every new rental pays you again, and the shipping is never yours: not outbound, not between renters. If you call a pedal home, you pay for that label.

When a renter buys it, they pay your price minus what they paid to rent, and you receive 95% — selling costs 5%, all-in. You're paid for rentals and for the sale separately, as each happens.

No buyer and nobody in line at week's end? The rental extends a week, free — and you can drop the next rental to $0 to keep it moving. That's usually your best move: more time for the player deciding, and a pedal in someone's hands can sell; a pedal shipping home can't. A renter who rented free and buys pays your full price. If nothing lands, it ships home and we pay that leg.

Set up payouts whenever suits you — right after listing, or any time after a pedal sells. What you're owed waits safely, but it can't reach you until payouts are set up.

every fee on the site

$15the rental fee — the renter pays it; the owner receives it

the renterThe renter pays it once per rental, plus shipping. Choose to buy the pedal, and the $15 paid for the rental comes off the purchase price.

the ownerPaid to you every time it rents — $14.27 after card processing, the only thing we take on a rental. A renter who doesn't keep it still paid you.

5%our fee when a pedal sells — the seller pays it

When a pedal sells, we take 5% all-in and the owner receives 95%. Rentals carry no platform fee — card processing is the only deduction, out of the $15 the renter paid. That's the model on purpose: we don't make money on renters trying gear. We make money when a renter finds the pedal they keep.

shippingthe renter pays it, once per rental

Real shipping cost, passed through. We make $0 on it. The amount depends on the pedal's price: more valuable pedals ship with more insurance, so the number runs a few dollars higher, and bulkier pedals add $9.25 for the larger box. The exact amounts are in the questions below. The owner pays for a label only if they call their pedal home.

market transparency

Every rental and every sale on the site is public.

Signal Chain is the live ledger of every rental and sale on the site, at the real price paid. Buyers and sellers see the same thing: what a pedal actually goes for here — real transactions, not estimates.

Signal Chain · every rental and sale, as it happens

2h agoStrymon Flintrented$15

6h agoEQD Plumessold$79

1d agoJHS Morning Gloryrented$15

2d agoChase Bliss Moodsold$329

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the rest of it

Where does this work?Anywhere in the US. Every rental ships.

How does shipping actually work?All shipments go through USPS Priority Mail in a flat-rate padded envelope, free at any Post Office. Shipping labels are generated in the app: whenever a pedal needs to move, the sender gets an email pointing them there. Take the QR code from the app to any USPS counter to ship the pedal. No printer, no label of your own.

Who handles my card?Stripe. Every payment on the site is processed by Stripe — your card details go straight to them, and we never see them.

What if it comes back worse than it went out?You have a two-day window when it comes home, the mirror of the renter's on arrival. Damage past the listed condition becomes a purchase — the renter who had it buys the pedal at your price, after we review. Every unit's condition history is public, and we ban people who treat gear badly.

What if it arrives damaged?Every shipment is insured, and it's part of shipping, not an add-on. Something wrong when it arrives? Say so within two days — transit damage is on the shipment's coverage, not on you.

What does shipping cost?It's fixed by the pedal's price and shown at checkout before you commit. The number is all-in: postage, insurance, and the card fees on the shipping itself. We make $0 on shipping. By the pedal's price: up to $150 ships for $13.50 · up to $300 for $15.50 · up to $500 for $18 · up to $750 for $21 · up to $1,000 for $24.50. Bulkier pedals that need the larger USPS box add $9.25. Shipping is the renter's, paid once at checkout, for the trip to them. A renter who sends the pedal back pays nothing for the return; we cover that leg. The one label an owner ever pays for is calling their own pedal home, at the same rate.

Are some rentals free?Sometimes. An owner can waive the $15 rental fee on their pedal's next rental. It's their call, one rental at a time, and the renter still pays shipping. A renter who buys after a free rental pays the full price, since there was no $15 to count toward it. Those are the $0 rentals on Signal Chain.

Do I need an account to look?No. Browse without one; the account and card come at checkout.

The one I want is out.Two ways. If it's listed but out with someone, get in line — a real order with your card on file; when one frees up we book it for you, and you're charged when it ships. Leaving the line before then is free. If nobody has one listed yet, join the waitlist — just your email — and we'll tell you when the first one lands.

Can I list something that isn't in the catalog?Yes. Type the maker and model in and list it today. Publishing creates the pedal's catalog page on the spot, and your listing goes live on it like any other. If someone else lists the same pedal later, their listing lands on the same page.

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