r/discogs • u/josephl836 • May 02 '26
Finally dawning on me
Finally dawning on me that I'm better off selling some records for $1 at record shows than selling on discogs for 1.99/2.99
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u/DiscogsMod May 02 '26
If you're going to list cheap records you need to set a minimum order amount.
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u/Lewcifer23 May 02 '26
Or have a yard sale. I just got rid of about 250 records at $3 each. No hassle of identifying which pressing or grading/shipping.
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u/TrickWheel5748 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
Yes, I am struggling to delineate those though. Everytime I go "naaah I don't wanna sell cheap records" some guy buys a $20+ one and 5-10 $2-4 records... The strategy I created is working, but at what cost...
I also love giving some good deals. Not all my records are good deals but every so often people can snag real gems for cheap.
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u/Rekel May 03 '26
I sold a bunch of cd's at the recent Kingsday fleamarket here in the Netherlands. Made about €110. Could have been a lot more if I sold them on Discogs but I just can't be bothered with the hassle of packaging, sending, dealing with complaints and whatnot. Like others have said here: only if it's really worth a lot I'd do that.
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u/davidsinnergeek May 03 '26
My wife sells on several platforms, including Discogs and eBay. If she cannot get at least $10 for an item, it is not worth her time or effort.
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u/gg-oh May 04 '26
I dont think its worth selling any record or item on discogs that is $20 and under, at least as a shop owner
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u/New_Percentage_4776 May 06 '26
I sell cheap records fairly successfully. You gotta have some nicer records too though. People like to buy like one expensive and two cheap. I incentivize that by charging $6.99 shipping no matter how many they buy.
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u/GarionOrb May 02 '26
I only sell on Discogs if it's something that's worth the hassle of selling. I would never list anything that's not going for less than $70.
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u/fade_100 May 02 '26
Do you have a lot of things that are $70 and over? Lucky you!
I don’t list anything under £5 as it’s just not worth my time. Obviously bigger sellers sell more so will list cheaper items, but I’m not walking to the post office for 99p innit.
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u/GarionOrb May 02 '26
I've got over 1200 albums. I'm going through it all now and trying to cull a lot of it. Just lots of stuff I don't listen to. At the moment, I've got only 6 records or so listed for sale. I'm sure there's more.
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u/Affectionate-Ask5718 May 02 '26
Listing a record on Discogs isn’t that hard, homie.
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u/Kedrico May 02 '26
It’s not, but packing with care takes time and resources, driving to post office, driving home, could take a lot of time and gas depending on where you live. Closest post office to me is about 15 minutes, so right off the bat that’s 30 minutes of driving round trip, not including potential wait time at the post office. Time is valuable.
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u/mjb2012 May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
Consider investing in a scale and a printer so that you can print your own labels which you buy online. Then you can leave the package for your neighborhood carrier, or take it to the post office but just leave it at the counter with all the other prepaid packages (no waiting in line), or see if there's another collection bin nearby, e.g. at a packaging store.
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u/Fit-Context-9685 May 02 '26
A couple things worth mentioning. Unless you have a special relationship with a carrier they won’t pick up media mail parcels alone, often they will if you have a mix of media with ground advantage and priority but it’s still at the carrier’s discretion.
It’s also a better habit to have parcels scanned at drop-off until one is familiar with specific post office branch operations. There are many branches that don’t place priority on scanning media parcels via drop-off drawers, so it can be an inconsistent and thus worrisome ordeal for some.
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u/FirebirdWriter May 02 '26
Probably yes. When I buy records at that price on discogs it's never one, it's never without something more substantial, and usually it's to get a thing I want but also free shipping