Discogs connects music fans around the world. However, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has affected how the Discogs Marketplace can support individual sellers and buyers. PayPal is the platform that processes all transactions in the Discogs Marketplace. Due to current events, PayPal announced that it has “suspended PayPal services in Russia.” Payments in Russia Because […]
The Quantity field on the listing page allows you to list multiple copies of the same release at once rather than repeating the process for each item. For sellers with several copies of a release to sell — such as new releases — this optional field has the potential to save hours of inventory management […]
Discogs transitioned to the new PayPal payment platform, which eliminated the need for monthly invoices. However, many sellers previously relied on the monthly invoice to track and report quarterly taxes. Discogs is introducing an updated Marketplace Transactions export that makes it easier to track sales and tax information for accounting, bookkeeping, and tax authorities. What […]
As Discogs has transitioned to the new PayPal payment platform, we’ve spoken to several EU sellers about invoicing and tax reporting. Many professional sellers previously relied on the monthly invoice to track and report quarterly taxes. While Discogs does provide most of the data in the Marketplace Transactions Export that was previously available in the […]
The November 2021 most expensive list has landed and it’s full of hard rock LPs, hard-to-find 45s, and one release on the short-lived CD video (CDV) format. In addition to the various soul 45s found throughout the list, this month’s rankings also include rare punk and psychedelic rock 7-inches. A Septic Death 7-inch box set […]
“Best-of” lists are generally subjective at best, but with Discogs’ data, interesting music trends surface in the numbers. By looking at how many Discogs users have added albums to their Wantlists and Collections throughout the year, it’s easy to see which artists and genres were the most popular in 2021. So which types of music […]
The Discogs Community is always looking to discover new music. Sometimes you’re listening to a classic album for the first time and, other times, you’re keeping up with the latest releases. Looking back on 2021, there were quite a few new albums and EPs that music lovers really coveted. The following list of the hottest […]
2021 was another great year for collecting vinyl. The Discogs Community purchased over 12,000,000 records throughout the year! The top 50 best-selling records of 2021 prove once again that the Community has very eclectic taste. The list includes everything from the Cro-Mags to Cat Stevens. However, classic reissues and limited Record Store Day releases weren’t […]
For Lars Larsson, owner of Record Mania, selling records was initially a small, personalized affair. Based in Sweden, Record Mania started as a humble mail-order business back in 1996 before blooming into a website, Discogs store (RecordMania.SE), and brick-and-mortar outlet based in Stockholm. If you find yourself in the area, orders via Discogs can be […]
Prog rock superfan Mikel Orsborn, AKA Mighty Vinyl, is a bit of an OG when it comes to selling records online, having set up his first store, “Supper’s Ready Collectibles” (named after this favorite Genesis song), in the early ‘90s. He was kind enough to tell us about his earlier days as a seller on […]
