Discogs
Type of site | Music |
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Available in | English, German, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian |
Headquarters | |
Owner | Zink Media, LLC[3] |
Created by | Kevin Lewandowski |
Industry | Internet |
Services | Database, online shopping |
Revenue | Advertising, Marketplace fees |
URL | www |
Commercial | Partially |
Registration | Optional |
Users | 675,136 (June 2023[update])[4] |
Launched | November 2000 |
Current status | Online |
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]
History
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
Marketplace
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]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.