Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audiorecordings, 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".[5] While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music,[6] it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats.[5]
Discogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel.[7][5] 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.[5]
In late 2005, the Discogs marketplace was launched.[8]
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.[6]
Marketplaceedit
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.[9]
^"Privacy Policy". Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2023. [...] Zink Media, LLC (d/b/a Discogs), 4145 SW Watson Avenue, Suite 350, Beaverton, Oregon, USA 97005.
^Greenwald, David (December 29, 2015). "Inside Discogs, Beaverton's $100 million record store". The Oregonian. from the original on June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
^"Terms of Service". Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2023. The domains discogs.com (including subdomains) and nearmint.io, related applications, and any of Our associated services, including Application Program Interfaces ("APIs"), (collectively, the "Service"), owned and operated by Zink Media, LLC (d/b/a Discogs) [...]
^"Discogs contributors". Discogs. June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
^ abcdSisario, Ben (December 29, 2015). "Discogs Turns Record Collectors' Obsessions Into Big Business". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
^ abSaunders, Luke (September 8, 2021). "Discogs: what is it, where it came from, and how to use it". Happy Mag. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
^Carnes, Richard (March 26, 2010). "Discogs: Vinyl revolution". Resident Advisor. Retrieved December 13, 2023. It took about six months working nights and weekends on Discogs, and I launched it in November 2000.
^Garber, David (February 26, 2015). "How Discogs Dragged Record Collecting Into the 21st Century". Vice. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
^Savage, Mark (May 2, 2018). "Vinyl collectors spent millions on Discogs last year". BBC News. from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
External linksedit
Official website
April 25, 2024
discogs, short, discographies, database, information, about, audio, recordings, including, commercial, releases, promotional, releases, bootleg, label, releases, database, contents, user, generated, described, york, times, wikipedia, like, while, site, origina. Discogs short for discographies is a database of information about 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 5 While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music 6 it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats 5 DiscogsType of siteMusicAvailable inEnglish German Spanish Portuguese BR French Italian Japanese Korean RussianHeadquartersBeaverton Oregon U S 1 2 OwnerZink Media LLC 3 Created byKevin LewandowskiIndustryInternetServicesDatabase online shoppingRevenueAdvertising Marketplace feesURLwww wbr discogs wbr comCommercialPartiallyRegistrationOptionalUsers675 136 June 2023 update 4 LaunchedNovember 2000 23 years ago 2000 11 Current statusOnline Contents 1 History 2 Marketplace 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editDiscogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel 7 5 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 5 In late 2005 the Discogs marketplace was launched 8 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 6 Marketplace editThe Discogs Marketplace is modeled similar to Amazon and eBay where sellers offer items for sale and a fee is charged on the sold item 9 See also editList of online music databases Global Electronic Music MarketplaceReferences edit Privacy Policy Discogs Retrieved December 13 2023 Zink Media LLC d b a Discogs 4145 SW Watson Avenue Suite 350 Beaverton Oregon USA 97005 Greenwald David December 29 2015 Inside Discogs Beaverton s 100 million record store The Oregonian Archived from the original on June 30 2023 Retrieved June 30 2023 Terms of Service Discogs Retrieved December 13 2023 The domains discogs com including subdomains and nearmint io related applications and any of Our associated services including Application Program Interfaces APIs collectively the Service owned and operated by Zink Media LLC d b a Discogs Discogs contributors Discogs June 26 2023 Retrieved June 26 2023 a b c d Sisario Ben December 29 2015 Discogs Turns Record Collectors Obsessions Into Big Business The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved June 29 2023 a b Saunders Luke September 8 2021 Discogs what is it where it came from and how to use it Happy Mag Retrieved October 8 2019 Carnes Richard March 26 2010 Discogs Vinyl revolution Resident Advisor Retrieved December 13 2023 It took about six months working nights and weekends on Discogs and I launched it in November 2000 Garber David February 26 2015 How Discogs Dragged Record Collecting Into the 21st Century Vice Retrieved March 13 2022 Savage Mark May 2 2018 Vinyl collectors spent millions on Discogs last year BBC News Archived from the original on May 2 2018 Retrieved June 30 2023 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Discogs amp oldid 1217900764, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
