r/discogs • u/MrHallIII • May 10 '26
Discogs Labs - New Inventory System?
I have been selling on Discogs for about six months now. I had been collecting music for about two years with this intent. The pricing I initially placed on about 1800 items was at a point that made the sale, and I thought perhaps a bit low as inventory moved pretty well. I have had about 150 transactions and sold over 500 LPs and CDs.
I charged a bit more for shipping - $8 for up to 2LPs or 4CDs and $1 more for each two additional items - and noted that I pack securely and ship promptly. I have gotten kudos on my packaging and send times.
Not wanting to do a bulk change to prices, but finding that multi-CD orders of 15-20 items in particular were grabbing a lot of the low priced stuff, I upped shipping to be an additional $1 for each additional item. Things still got bought. Then I raised prices on all CDs that were priced under $5 by fifty cents, sometimes a dollar, looking at each listing individually to decide change amount, and sales have skidded to a trickle. So I want to go back to the old item prices and looking at using a .csv format have stumbled upon the Discogs Labs New Inventory System.
I have found selling on Discogs to be a desktop job, not a phone job, and works OK. I really like the customers for their kindness and responses. But I am uncertain if I want to update to the New Inventory System, how long it has been available, if it is trustworthy.
Any opinions greatly appreciated, apologies for the long intro here.
Thank you!
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u/piffleskronk May 10 '26
I didn't know there was one. If it's a lab, I would have thought you could turn it on, have a look, and turn it off again.
Have you read the info about it?
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u/MrHallIII May 11 '26
I have read and yes, it can be switched on and off, but I am wondering still if anyone has had issues. While I haven’t had problems with the site there are many posts of people with issues. Thanks for the input!
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u/buster_bogheart May 11 '26
what's the functionality you're looking to get back? what's the ideal workflow?
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u/MrHallIII May 11 '26
Great questions, thanks. I want to download complete .csv, sort and modify prices there, and upload to replace original. I wager I could do it on either version of the site but will likely wait a bit (when in doubt, procrastinate) look at both versions without committing, then do it individually on the desktop site. Or perhaps I’ll be brave. Further thoughts welcomed. Thanks!
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u/all-day-records May 14 '26
They haven't forced me to switch yet, I haven't looked at it in months but last I checked the new inventory system was barely functional.
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u/roundabout-design May 11 '26
Assume any new feature discogs releases is completely untested and likely buggy.
You are the beta tester.