The well-known magazines charge for publishing the articles for a reason - they have a reputation and people know that the articles there are trust-worth. You will need time to achieve the same trust level.
No, this has nothing to do with reputation. The only way a publisher achieves trust is to have a lot of cited articles on that platform. The money part is just not well-justified. They don't reward the authors, nor the reviewers. They just keep the profit to themselves