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Music database and marketplace

Discogs

Discogs is a user-built music database and marketplace used to catalog releases, identify versions of albums and singles, manage collections, and buy or sell physical music.

Core service
A user-built database organized around artists, labels, releases, and master releases.
Marketplace role
Independent third-party sellers list music items, while Discogs says it is not the seller or a party to buyer-seller contracts.
Common use
Collectors use Discogs to identify pressings, track collections and wantlists, compare prices, and research release details.
Discogs combines a user-built database of music releases with marketplace tools for collectors, buyers, and sellers.View image on original site

What Discogs is

Discogs is a music website that combines a crowdsourced database of audio releases with a marketplace for physical music. It is especially useful for identifying different versions of records, CDs, tapes, and other releases where small details such as label, catalog number, country, year, barcode, matrix markings, or cover variation can matter.

How the database works

Discogs organizes music information around artists, labels, releases, and master releases. A release page can describe one specific version of an album or single, while a master release groups related versions together. The database is built through user submissions, edits, guidelines, and review by the community.

Contributor rules

Discogs asks contributors to enter information from the exact release they have in front of them and to change only information that can be supported by a trustworthy source. That approach is important because collectors often need to distinguish very similar editions that may differ only by pressing plant, runout text, artwork, label design, or distribution details.

Marketplace model

The marketplace lets independent sellers list music items through discogs.com. Discogs states that it does not offer the items for sale itself, does not compete with users on the platform, and is not a party to contracts between buyers and sellers. Buyers still need to evaluate seller terms, item grading, shipping details, and payment protections.

Why collectors use it

For collectors, Discogs can act like a cataloging tool, price reference, research index, and shopping destination in one place. A user can add items to a personal collection, maintain a wantlist, compare past marketplace activity, and search for a specific pressing that is difficult to identify from a general music store listing.

Why it matters

Music history is not only about famous albums; it is also about editions, labels, regional releases, credits, formats, and the physical objects that carry recorded sound. Discogs helps make that detailed record searchable, while its marketplace connects that information to real collector demand.

Limits and cautions

Discogs data can be extremely useful, but it depends on contributor accuracy and marketplace seller behavior. A database listing may be incomplete or disputed, and an item for sale should be checked against the seller description, photos, condition grading, shipping policy, and buyer protections before purchase.

WHOIS domain data

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Domain
discogs.com
IP address
44.229.144.7
Registrar
Amazon Registrar, Inc.
WHOIS server
whois.registrar.amazon
Referral URL
http://registrar.amazon.com
Created
August 30, 2000
Updated
July 26, 2025
Expires
August 30, 2026
Nameservers
ns-1232.awsdns-26.org (205.251.196.208); ns-1836.awsdns-37.co.uk (205.251.199.44); ns-591.awsdns-09.net (205.251.194.79); ns-466.awsdns-58.com (205.251.193.210)
Domain status
clientDeleteProhibited; clientTransferProhibited; clientUpdateProhibited
Contact privacy
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