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How to Manage Your Inventory and Prices During the Selling Fee Change

April 30, 2023

Updated May 19, 2023

Discogs has made significant investments in recent years to ensure compliance with various regulatory programs, including tax support and privacy protection. These efforts have ensured a trusted international marketplace for buying and selling music, but they also come with real costs to provide these valuable services.

After careful consideration, we are updating our selling fees for the first time in over 10 years. The selling fee will change from 8% to 9% on May 22, 2023. The new 9% selling fee applies to both the item and shipping costs.

This increase will help us continue to devote resources to maintaining the Discogs Marketplace and develop better tools for collecting, selling, and enjoying music.

We understand that any adjustment to fees can be disruptive and we will help you navigate this change. Below is a guide to managing your inventory during this transition. We outlined the tools available for updating all items marked for sale at one time and calculated the impact that the new selling fee will have on your item prices.

How to Calculate a Price Increase
Data for Bulk Prices | Data for Individual Prices
How to Update Your Inventory
How to Apply Free Shipping

You can read more about our decision to adjust selling fees and how to navigate this change in our extensive FAQ. If you have additional questions, please contact Discogs Support.

How to Calculate an Item Price Increase

Discogs’ new selling fee is 9% of the item and shipping costs, so the amount that is deducted at the time of sale will increase but vary greatly by order. We removed some of the guesswork from predicting that impact by calculating the selling fees on typical item values in the 12 most common currencies in the Marketplace.

One of the easiest things you can do to avoid any negative impact on your business’s margins is to increase the price of the items in your inventory and account for how the new 9% selling fee applies to your current shipping costs.

Please keep in mind that the following calculations apply to item prices and that your shipping calculations must be done separately to account for your unique situation.

This is a generalized guide, so we encourage you to do your own analysis and adjust your prices as needed. After the new 9% selling fee on the item and shipping costs takes effect on May 22, 2023, the Statistics section on each release page in the Database will be the best place to source pricing data. Learn more about how to price items and access sales history.

Adjusting the price of all items by a percentage is EASIER than updating each item individually.

You can increase the price of every item currently in your inventory by a simple percentage using Discogs’ new bulk update feature.

The table below illustrates the impact of the selling fee change on items between $10 USD and $100 USD, which make up 83% of the orders in the Marketplace, as well as a suggested increase that will help maintain margins that are necessary to run your business.

A single percentage increase may slightly overprice some of your items in an effort to protect your margins. We recommend using this data for the selling fee transition, then following your own process to remain competitively priced in the Marketplace after the change on May 22, 2023. Don’t forget to calculate your shipping costs separately.

About the data: We calculated the new shipping fee on the most common item price’s combined cost and average shipping, then rounded up a percentage increase that would cover items between $10 USD and $100 USD.

Data for Bulk Prices

All currencies

Country and currency	Original Item price range	Percentage increase
Australia (AUD)	$10-$100	3.7%
Brazil (BRL)	R$60-R$600	4%
Canadian (CAD)	$10-$100	4.5%
Denmark (DKK)	60 kr.-600 kr.	4.5%
Europe (EUR)	€10-€100	4%
Japan (JPY)	¥1,300-¥12,800	4.2%
Mexico (MXN)	$190-$1900	4%
New Zealand (NZD)	$10-$100	4%
Sweden (SEK)	105 kr-1,030 kr	4%
Switzerland (CHF)	₣10-₣100	4%
United Kingdom (GBP)	£10-£100	4%
United States (USD)	$10-$100	3%

Updating the price of each item individually is MORE ACCURATE than adjusting the price of all items by a percentage.

You can use a combination of Discogs inventory management tools and your own processes to change prices by item.

The data set below shows the selling fee impact on a wider range of typical item costs. You can use the corresponding increase to inform your own calculations. Keep in mind that 83% of orders in the Marketplace are between $10 USD and $100 USD, so we only included one example above $100 USD.

About the data: We calculated the new shipping fee on the most common item price’s combined cost and average shipping. The percentage increase and flat amount increase illustrate the impact the new shipping fee will have on items, which equates to the price increase you may consider during the fee transition. However, you will still need to calculate how the new selling fee will affect your shipping costs.

Data for Individual Prices

AUD

Australia

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
$10	4.60%	$0.46
$20	3.70%	$0.74
$30	3.70%	$1.11
$40	3.70%	$1.48
$50	3.52%	$1.76
$60	3.10%	$1.86
$70	2.93%	$2.05
$80	2.91%	$2.33
$90	2.80%	$2.52
$100	2.62%	$2.62
$500	1.54%	$7.70

BRL

Brazil

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
R$60	2.65%	R$1.59
R$120	4.00%	R$4.80
R$180	3.40%	R$6.12
R$240	3.51%	R$8.43
R$300	3.61%	R$10.83
R$360	3.88%	R$13.95
R$420	3.74%	R$15.72
R$480	3.57%	R$17.13
R$540	3.28%	R$17.73
R$600	3.07%	R$18.42
R$2,570	1.64%	R$42.08

CAD

Canada

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
$10	4.60%	$0.46
$20	4.15%	$0.83
$30	4.30%	$1.29
$40	4.38%	$1.75
$50	4.06%	$2.03
$60	3.70%	$2.22
$70	3.57%	$2.50
$80	3.25%	$2.60
$90	3.10%	$2.79
$100	2.98%	$2.98
$500	1.58%	$7.88

DKK

Denmark

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
60 kr.	5.80%	3.48 kr.
120 kr.	5.05%	6.06 kr.
180 kr.	4.30%	7.74 kr.
240 kr.	4.08%	9.78 kr.
300 kr.	3.94%	11.82 kr.
360 kr.	3.53%	12.69 kr.
420 kr.	3.25%	13.65 kr.
480 kr.	3.01%	14.43 kr.
540 kr.	3.17%	17.10 kr.
600 kr.	2.73%	16.35 kr.
3,415 kr.	1.26%	43.15 kr.

EUR

Europe

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
€10	5.50%	€0.55
€20	4.15%	€0.83
€30	3.70%	€1.11
€40	3.25%	€1.30
€50	3.16%	€1.58
€60	2.80%	€1.68
€70	2.67%	€1.87
€80	2.58%	€2.06
€90	2.40%	€2.16
€100	2.35%	€2.35
€500	1.45%	€7.25

JPY

Japan

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
¥1,300	4.21%	¥55
¥2,600	4.17%	¥108
¥3,400	4.10%	¥139
¥5,200	3.83%	¥199
¥6,400	3.93%	¥252
¥7,700	3.84%	¥296
¥9,000	3.57%	¥321
¥10,300	3.33%	¥343
¥11,500	3.06%	¥352
¥12,800	3.01%	¥385
¥65,180	1.73%	¥1,124

MXN

Mexico

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
$190	3.84%	$7.30
$380	3.96%	$15.05
$570	3.91%	$22.26
$760	3.71%	$28.21
$950	3.44%	$32.72
$1,140	3.25%	$37.05
$1,330	2.93%	$38.95
$1,520	2.95%	$44.90
$1,710	2.55%	$43.65
$1,900	2.71%	$51.49
$9,400	1.23%	$115.42

NZD

New Zealand

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
$10	4.60%	$0.46
$20	3.70%	$0.74
$30	3.40%	$1.02
$40	3.93%	$1.57
$50	4.06%	$2.03
$60	4.00%	$2.40
$70	3.83%	$2.68
$80	3.59%	$2.87
$90	3.50%	$3.15
$100	3.25%	$3.25
$500	1.72%	$8.60

SEK

Sweden

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
105 kr	4.60%	4.83 kr
205 kr	4.03%	8.26 kr
310 kr	3.58%	11.11 kr
410 kr	3.35%	13.73 kr
505 kr	3.16%	15.94 kr
620 kr	2.86%	17.72 kr
720 kr	2.76%	19.89 kr
825 kr	2.57%	21.21 kr
930 kr	2.47%	22.98 kr
1,030 kr	2.36%	24.34 kr
4,375 kr	1.44%	63.10 kr

CHF

Switzerland

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
CHF10	4.60%	CHF0.46
CHF20	4.15%	CHF0.83
CHF30	4.00%	CHF1.20
CHF40	3.70%	CHF1.48
CHF50	3.52%	CHF1.76
CHF60	3.25%	CHF1.95
CHF70	3.19%	CHF2.23
CHF80	3.03%	CHF2.42
CHF90	2.80%	CHF2.52
CHF100	2.71%	CHF2.71
CHF500	1.61%	CHF8.06

GBP

United Kingdom

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
£10	5.50%	£0.55
£20	3.70%	£0.74
£30	3.40%	£1.02
£40	3.03%	£1.21
£50	2.80%	£1.40
£60	2.65%	£1.59
£70	2.54%	£1.78
£80	2.35%	£1.88
£90	2.40%	£2.16
£100	2.26%	£2.26
£500	1.45%	£7.25

USD

United States

Original item price range	Percentage increase	Flat amount increase
$10	5.50%	$0.55
$20	3.25%	$0.65
$30	2.80%	$0.84
$40	2.58%	$1.03
$50	2.44%	$1.22
$60	2.35%	$1.41
$70	2.29%	$1.60
$80	2.13%	$1.70
$90	2.00%	$1.80
$100	1.99%	$1.99
$500	1.49%	$7.43

How to Update Your Inventory

Depending on the size of your inventory, adjusting your prices can be as easy as calibrating a few items or as difficult as managing thousands of offerings. Discogs offers a range of tools to help you update your current inventory, including a new feature that will apply a simple percentage or flat amount adjustment to every item.

Below are instructions on using these tools and features for four different scenarios. You can choose the scenario that best fits your needs.

Please note that if you use the export tool to download a CSV file documenting your inventory, you may experience a delay in receiving the emailed results as Discogs accommodates an increase in demand.

Update everything at once by a simple percentage or flat amount
Discogs has added a new feature to your inventory management tools that allows you to update the prices of every item at one time.
1. Visit your inventory.
2. At the bottom of that page, select “Show actions” in the “With entire inventory” section.
3. Select “Increase item prices” under “Pricing”.
4. Increase the price of every item by a percentage or flat amount.
5. Select the “Run bulk actions” button to start the update.
Additional considerations:
- Bulk inventory updates may overprice your items slightly in an effort to protect your business’s margins. We recommend using this data for the selling fee transition, then following your own process to remain competitively priced in the Marketplace after the change on May 22, 2023.
Update everything at once by a simple percentage based on the median price in your inventory
If you want to calculate more accurate pricing increases based on your specific inventory, you can use the export tool and an external CSV program to find your median inventory price, then use the bulk pricing update to apply a different percentage based on the table provided.
1. Export your inventory as a CSV. Please note that you may experience a delay in receiving the emailed results as Discogs accommodates an increase in demand.
2. Open the CSV with an external software program such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
3. Use your program of choice to calculate the median price of your inventory.
4. Find your inventory’s median price in the table provided and locate the corresponding percentage increase.
5. Visit your inventory.
6. Select “Show actions” in the “With entire inventory section”.
7. Select “Increase item prices” under “Pricing”.
8. Increase the price of every “For Sale” item by that percentage.
9. Select the “Run bulk actions” button to start the update.
Additional considerations:
- Bulk inventory updates may overprice your items slightly in an effort to protect your business’s margins. We recommend using this data for the selling fee transition, then following your own process to remain competitively priced in the Marketplace after the change on May 22, 2023.
- If you have a varied inventory, you may want to individually readjust the price of items that are extremely outside of your median price.
Update your items within a certain price range by a simple percentage
If you want to calculate more accurate pricing increases based on specific price ranges in your inventory, you can use Discogs’ export and Bulk Upload tools in combination with an external CSV program.
1. Export your inventory as a CSV. Please note that you may experience a delay in receiving the emailed results as Discogs accommodates an increase in demand.
2. Open the CSV with an external software program such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
3. Use your program of choice to sort your items by price range.
4. Find each price range’s closest corresponding price in the provided table and locate the corresponding percentage increase.
5. Use the program to apply the corresponding percentage increase to the items within those price ranges.
6. Return to your Discogs inventory and locate the Bulk Upload tool.
7. Reference the file structure details to avoid errors in your CSV file.
8. Use the “Change listing details” option in the Bulk Upload tool to update your inventory. Please note that you may experience a delay in uploading the file and receiving the email notification as Discogs accommodates an increase in demand.
Additional considerations:
- If you have items priced under $10 or over $100, you may want to individually readjust the price to reflect the corresponding increase or recalculate a new price based on your own evaluation to ensure accuracy.
Update items individually
You can always separately adjust the price of each item in your inventory.
1. Find each item’s closest corresponding price in the table provided and locate the corresponding percentage increase.
2. Update each item’s price individually based on that percentage.

How to Apply Free Shipping

Free shipping encourages your potential customers to complete purchases and add more items to their orders. Almost 90% of collectors on Discogs consider buying additional items from a seller to decrease shipping costs, according to a 2023 survey.

We found that sellers on Discogs who offer free shipping typically see higher order values. Orders between $50-$250 USD include 50% more items in them when shipping is free.

Average Order Size

Domestic Orders	International Orders
2.1 times higher on domestic orders with free shipping	3.5 times higher on international orders with free shipping

You can offer free shipping on orders that meet a price threshold that you set to the regions that you choose. If free shipping is right for you, update your Shipping Policies.

Learn more about free shipping

Essential Resources

Understanding Discogs Selling Fees

See how Discogs process the selling fee and where you can find it on your payment statements.
What Are the Fees for Selling on Discogs?

It’s free to list items for sale. When you sell your items, Discogs charges a small fee.
How to Price Records

Access Discogs’ exclusive, open-source sales data to competitively price your items in the Marketplace.