Best Places to Sell Records Online
From Discogs to eBay to Reddit, here are all the best places to unload your unneeded stacks of wax.
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Whether you’re a vinyl junkie, a DJ who prefers the feel of actual records, or an audiophile who likes their music in the analog realm, there will probably come a time when you want to sell some records. The internet may be packed with places to do just that but it can be hard to know which one is the best. And with unscrupulous sites aiming to separate you from your collection for as little compensation as possible, it pays to know the ropes.
In this story, we’ll be looking at three types of sites for unloading your records: vinyl-specific sites, online stores and social media outlets.
Also, don’t forget that there may be a few record stores in your town that buy vinyl. Before taking to the internet, you may want to see what kinds of prices you can get there. At the very least, there certainly won’t be a listing fee.
Here then are the best places to sell records online.
Best Places to Sell Records Online: Online Vinyl Marketplaces
If there’s one thing that’s true about the internet, if you have something to sell, there’s a site for it. This includes records.
Discogs
One of the best places to sell records online continues to be Discogs. As both a resource listing artist discographies plus a thriving marketplace, Discogs is a top site for vinyl lovers of all kinds.
It’s free to set up a seller account and list an item on Discogs, although the site will take a 9% fee (up to $150 per item) for sales.
Although the site remains popular with many people still using it, rumblings on the internet say that Discogs isn’t what it once was. Your mileage may vary although it’s still one of the best places to sell records online.
- Discogs home page
CDandLP
CDandLP is a dedicated online vinyl and CD store. In business since 2002, it’s based in France, which is perhaps why it isn’t as popular in the English-speaking world. However, the site is available in English as well as four other languages, including Japanese. CDandLP also has a pretty good reputation in the vinyl community making it one of the best places to sell records online.
The site takes a sales commission of 14% excluding VAT (16.8% including VAT) of the total of the items in the sale. Remember that this is on top of any PayPal fees and shipping charges so the fees will be fairly high compared to some other outlets on this list.
- CDandLP home page
Vinylom
Vinylom is a Greece-based online record marketplace with a focus on metal – of all kinds. “Find Black, Death, Thrash, Doom, Heavy Metal Vinyl Records and more, from 700+ sellers worldwide!!!” they excitedly say on their landing page. Want to learn more about some rare metal records? Check out their encyclopedia.
If you have vinyl, CDs, tapes, books or DVDs of the metal persuasion to sell, Vinylom is the place to do it. They only charge a 7% fee (based on price and shipping) and even allow trades (€2.90 fee per trade).
The site may not be all things to all people like Discogs but if you’re into metal, Vinylom is one of the best places to sell records online.
- Vinylom home page
MusicStack
MusicStack is a dedicated online music marketplace selling vinyl, cassettes, CDs and music memorabilia. “MusicStack was started out of my college dorm room in the mid 1990’s while I was studying engineering at Ohio State,” says Dave Stack, the founder of the site. Unfortunately, it still looks like it although that doesn’t have any bearing on the trustworthiness of the site, which has a 4.8 rating on Trustpilot.
If you want to sell on MusicStack, you can expect an 8% commission fee on sales and shipping.
- MusicStack home page
Best Places to Sell Records Online: Shopping Sites
If your goal is to sell records, you don’t necessarily have to use a music-specific site. General shopping sites like eBay remain popular places to buy and sell all sorts of things – including vinyl records.
eBay
The eternal eBay. No matter what you want to sell, there may be a specialty site for it but there will always also be eBay. Accordingly, it remains an extremely popular place for people to sell their records. A quick look at sites like Reddit shows that many people actually prefer it to Discogs these days.
eBay is also good if you want to sell not just single items but lots or entire collections.
In terms of fees, eBay takes a portion of the sale – generally 13.25% – plus a per-order fee of $0.40 ($0.30 for orders less than $10). eBay also lets you decide whether to auction an item or set the final price. This makes it one of the best places to sell records online, especially for collections.
- eBay home page
Etsy
Etsy is a popular site for businesses to create online storefronts. This includes record stores. Once your store is set up, Etsy will take a $0.20 listing fee for each item and then two fees for each sale: a 6.5% transaction fee as well as a 3% plus $0.25 payment processing fee.
If you have a full-on store or want to make record selling your business, it’s one of the best places to sell records online.
- Etsy home page
Best Places to Sell Records Online: Social Media
In the old days of physical newspapers, you’d place a classified ad to sell any items you no longer needed. These days we take to social media like Facebook and Reddit when we’re hoping to sell something. This might not be the best avenue for large collections or something like a store but for the occasional sale, it remains a solid way to move some wax.
Facebook Marketplace
Some people of a certain age are on Facebook all the time. Capture those Boomer and Gen X eyeballs with a post on Facebook Marketplace.
You can sell your items for free although if you have a Facebook shop account and sell through marketplace checkout, the site will take 5% of the sale. The fact that it’s free for non-stores makes it one of the best places to sell records online.
- Facebook Marketplace page
Reddit r/VinylCollectors
If you’re not on Facebook you’re probably on Reddit. The subreddit r/VinylCollectors is a popular place for buyers and sellers (and traders) of vinyl.
It’s free to sell with no fees and Reddit even offers a shipping guide. However, scams are always a possibility so do your due diligence.
- Reddit r/VinylCollectors page
Craigslist
Speaking of scams. Craigslist is the closest thing we have now to classifieds. You can list for free and anonymously and find local buyers for your vinyl. However, Craigslist is also kind of creepy so make sure to meet in a public place during the day and all that.
- Craigslist home page
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