Record For Longest Dry Spell In 9 Years, Anyone Else?

2 full weeks with no sales. I know I have sold a bunch of inventory and may have not have the best things left, but 2 weeks is by far the longest I have gone without a sale. I'm wondering if anyone else going through a scary slump.

Best Regards

A bit of a mystery, maybe list some singles

My 12 day dry spell ended yesterday, possibly the longest one I’ve had.

There is no pattern to sales, not that I can observe. Before the last two years (since discogs started playing with the inventory / wantlister) it was more regular (more orders in winter, less orders in summer, for example) and no longer patches of no sales. Nowadays, I can have four sales on a good day, followed by 4 days of no sales. Generally, sales have stopped being regular, and now they resemble a trickling water tap.

eliks_postindustry
stopped being regular

whether it’s platform error or error, the forums are constantly awash in reports of problems with placing and paying for orders. It’s a poorly-designed, chronically unstable UX and has been for years. They stagger drunkenly from crisis to crisis, declaring problems fixed when they are not, and do not appear to be properly resourced to maintain a consistently functional marketplace

petitesphere
My 12 day dry spell ended yesterday, possibly the longest one I’ve had.

Make that 13 days as the last order 13 days ago had to be cancelled as buyer could not complete the payment.

eliks_postindustry
Before the last two years (since discogs started playing with the inventory / wantlister) it was more regular (more orders in winter, less orders in summer, for example) and no longer patches of no sales. Nowadays, I can have four sales on a good day, followed by 4 days of no sales. Generally, sales have stopped being regular, and now they resemble a trickling water tap.

Ditto. Something has changed for the worse.

Earjerk...
Ditto. Something has changed for the worse.

Double ditto. Our total sales for the month so far is what we averaged in a single day from 2015 - 2023.

Same problem with my . I tried to make it better by adding over 50 new countries but nothing really happens. Tried also to relist my stock. But still no sales.

... well.....
I usually don't check into the forums.. unless I feel there is something not right. Well "lo and behold". Here I am.
Sales are suspiciously slow for me at this time as well. I usually receive four or more substantial orders from Friday to this time Sunday night.
I'm thinking some buyers are starting to watch their wallets.

So, I'm considering this as "slack time" to catch up on other projects both music and other. :)

Regards to all.

Here I am because I was thinking the same thing. I pretty consistently have some nice sales on the weekends. But lately it’s really dropped. Not quite to zero but way down. Maybe it’s confirmation bias. I look for a thread where people say what I already agree with, but it’s also seems like maybe it’s real. Seems like Discogs could easily confirm if it was backed by hard data. They may not want to a sales slump though.

Same here, veeeery quiet in the last 2 months. The last order was a ghost .
And with all the bugs related to the new inventory updates, I always suspect something's not right now...

My usual thought when these threads pop up is that it's not unusual that it’s up and down, up and down with the sales around here.
And until three weeks ago all seemed normal for me. But since then sales have dropped by roughly one sale pr day.
Cant having had this kind of drought for this long.

Dr.S.Disks
Cant having had this kind of drought for this long.

Global cooling

One of the main problems with discogs is that there are just too much sellers.
The marketplace is full of items with no sales in months/years or even ever but with 5+ sellers and sometimes a lot more.
To discogs it does not matter how many sellers there are as long as there is a buyer, they will make their money.

As a seller I use discogs because it is the easiest to list items for sale and they will stay for sale forever.
As a buyer I check other sites first as it is often cheaper there because of the high fees on discogs.
Often the total fees are 33-50% of the item price on cheap items. I can sell a €3 item on another website for €1.50 and make the same profit.

watidatga
I can sell a €3 item on another website for €1.50 and make the same profit.

Is there really any point selling things so cheap? You may as well set up a fruit & vegetables stall on a saturday market.

I'm not directing that at you exactly, just a general question. Unless you get a multiple order of, say, 20 cheap items is there really any benefit to making one or two euros per order (taking into your time & effort)?

Jarren
You may as well set up a fruit & vegetables stall on a saturday market.

Please do it here, as the Co-Op were hacked and the miscreants have made off with most of the fresh produce.

Jarren
I'm not directing that at you exactly, just a general question. Unless you get a multiple order of, say, 20 cheap items is there really any benefit to making one or two euros per order (taking into your time & effort)?

For me it is worth it.
I have no other job and this is my only income so every profit is welcome
As I don't have a fulltime job, I have enough time to ship something. I sell cds and it does not take much time to ship them.
Don't have to go to the post office. Just put some stamps on it and put in the mail box 20 meters from my house.

It also depends on the country you live in and the money you need in a month.
I am lucky to be able live easily with less than €1000 a month in sales.

I know this issue has been addressed many, many times, but I have to say that it's just uncanny that sales either flow naturally or, out of the blue, just stop dead in their tracks for weeks on end. In my early days on Discogs I had a consistent stream of sales from one week to the other. Nothing big, nothing major, here and there with a high value item of course, but at least things were consistent and generated enough income for me to buy other things on Discogs that I was looking for for myself. But, as the original poster already mentioned, the fact that every now and then, sales don't slow down but simply just drop to zero for weeks and weeks remains a baffling thing, to the point where you sell an item here and there occasionally, but no longer consistently. We're looking at an ocean of records, CDs and whatnot, available to an entire world of collectors, fans, people who are simply looking for a gift, old timers that want to replace a worn out album or newbies that want to have the vinyl counterpart of the CD they owned 'cause they now have a turntable. That, in itself, I think, would/should lead to a more or less consistent stream of sales, but it sometimes doesn't and then not just for days, but for weeks. This is a not complaint, it's just something that's become more and more apparent in the last eight months and it would be great if Discogs, since they own all the data and can make that data available, could explain where it comes from.

Just checked my sales. In the past 90 days I had no sales, on this , on 19 days
My second had 17 days with no sales.
But combined I have had just 1 day without any sale.

Surprised by this, as I have not added new inventory since March 22
Expect to sell less in the coming months because of this.

Saborcaracter
it's just uncanny that sales either flow naturally or, out of the blue, just stop dead in their tracks

That's exactly it. Those dead stops are the most suspicious element here, because I believe they are not related to the 'randomness' of sales tendencies, but technical issues that plague this site.

I am a hobby seller which means my livelihood doesn't depend on whether I sell here or not. I would be happy if I got a simple average 1 sale a day ratio, which was the case for most part of my seller's activity. My inventory isn't shrinking, or becoming less attractive, it's constantly rotating, and I believe my price are fair and not overblown.

I used to observe periods of time, not 9 years ago, but even more recently, over the past 2-3 years, where the daily influx of sales started to overwhelm me - I couldn't keep up! And then, without me changing anything, it started going down to the point where now I expect not to sell anything on a daily basis, despite best efforts.

I don't want to blame discogs, but truly believe it has to do with 1) paypal problems and full reliance on that system 2) inventory management problems 3) wantlister 4) scammers.

My last sale was March 14 (really!) - certainly since the full impact of Brexit hit, my Euro sales have disappeared and USA sales are almost non-existent due to high postage costs. Together with problems on the platform itself it does not bode well. I'm going away soon but worried about expiring the inventory - will I be able to relist it again safely? I did a test on one record and it was iffy but did come back into the inventory eventually. DIscogs have really taken their eye off the ball recently,

einzabble
DIscogs have really taken their eye off the ball recently

Beyond recently

Thanks for all responses. I guess we will just hope for the best. Good luck to everyone here I hope you sell a ton of stuff.

My slow-down started last week.
It always bounces back.

Here's to a big bounce

bouncing જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴

Items sold during April's past
2025 = 29
2024 = 31
2023 = 43
2022 = 292
2021 = 468
2020 = 65
2019 = 35
2018 = 64
2017 = 60

I've had 12 days with no sales. That is the longest period without a sale here on Discogs I've ever had.

No sales this week. As I only sell here, do we think this is a Discogs issue, online selling issue or general market issue?

I tend to lean toward a Discogs issues because in my mind they are always fixing something that is not broken.

To add: If we are not selling, Discogs looses revenue as well.

I'm not seeing any issues with the Discogs platform this month. Since May 1st, I've had 13 sales for a total of 56 items.

Charlie.White
I'm not seeing any issues with the Discogs platform this month. Since May 1st, I've had 13 sales for a total of 56 items.

Similar (and I have far fewer items listed for sale than many of the sellers on this thread).

A couple of points:

1) I wonder if the bottom is not falling out of the lp market, esp. the high end. I've never really carried a lot of lps-- the best they've ever done in my store is third place, behind CDs and (gulp, readying for abuse) 8 tracks, and at times they've been behind cassettes and 4 tracks as well.

2) I think selling odd stuff really helps. I mean, there's plenty of pink Floyd out there, but only so many collections of Italian folk songs.

djcarbines
No sales this week. As I only sell here, do we think this is a Discogs issue, online selling issue or general market issue?

The biggest problem is that there are just too many sellers here and not enough buyers.
Checked the first 3 items in your store
1st - 16 for sale - sold once in 2025 and twice in 2024
2nd - 34 for sale - sold once in 2025, 3 times in 2024 and 0 in 2023
3rd - 32 for sale - sold once in 2025, 3 times in 2024

This is a problem with many of the releases but many sellers (that complain about slow sales) still try to get a high price
The marketplace if full with overpriced and/or unwanted items.

watidatga
The marketplace if full with overpriced items.

Part of this problem is that many sellers simply use that unrealistic "suggested price" which discogs offers when you list an item...

Most of the times these suggestions are much too high

watidatga
Checked the first 3 items in your store
1st - 16 for sale - sold once in 2025 and twice in 2024
2nd - 34 for sale - sold once in 2025, 3 times in 2024 and 0 in 2023
3rd - 32 for sale - sold once in 2025, 3 times in 2024

This is a problem with many of the releases but many sellers (that complain about slow sales) still try to get a high price
The marketplace if full with overpriced and/or unwanted items.

This may be a fair point for newer sellers, or those more focused on rarities. However, these are my bread and butter sales. Over 3600 of my over 3700 are under £5, most of which (probably over 3500) are also under £1. In fact, some are even more common and cheaper and they sell by the dozen.
They sell reasonably regularly even when I'm not the cheapest. I often go a few days without sales, but then followed by a number of small orders or enough big orders (10 items plus) to average one item sale a day - I average about 30 items a month.

I price them this way because I don't care if they actually sell, it is just a nice unexpected return when they do. I buy them to complete my 'every UK hit singles and album' collection, then the collection goes up for sale.
For some reason, the profit of 1 in 10 that sells breaks even the loss of the other 9!

The 'problem' you point out hasn't been a problem for me - they still sell! And have done for literally years, hence I haven't changed my strategy.
Yet this week there are no sales, even with listing another 50-odd new items. New item listing, even when listing this sort of fare usually triggers a sale within the day, sometimes within minutes.

watidatga
Checked the first 3 items in your store
1st - 16 for sale - sold once in 2025 and twice in 2024
2nd - 34 for sale - sold once in 2025, 3 times in 2024 and 0 in 2023
3rd - 32 for sale - sold once in 2025, 3 times in 2024

If anything, these are some of the fast and easy sellers compared to the rest of my inventory.
Many sell for less, haven't done so since 2024 or longer and have more copies for sale. Yet mine still sell, and at that higher price. As Slade say about their singing - I don't know why!

djcarbines
This may be a fair point for newer sellers, or those more focused on rarities. However, these are my bread and butter sales. Over 3600 of my over 3700 are under £5, most of which (probably over 3500) are also under £1

I do the same on this and know that they do sell. But I also know that many of my 4000 items priced €1.00 or less will never sell

Was just some general examples to show that there are 10x the items for sale now than that have sold in the past 18 months
There are just too many sellers and not enough buyers on most items to expect regular sales.
When you add something like this for sale you should not be surprised if it that not sell fast.

Charlie.White
I'm not seeing any issues with the Discogs platform this month. Since May 1st, I've had 13 sales for a total of 56 items.

Don't have any problems with sales.
140 items sold this month (both s) and 42 orders.
But with close to 8K items for sale this isn't enough
I know I can get more sales on other websites

dimension7records
Part of this problem is that many sellers simply use that unrealistic "suggested price" which discogs offers when you list an item... Most of the times these suggestions are much too high

I use them too for most of my items - you have to have a reference point somewhere, right? But, I always enable 'make offer' + if I see than an item isn't selling, or if I feel that discogs suggests unrealistic price, I cut it down. But it never guarantees a buyer.

I generally feel that a successful transaction is heavily conincidental. We as sellers can try and influence that - cut prices, enable offers, don't overblow shipping, keep prices fair, list odd items (this is what discogs is all about right?), yet none of that guarantees a jump in sales.

Adams-Vinyl
Items sold during April's past
2025 = 29
2024 = 31
2023 = 43
2022 = 292
2021 = 468
2020 = 65
2019 = 35
2018 = 64
2017 = 60

I also the covid years as a sales boom.

watidatga2
But I also know that many of my 4000 items priced €1.00 or less will never sell

Likewise. I've been proven wrong with my own inventory, literally thousands of times.

watidatga2
When you add something like this for sale you should not be surprised if it that not sell fast.

Quite the opposite. Even now, after thousands of items sold here alone (not counting physical in-person sales or other platforms), I'm still surprised that they sell at all. Some have been on and off sale for a decade or more, but even they have sold around half of what I began with and they are still selling...eventually.

Despite the size of my inventory, I'm not here to sell. It genuinely is the remnants of my collection (that I still add to weekly).
One of the purposes of the collection is to get the full original release information, another is to add the ripped audio to my digital library. Selling is just a happy side-product which eventually means the collecting aspect essentially costs me no money, but a lot of time. But it's time I enjoy using for that purpose (mostly).

This is why one of many reasons I've temporarily stopped selling vinyl. The time it takes me to digitise the information and audio is usually too long for a customer to wait, especially for big orders. My vinyl inventory at least matches the CD inventory of over 4000 items each. (I have a few hundred more CDs I'm in the process of listing).

Anything that doesn't sell here I can swap with at the local record shop or sell directly at the boot fair.
Like I say, this is an exceptionally slow sales week, from a good 15+ years selling on here (again, not counting older in-person sales and online platforms). I stay selling only here because I like the casual pace. If I was in it for the money, I probably would be selling elsewhere more quickly.

Might be a good time to ask some kind-hearted soul to check if my listings are showing ok?

It's been 23 days here since an order came our way. Only 3 orders since reing Dec 22. First order was a scam lol...

Thanks in advance.

RebelSqueeze
Might be a good time to ask some kind-hearted soul to check if my listings are showing ok?

I see 546 For Sale. Able to add to cart.

Thanks Eliks, much appreciated.

Any UKers out there still using Royal Mail International Standard up to £20??

Have thought of offering it to the major collectable countries like U.S., Canada, Northern EU, Spain Italy etc, Japan, Aussie etc, to try and bring the shipping down. If we can't trust the G7 who can we trust in today's world?

Adams-Vinyl
bouncing જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴ જ⁀➴

Items sold during April's past
2025 = 29
2024 = 31
2023 = 43
2022 = 292
2021 = 468
2020 = 65
2019 = 35
2018 = 64
2017 = 60

Wow, that's some COVID bump!

...and drop after lol.

That's it, we need another pandemic! Hey China, we need another BRICS inspired pandemic! The Russia ruse of starting a war ain't working the same!😊

RebelSqueeze
China

Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check

May has historically been a quiet month for my sales on Discogs

dansauk
May has historically been a quiet month for my sales on Discogs

Maybe right, but I think though many of us here are having multiple historically low months.

I a here who used to say on forums like this one that everything was going “very well”, he used to sign something like: Negative One ||||||||

I have never seen him again, is he still alive?

I don't that one.

This one
negative1

if Neg1 has stopped buying the entire music industry is doomed

buddysrecords
if Neg1 has stopped buying the entire music industry is doomed

lol

buddysrecords
if Neg1 has stopped buying the entire music industry is doomed

+1 : )

I'm thinking there's a recurring issue.

https://discogs.mejorespelis.org/forum/thread/1103016

ResearchProductsCorp
I'm thinking there's a recurring issue.

https://discogs.mejorespelis.org/forum/thread/1103016

Yes lots of issues.

Can this be right? https://discogs.mejorespelis.org/release/2053580-Tatsuro-Yamashita-%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E9%81%94%E9%83%8E-Melodies 1700 copies for sale!?

Gliese14G-Records
Can this be right? https://discogs.mejorespelis.org/release/2053580-Tatsuro-Yamashita-%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E9%81%94%E9%83%8E-Melodies 1700 copies for sale!?

Cloned by Mions

Vex-Records
I a here who used to say on forums like this one that everything was going “very well”, he used to sign something like: Negative One ||||||||

I have never seen him again, is he still alive?

PhantomOfTheAlbum
I don't that one.

Dr.S.Disks
This one
negative1

buddysrecords
if Neg1 has stopped buying the entire music industry is doomed

PhantomOfTheAlbum
buddysrecordsif Neg1 has stopped buying the entire music industry is doomed

lol

SpareGrooves
buddysrecordsif Neg1 has stopped buying the entire music industry is doomed+1 : )

not that it matters...

but for 2024:
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3513305-1322 Ultravox - Quartet [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix] (LP, Album, RE, Cle + LP, Album, Cle + RSD, Ltd)
Modernsoundsvinylboi
100.0% positive (731) $22.99 Dec 11, 2024 09:07 PM Shipped Archive

1488646-57732 Depeche Mode - Exciter (Album Sampler) (CD, Enh, Promo, Smplr, car)
Ultravox - Quartet [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix] (CD, Album, RE + CD + RSD, Ltd)
Silverplatters 99.9% positive (31,401) $15.98 Dec 11, 2024 08:59 PM
Shipped Archive

391444-31159 Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World - The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (CD, Comp)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (CD, Album, RE, RM)
GROOVEENT 99.3% positive (17,473) $11.98 Nov 13, 2024 05:12 AM Shipped Archive

8408809-6 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts) (12", Single, RE, Cle)
Ishay77 100.0% positive (4) $220.00 Oct 27, 2024 02:52 AM Shipped Archive

3126891-220 Depeche Mode - A Question Of Lust (12", Maxi, Single, S/Edition, Yel)
AsTheRecordTurnsLA 99.2% positive (126) $200.00 Oct 10, 2024 10:23 AM Shipped Archive

561948-11532 Simple Minds - Sweat In Bullet (2x7", Single) Boxcar - Gas Stop (Who Do You Think You Are) (Cass, Single)
Kraftwerk - Kometenmelodie 2 = Comet Melody 2 (7", Promo, Styrene) Frazier Chorus - Ray (Cass, Advance, Promo)
solarmountainrecords 99.8% positive (5,220) $40.06 Sep 28, 2024 01:22 PM Shipped Archive

158386-1053 Depeche Mode - A Question Of Time (Extended Remix) (12", Maxi, Gre)
Depeche Mode - Strangelove (12", Single, Promo) cduaneg 99.1% positive (552) $241.50 Sep 10, 2024 05:34 AM
Shipped Archive

1754040-6641 Ultravox - Lament [Steven Wilson 12" Re-Mixes] (12", RSD)
LooneyTunesCDs 99.1% positive (4,227) $12.50 May 06, 2024 12:12 AM Shipped Archive

8058661-138 Depeche Mode - A Question Of Lust (12", Maxi, Gre) connygunnt
92.9% positive (92) $166.30 Jan 07, 2024 03:37 PM Shipped Archive

852440-10198 The Fixx - Precious Stone (CD, Single, Promo) Curiosity - Hang On In There Baby (CD, Single)
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf / Save A Prayer (CD, Single)
Big Country - The One I Love (CD, Single, Promo)
Simple Minds - See The Lights (CD, Single, Promo)
The Shamen - Make It Mine (CD, Single, Promo)
str8hype 100.0% positive (7,237) $44.41 Jan 07, 2024 03:28 PM

and for 2025
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Order # Summary Seller Total Date Status Actions
1858814-619609 Thomas Dolby - Aliens Ate My Buick (LP, Ltd, Num, RE, Cle)
Everything But The Girl - Fuse (CD, Album) Lonely Robot - Please Come Home (CD, Album, RE)
C.C.Music 99.0% positive (336,420) $48.13 Apr 26, 2025 07:37 PM Shipped Archive

1597787-9479 Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe I The 12" Singles (Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, RM + 12", RE + 12",...
guestroomrecords 100.0% positive (5,183) $119.99 Apr 15, 2025 06:19 PM Shipped Archive

3076256-94 Depeche Mode - Spirit | The 12" Singles (Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, RM + 2x12", Single, RE + 2x12)
RunVNL 100.0% positive (50) $100.00 Apr 15, 2025 06:18 PM Shipped Archive

1858814-617212 Underworld - Strawberry Hotel (2xLP, Album, 180) Underworld - Drift Series 1 - Sampler Edition (2xLP, Smplr)
Underworld - Strawberry Hotel (CD, Album, SHM) C.C.Music
99.0% positive (336,420) $76.32 Apr 15, 2025 06:13 PM Shipped Archive

10737268-5 Underworld - Barking (2xLP, Album, Ltd)
Stunthemasses 100.0% positive (2) $65.00 Apr 15, 2025 06:10 PM Shipped Archive

9206331-13711 Duran Duran - Danse Macabre De Luxe Zoetrope (Bonus LP) (LP, Album, RSD, Dlx, Pic)
AndrewRocco 100.0% positive (7,321) $50.00 Apr 12, 2025 09:17 PM Shipped Archive

9206331-13707 Thompson Twins - In The Name Of Love (12", Single)
The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another (12", Single, Promo, Blu) AndrewRocco
100.0% positive (7,321) $30.00 Apr 12, 2025 09:11 PM Shipped Archive

2087483-3638 Thompson Twins - Into The Gap Live (2xLP, RSD, Ltd, RSD)
todd.magnuson.12 99.6% positive (2,123) $38.99 Apr 12, 2025 09:09 PM Shipped Archive

the only thing i can say, is one of the sellers sent me the wrong record,
instead of a colored vinyl, they sent me a regular black vinyl promo.

and that seller had a 100% rating, i did not give them a negative, of course not,
i didn't get a refund, and i didn't return, i just accepted it..

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i'm still tired of
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shipping price complaints

paypal complaints

complaints about discogs not ever fixing anything

complaints about scams

compalints about drop shipping

complaints about just buying everything off ebay..

my budget is a lot less these last 2 years, so i've bought 90% of my stuff
through another person on discogs, who bulk ships everything too me
for a lot less...

but if there weren't complaints, it wouldn't be discogs would it?
later
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ResearchProductsCorp
I'm thinking there's a recurring issue.

https://discogs.mejorespelis.org/forum/thread/1103016

Can everyone start marking this as spam? It’s becoming a recurring issue...

Rockosurf
ResearchProductsCorpI'm thinking there's a recurring issue.

https://discogs.mejorespelis.org/forum/thread/1103016

Can everyone start marking this as spam? It’s becoming a recurring issue...

× inc.co

Rockosurf
Can everyone start marking this as spam? It’s becoming a recurring issue...

Maybe not every one of those threads is about the same exact issue but there's obviously something going on and it's affecting people's ability to place orders. If I could trust Discogs to be transparent with this and let us know about it on their own I wouldn't need to be corraling threads.

No sales for 18 days (April 16 to May 3), then in the next 18 days after that I've had 10 sales. I've added some new items but that's only 2 of those 10 sales.
I've made a few buys as well during that 18 day drought period and have had no problems buying (except for the usual seller mistakes).

Edit: Never mind. Sorry, Bong, I see your reply was to this thread in general and not to my previous post exclusively.

ResearchProductsCorp
are you suggesting that none of those people submitting the other threads actually had issues placing or accepting orders

Nu suggestions, just writing about my experience. I know that there's been reports (confirmed by Discogs) of marketplace problems, but I've had no problems the few times I have placed orders recently.

Thanks. I understand.

I haven't seen anything during this recent rash of related posts being confirmed by Discogs though. This seems to be a more recent cluster. Had one of these myself. Buyer ed me saying they were getting an error message when trying to place an order.

Yes that definitely has happened.

As a buyer, I have pretty much stopped buying from Discogs due to: too many scammers on Discogs, many sellers on here won't sell to the USA and Discogs just doesn't have the buyers back.
eBay has been my go-to for purchasing rare albums. It used to be impossible to find rare albums on eBay, but in the last two years I have found that many sellers from Discogs are now selling on eBay - despite the fees.

BTOUSAFAN
As a buyer, I have pretty much stopped buying from Discogs due to: too many scammers on Discogs, many sellers on here won't sell to the USA and Discogs just doesn't have the buyers back.
eBay has been my go-to for purchasing rare albums. It used to be impossible to find rare albums on eBay, but in the last two years I have found that many sellers from Discogs are now selling on eBay - despite the fees.

Selling to the US with tariffs at the moment is a no-no. The shipping also got pretty out control with the added fees for sellers. A real shame as sold quite a lot over there before they fucked it up!

BTOUSAFAN
As a buyer, I have pretty much stopped buying from Discogs due to: too many scammers on Discogs

They are easily to spot and avoid. They are also shut down quickly by Discogs anyway.

BTOUSAFAN
many sellers on here won't sell to the USA

I am in the UK have have seen no monetary impact of the tariffs so far in any of my continuing USA sales. Package delivery times have become a bit erratic recently though.

BTOUSAFAN
and Discogs just doesn't have the buyers back.

they don't need to because PayPal has your back.

I always give the best service possible. I value my customers.

Hmmmm, came looking because I had a sudden "sales fell off a cliff" experience
Although only a small seller I have never experienced such a sudden and prolonged drop off
Sales from 28th April to 11th May (14 days) = 11 sales total item value $830 AUD ( I sell to all countries )
Sales from 12th may to now 23rd may (11 days) = 0 sales for $0 and during the last 2 weeks I have added about 25 items to inventory, all with HIGH numbers of ' Wanted ' with a good ratio of (mostly) WAY less items available to compete with compared to the number of people WANTING it.
EG I do not list an item where there are 100 for sale, and only 10 people want it., I tend to pick the reverse ratio where there are 10 for sale and 100 want it , so I haven't been listing things randomly that have no historical chance of me selling it . NOTHING....... not even unsolicited offers, for nearly 2 weeks

Did I mention I had a similar time frame from 11th April to 21 April, where there were no sales? except that didn't feel like such a cliff drop, as the previous 14 days to that were slightly lower than the May figures , being 9 sales for $560 AUD in the April period

Did someone in discogs turn off the visibility button for 10 days on both the 11th April and 11th May???
Just wunderin.......

Miss.i.onsellit, you really should update your profile page. The first thing buyers will see is COVID on your banner, and the first sentence of your intro is COVID.

This may lead them to think your is dormant.

Oh, and I'd leave politics out of it too. Just my thoughts.

Jarren
Miss.i.onsellit, you really should update your profile page. The first thing buyers will see is COVID on your banner, and the first sentence of your intro is COVID.

+1
"INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE EXPERIENCING LONG DELAYS OR UNAVAILABLE DUE TO FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS BECAUSE OF CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19 PANDEMIC)"

Scary stuff still around...

Are you still experiencing a dry spell?

No sales for the last 10 days!

The Beginning Of The End

With these exorbitant international shipping costs nowadays one thinks twice about placing an order.

No sales of LPs or CDs for exactly one month. I don't sell a lot of volume but normally it is steady- something every week or so. It seems very odd which is why I checked the forums. I only ship to US.

Same here, no sales for 2-3 weeks. Very odd.

Increase in postage costs...
fees added to totals...
mandatory Paypal payments...
currency conversion transaction losses...
website design issues...
scam sellers...
rogue s trying promote anything but music in the forums...

The list keeps on growing to drive buyers and sellers away.

I've experienced a sort of dry spell. I usually have about 2500 items in stock at any given moment and low sales should not be an issue for me, but it has happened. I did two things to make sure that I always had steady business.

1. List new items as much as you can, fresh inventory attracts new customers. There was a time when I didn't really list much for a couple of weeks, and my revenue showed that. Ever since I started listing a few hundred records per week, my sales have increased significantly.

2. Aggressively discount old items. When I want to make space for new inventory, old records receive a discount. It seems there's a buyer out there that is just waiting to get a 10-20% discount on a specific item you have, they will order very quickly afterward. Some of my really old stock, that goes for maybe a couple dollars, gets reduced to a penny. The amount of traffic and new orders this creates is astonishing. Not only do all the old penny records get sold, they even buy some older stock that hasn't yet been discounted or even new fresh stock.

kingchapstick
. Some of my really old stock, that goes for maybe a couple dollars, gets reduced to a penny. The amount of traffic and new orders this creates is astonishing. Not only do all the old penny records get sold, they even buy some older stock that hasn't yet been discounted or even new fresh stock.

Might as well just donate them to goodwill. Sounds like a huge waste of time

Oddly, after posting about a long dry spell in sales, I suddenly got a few orders. It makes me wonder if there was a problem that Discogs quietly fixed after reading my post. I would imagine that they follow the forums.

gwmayne
Oddly, after posting about a long dry spell in sales, I suddenly got a few orders. It makes me wonder if there was a problem that Discogs quietly fixed after reading my post. I would imagine that they follow the forums.

Think you are probably being a bit ambitious there..

I have also noticed a pick up in sales.

My sales fell off a cliff in mid May after two and a half years of four to five orders a week. When sales started to slump I started shipping to some EU countries and that has proven to be a complete disaster. I dread going back to Ebay but it looks like I don't have a choice.

Sales on the platform come and go, but you can leverage the platform to maintain sales consistency. You just have to be creative about how you market your inventory.

PhantomOfTheAlbum
Longest Dry Spell

Someone Turn On The Tap

Thanks for that!

RESIST !!!

Gliese14G-Records
gwmayneOddly, after posting about a long dry spell in sales, I suddenly got a few orders. It makes me wonder if there was a problem that Discogs quietly fixed after reading my post. I would imagine that they follow the forums.

Think you are probably being a bit ambitious there..

Sounds like it, yes, but the buyers have to meet a minimum and this promotes the sales of other higher priced records.

Meant expecting a bit much from Discogs there! ;-)

Now 20 days without an order. Very strange..

I guess a lot of people hold their money together, living coast are getting higher etc. so maybe their isn`t much money left to buy records.

My sales here are as steady as ever. It is ebay sales which are becoming erratic since they introduced their very expensive "Buyer Protection Fee" to UK buyers.

Gliese14G-Records
Now 20 days without an order. Very strange..

Turn On The Tap

SpareGrooves
Gliese14G-RecordsNow 20 days without an order. Very strange..
Turn On The Tap

More like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIYrwwACNwk&t=70s

Gliese14G-Records
SpareGroovesGliese14G-RecordsNow 20 days without an order. Very strange..
Turn On The Tap

More like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIYrwwACNwk&t=70s

or
'Back Hurts (From Picking Up The Pieces Of Broken Records) '