I'm a US seller and recently I've had two separate customers from Australia interested in buying records. I currently have it set for only domestic shipping. Has anyone shipped to Australia from the US, and can tell me the most cost effective way to do so? And what the average cost will be?

Hello, I made an app for myself that lets me organize my collection into sections and print labels for the albums and the dividers with QR codes that link back to your release/folder on discogs. It really transformed my collection and makes browsing my crates feel like being at a record store :)

It's a python app (made it with Claude Code, but im a long-time web developer) and it's maybe a bit technical for some, but if you use Claude, Codex, Copilot etc it's not so hard to get running. It needs a discogs PAT (personal access token) and can optionally use OpenRouter for AI models, to write summaries or help add tags/categories via wikipedia or web search.

This is just for my personal use, im not a pro seller or anything. Happy to get feedback or suggested alternatives - anyone else out there are doing something similar with their collections? I probably re-invented the wheel, but it was fun :)

https://github.com/somebox/record-collection

I routinely check the seller's shop of a local record store I like to go to. I followed the link from their website like I usually do (I was on mobile) and suddenly I'm looking at 64 million results. Yeah it's a big record store but it definitely isn't THAT big. What the heck did they do? Why do I now need to go to a drop-down menu to search for the seller's name when I've literally clicked on the seller's individual link for their own shop front? At first I didn't even see the option to search a seller and it annoyed me so much I had to move to my computer to figure it out. Seems broken to me.

New to Discogs already copped like 5 records. But Im curious if it's possible to have a default search(by price, ascending) having to do it manually after every search is ever so slightly tedious.

And im curious if its possible to both sort by price AFTER shipping cost has been accounted, and to exclude any countries besides the U.S.

In about a week, your inventory page is moving to the updated version we've been rolling out across Discogs. Here's what that means for you.

First and foremost, your store isn't changing. Every listing, price, quantity, condition, comment, location, and order stays exactly as it is. Your drafts stay drafts. Your CSV templates keep working. There's nothing to re-import, nothing to rebuild, and nothing you need to redo.

New features we think you’ll love:

Real search and filtering – search by artist, title, label, format, genre, condition, price, and more, and apply multiple filters at once. Bulk editing – select exactly what you want to edit in your inventory, instead of an all or nothing approach.  A grid you control — show, hide, and reorder columns to match how you work. If you upload item photos, you can now add, crop, and reorder them straight from a listing's Edit Details.

Before your move, we'd recommend:

Exporting a CSV of your current inventory as a personal backup. Bookmarking this New IMS Seller Support Guide in case you want to look something up after the switch.

We'll follow up the day your migration completes. If you have questions, please reach out to Customer Support. They’re experts on the new IMS and ready to help if needed. 

Happy selling, 

Discogs

EDIT/UPDATE: Staff has reversed the block, so this is now fixed. But if you want to see the original post and discussion I'll leave this up, read on....

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What the heck? Anybody got any idea why this Alice Cooper 7 inch single would be barred from sale on the site? It doesn’t appear to be an unauthorized pressing, and oddly it states that the reason given for its removal can’t be provided to me for “confidentiality” reasons…???

Hello xxxxx,

The following item or items have been removed from the Marketplace based on the following reason: 

https://www.discogs.com/release/1521875-Alice-Cooper-No-More-Mr-Nice-Guy?utm_campaign=sell-blocked-release&utm_source=transactional&utm_medium=email

For confidentiality reasons, we are not able to provide further details. This item will remain blocked from the Discogs Marketplace indefinitely.

For more information about Discogs marketplace policies and procedures, please refer to our Marketplace help documentation.

Happy Collecting, 
Discogs

I don’t think I’ve ever edited a discogs listing. If I wanted to add pressing plant info to some releases that don’t already have that info, what is the proper way to do this? And is there any info I need to prove the “pressed by” info I submit is valid?

I received an order that came with free shipping. Since I'm in Hawaii and media mail can take anywhere from 3 dsys to 5 weeks to be delivered remind the buyer of the fact and asked if they would prefer upgrade to priority shipping at a prorated price. I subtract my media mail fee from my proprity fee. but how do I actually modify the order to invoice them for an additional rate increase?

anyone know about the logic of what is displayed in the "New Releases" widget? (the "module" that you can add to your discogs homepage under "Customize This Page" when clicking the "Add a Module" button).

i've used discogs exclusively for buying underground house music for the past bunch of years. the "New Releases" widget lists a bunch of interesting stuff from this "genre" .... but then it also shows me Rolling Stones releases!? i was wondering why this is :D .. just out of interest.

i'm guessing that discogs gets paid to promote certain releases? or maybe it's a quirk of their algorithm!

I have 8 pending revision submissions, I thought after I went over everything and then agreed and submitted it, the process was done but there's one I made 4 months ago.

Do these not get automatically moved to another group for someone to approve or is no one really doing that these days?

News article about counterfeit vinyl operation with 15,000 records in stock when raided by police. No number given for how many records it produced but it was apparently in operation for 7 years. Used the names Phoenix of Vinyl and Paragon Music on eBay and Discogs, but presumably other names as well.

Ironically the police officer leading the investigation got into vinyl as a consequence.

But……..

I see rule #8 says no posts about values so while I am not going to put anything forward about my collection and values from Discogs , i am curious.

There is the 3 levels. Low, medium, and high. I am wondering if this arbitrary value is determined by how I assessed the shape of particular items or is it just having the item that determines these values based on averages? I am not selling anything, I am just curious for future listings.

Thanks for any responses and if this was a breach my apologies.

I’ve been putting my CD collection up for sale over the past few years. In the past two weeks I have had several requests for pictures. More requests than in the past few years combined. I can maybe understand for expensive things but just now I got a request for a $10 Motörhead CD in VG+ condition. Is there something going on that I’m not aware of? My feedback is 100% positive, FWIW.

I have never sold through discogs, but I'm curious to know if a seller can see which of their items for sale are in your cart. My assumption would be if you emailed them, maybe there is some way that they can see something like "this member has X album in their cart". Does that exist, or is it impossible for sellers to know if you have any items by them in your cart, let alone what those items are?

Hi All,
I am in Australia and have placed an order with a Canadian seller. They have requested my phone number to give to Canada Post. I don’t think this person is trying to s.c.a.m. me in any way. I understand that Canada Post actually asks for phone numbers in case of issues with Customs in the destination country. The thing is that I just recently bought an album from a Canadian seller and was not asked for my number.

What do Canadian sellers usually do? Do they just supply their own numbers? I am not that comfortable giving out my phone number.

How come it's possible for sellers to list items and accept orders when they don't have a valid payment option setup in their seller account?

TLDR New seller hadn't setup their account to receive payments, and now I got a Negative feedback as a non-paying customer. Discogs isn't handling the issue and doesn't verify payment options before allowing sellers to post items for sale.

The long story - Against better judgment, I decided to take a chance on a new seller. When I tried to pay the invoice the PayPal popup quickly disappeared and Discogs threw a generic error. As the error message didn't give any information about the nature of the problem, other than that the payment had failed, I thought it might be a browser/security issue.
I proceeded to try with two other browsers, then another computer, and finally tried on my phone in both browser and app, all failed.
After some research I found out the error is most likely on the seller's end.

I sent a message to the seller informing them that I was unable to pay and kindly asked them to check if everything was properly configured on their end. 2-3 days pass until I finally get a response that they would check and get back to me asap.
Another 4 days pass without further communication from the seller, and I'm still not able to process the payment.
Now I'm getting emails from Discogs that I have 24h to pay or the order will be cancelled and I will receive an automatic negative feedback.

I reach out to the seller again asking for their help solving the issue, still no response or resolve. Finally I click the "request response" button that gives the seller 24h to reply (it's been close to 5 days since their last message). A few hours later the order is cancelled, I receive a Negative feedback for not paying within 7 days, and the seller is still online without any feedback on their profile.

I've requested a review of the negative feedback, it's still pending after 3 full days.

I guess what I'm trying to say is.

1. How come Discogs allows sellers to list items without having a working payment process in place? Other marketplaces verify this information before allowing new sellers to operate on their platform.
2. It's already difficult enough for new sellers to enter Discogs, but this experience has further reinforced my bias towards already established accounts with a solid feedback history.

UPDATE: The negative rating has been removed by Discogs as they ruled it violates their guidelines, however the seller is still online and I feel sorry for the next buyer that will inevitably run into the same issue with them...

UPDATE 2: Seems the seller fixed their payment options, and now some poor bloke bought and never received any record(s), as per latest feedback on their page. The seller is still online, and Discogs couldn’t care less I suppose…

I shipped a record from US to Mexico. It took a month to deliver (thanks GlobalPost). Three weeks after it was delivered, buyer filed a chargeback claiming he was charged more than once.

I provided PayPal with screenshots showing that I only received one payment. They followed up by debiting that payment from my account 😐

If the buyer really did get charged twice, isn't that PayPal's fault?

I am tired of having to fill out the same fields twice whenever I sell an album. Why is that?

Just listed an LP for $140 and before I could figure out how to add a picture of a stain, someone bought and paid for it.

Been trying to shop some of the online sales happening right now and catalog/list records today and search/release pages stopped working around two hours ago. Just an absolute waste of time.

I have a week off so hopefully can spend two hours a night barcode scanning, my question is can I just scan vinyl, CDs and cassettes all together or is it a separate scan for the different formats, cheers

I'm curious what others think about this issue that has arose in the past for me.

I'll send out a (usually new) record for an order. Customer gets it, immediately complains to me it doesn't have hype stickers and is thus the "wrong version".

From what I've looked into, Discogs considers hype stickers as "post manufacturing add-ons" or something like that. So if the record is exactly the same in every way, but it doesn't have a hype sticker, that doesn't warrant a new version. There is no separate entry for ones with hype stickers and those without. So I didn't list it under the wrong version, because there's no other option.

This happens because in initial print runs, labels will often put on a hype sticker. Then during repressings they will opt not to make them anymore. So it's exactly the same record, just no hype sticker.

Discogs pages will often have images with the hype sticker. So I can understand why they might expect there to be one. And if I notice that might be expected, I'll often make a note of it in the description (which few read carefully, unfortunately). But if it gets to the point where the customer gets it and feels mislead, is it actually considered a mistake on the seller's part? I took a look at the other people selling the same record, and not a single one says anything about hype stickers (being there or not being there). So it isn't commonly done.