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| country = [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], [[Oregon]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009334513 |title=Privacy Policy|publisher=Discogs|language=en|quote=[...] Zink Media, LLC (d/b/a Discogs), 4145 SW Watson Avenue, Suite 350, Beaverton, Oregon, USA 97005.|accessdate=2023-12-13}}</ref><ref name="Oregonian">{{Cite web |last=Greenwald|first=David|date=2015-12-29 |title=Inside Discogs, Beaverton's $100 million record store |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/music/2015/12/inside_discogs_beaverton_100_million.html |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630152643/https://www.oregonlive.com/music/2015/12/inside_discogs_beaverton_100_million.html |archive-date=2023-06-30 }}</ref> | | country = [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], [[Oregon]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009334513 |title=Privacy Policy|publisher=Discogs|language=en|quote=[...] Zink Media, LLC (d/b/a Discogs), 4145 SW Watson Avenue, Suite 350, Beaverton, Oregon, USA 97005.|accessdate=2023-12-13}}</ref><ref name="Oregonian">{{Cite web |last=Greenwald|first=David|date=2015-12-29 |title=Inside Discogs, Beaverton's $100 million record store |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/music/2015/12/inside_discogs_beaverton_100_million.html |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=The Oregonian |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630152643/https://www.oregonlive.com/music/2015/12/inside_discogs_beaverton_100_million.html |archive-date=2023-06-30 }}</ref> | ||
| revenue = Advertising, marketplace fees | | revenue = Advertising, marketplace fees | ||
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'''Discogs''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɪ|ˈ|s|k|ɒ|ɡ|z}} {{respell| | '''Discogs''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɪ|ˈ|s|k|ɒ|ɡ|z}} {{respell|di|SKOGZ}}; short for "[[discography|discographies]]") is an online [[database]] and [[online marketplace|marketplace]] for [[Sound recording and reproduction|audio recording]]s, including [[commerce|commercial]] releases, promotional releases, and [[Bootleg recording|bootleg]] or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "[[Wikipedia]]-like", and users can purchase [[Phonograph record|vinyl records]], [[Compact disc|CDs]], [[cassette tape]]s, and other music formats from online sellers.<ref name=":0" /> Its specialty and innovation is to distinguish the specific releases of music (for example, over 400 different versions of the [[Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)|''Saturday Night Fever'' soundtrack]]). | ||
While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of [[electronic music]],<ref name="auto">{{cite web|last1=Saunders|first1=Luke|url=https://happymag.tv/discogs-what-is-it-where-it-came-from-and-how-to-use-it/ |date=Sep 8, 2021 |title=Discogs: what is it, where it came from, and how to use it|website=Happy Mag |language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref> it now includes releases in all [[Music genre|genres]] and on all [[Timeline of audio formats|formats]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=2015-12-29 |title=Discogs Turns Record Collectors' Obsessions Into Big Business |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/business/media/discogs-turns-record-collectors-obsessions-into-big-business.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created."<ref>{{cite web|website = Q the Music|url=http://www.qthemusic.com/14459/guest-column-how-discogs-organised-the-worlds-record-collection/ |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420140632/http://www.qthemusic.com/14459/guest-column-how-discogs-organised-the-worlds-record-collection/|archive-date=April 20, 2017|title= Guest Column - How Discogs Organised the World's Record Collection|date=March 4, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2025|last=Lewandowski|first=Kevin}}</ref> As of 2025, its database contains over 18 million user-submitted album listings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Find Music on Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/search|website=Discogs|access-date=February 27, 2025}}</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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In July 2007, a new [[subscription]]-based system for sellers was introduced on the site, called ''Market Price History''. It gave premium users access to the past price items that were sold for up to 12 months ago by previous sellers who had sold exactly the same release (though 60 days of information was free). At the same time, the US$12 per year charge for advanced subscriptions was abolished, as it was felt that the extra features should be made available to all subscribers, now that a different [[revenue stream]] had been found from sellers and purchasers. Later that year, all paid access features were discarded and full use of the site became free of charge, allowing all users to view the full 12-month Market Price History of each item.<ref name="auto" /> | In July 2007, a new [[subscription]]-based system for sellers was introduced on the site, called ''Market Price History''. It gave premium users access to the past price items that were sold for up to 12 months ago by previous sellers who had sold exactly the same release (though 60 days of information was free). At the same time, the US$12 per year charge for advanced subscriptions was abolished, as it was felt that the extra features should be made available to all subscribers, now that a different [[revenue stream]] had been found from sellers and purchasers. Later that year, all paid access features were discarded and full use of the site became free of charge, allowing all users to view the full 12-month Market Price History of each item.<ref name="auto" /> | ||
In addition to the database and marketplace, Discogs operates an online editorial platform, Discogs Digs, which publishes interviews and record-collection profiles under series such as "Vinylogue" and has featured DJs and collectors including Thurston Moore, Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy, DJ Marky and Argentine selector and music curator [[Soledad Rodríguez Zubieta]] (SRZ).<ref>{{cite web |title=Vinylogue – Soledad Rodríguez Zubieta |url=https://www.discogs.com/digs/features/vinylogue-srz/ |website=Discogs Digs |language=en |date=9 April 2025 |access-date=1 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vinylogue: Thurston Moore and the Smell of Vinyl |url=https://www.discogs.com/digs/features/vinylogue-thurston-moore/ |website=Discogs Digs |language=en |access-date=1 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vinylogue: Deep Listening with Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy |url=https://www.discogs.com/digs/features/vinylogue-colleen-murphy/ |website=Discogs Digs |language=en |access-date=1 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vinylogue: DJ Marky on Vinyl's Enduring Magic |url=https://www.discogs.com/digs/features/vinylogue-dj-marky/ |website=Discogs Digs |language=en |access-date=1 December 2025}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Discogs (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".; short for "discographies") is an online database and marketplace for audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in The New York Times as "Wikipedia-like", and users can purchase vinyl records, CDs, cassette tapes, and other music formats from online sellers.[1] Its specialty and innovation is to distinguish the specific releases of music (for example, over 400 different versions of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack).
While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music,[2] it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats.[1] By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created."[3] As of 2025, its database contains over 18 million user-submitted album listings.[4]
History
Discogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel.[5][1] It was originally started from a computer in Lewandowski's closet and was limited to electronic music. By 2015, Discogs had 37 employees, 3 million users, and a monthly traffic of 20 million visits.[1]
In 2005, Discogs launched a marketplace where users can buy and sell albums.[6] The Discogs Marketplace is modeled similar to Amazon and eBay, where sellers offer items for sale and a fee is charged on the sold item.[7] Its album listings are filterable by the country they ship from, format, currency, genre, style, format description, media condition, year released, seller name, and whether the buyer is invited to "make an offer."
In July 2007, a new subscription-based system for sellers was introduced on the site, called Market Price History. It gave premium users access to the past price items that were sold for up to 12 months ago by previous sellers who had sold exactly the same release (though 60 days of information was free). At the same time, the US$12 per year charge for advanced subscriptions was abolished, as it was felt that the extra features should be made available to all subscribers, now that a different revenue stream had been found from sellers and purchasers. Later that year, all paid access features were discarded and full use of the site became free of charge, allowing all users to view the full 12-month Market Price History of each item.[2]
In addition to the database and marketplace, Discogs operates an online editorial platform, Discogs Digs, which publishes interviews and record-collection profiles under series such as "Vinylogue" and has featured DJs and collectors including Thurston Moore, Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy, DJ Marky and Argentine selector and music curator Soledad Rodríguez Zubieta (SRZ).[8][9][10][11]
See also
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