Discogs

Discogs is for vinyl, CDs and music media. It works differently from every other marketplace here, and the difference is worth understanding before you try to crosspost a record.

What makes Discogs different

Everywhere else, a listing is a free-form description of an item you own. On Discogs, a listing is:

a release from the Discogs catalogue + a condition grade + a price.

You are not writing a listing. You are saying "I have a copy of this exact pressing, it is in this condition, and I want this much for it."

That catalogue is the whole point of Discogs. A specific 1973 UK pressing with a particular matrix number is a different release — and a different price — from the 1978 reissue. Buyers search by release, so matching the right one is the entire job.

Connecting

Press Connect on Connections and approve on Discogs. This is OAuth; no extension needed, and it works server-side.

You need a Discogs seller account with selling enabled. A buyer account connects fine and then has nothing to list with.

Listing a record

Work through Music in the dashboard (open).

1. Find the release. Search by artist, title, catalogue number or barcode. Barcode is the most reliable when the record has one. Open Discogs releases to see the pressings.
2. Confirm the pressing. This is the step that matters. Check country, year, label and catalogue number against the item in your hand. Two releases that look identical in a list can differ by a decade and a large multiple in price. Pressed in narrows the list to one country, and Sort puts it in year order or by how many Discogs members want or own it.
3. Grade it. Media and sleeve are graded separately, using the standard Goldmine scale — Mint, Near Mint, Very Good Plus, and down.
4. Price it. Discogs shows what copies in comparable condition have sold for.
5. List it.

Grading

Grade honestly and conservatively. Discogs buyers are specialists, grading disputes are common, and a reputation for over-grading is difficult to recover from on a marketplace where buyers check seller history closely.

Media and sleeve get separate grades. A Near Mint record in a Very Good sleeve is a normal and perfectly saleable combination — say so rather than averaging them.

Note specifics in the comments: a seam split, a ring wear mark, a writing on the label. The comments field is where a dispute is won or lost.

Sales

Discogs orders sync into Sales.

Fee data is partial compared to eBay's. Discogs' fee structure is straightforward, but the API does not expose the same itemised breakdown, so expect less granularity here than on eBay.

Shipping

Discogs has no integrated shipping. You arrange postage yourself and enter tracking against the order.

Records are heavy and awkward, and postage is a real cost that can quietly eat the margin on a cheap record. Weigh a packed record once and reuse that number.

Delisting

Removes the listing from your Discogs inventory.

What is not supported

• Offers — not surfaced in Offers.
• Messages — Discogs conversations do not sync into Messages.
• Automatic tracking — enter it manually.

These are gaps, not deliberate exclusions.

Crossposting to and from Discogs

From Discogs to elsewhere works, with a caveat: a record's identity on Discogs is the release, and other marketplaces have no concept of that. You get a listing with the title and photos, but the pressing detail that makes it valuable has to live in the description.

From elsewhere to Discogs requires matching to a catalogue release, which means the item needs enough information to identify a specific pressing.

Why Discogs is here

Almost no crosslisting tool supports Discogs. If you sell records, this is usually the reason to be here — and combining a Discogs inventory with eBay listings from one item record is not something the alternatives do.