Discogs vs eBay: where records actually sell.

Neither marketplace wins everything.

Five things the data shows. Click any finding to jump to the detail.

01 · Price

Discogs owns the $25–$100 market

Between $25 and $100, Discogs made about seven in ten sales (72.7% for $25–$50 and 70.2% for $50–$100). Its lead was much narrower for $10–$25 records (52.7%).

At both ends of the market there was no clear winner. Above $100, sales split almost evenly (51.4% eBay). Below $10, eBay made 54.3% of sales, but that lead came from one large seller; without them, Discogs made 59.8%. The extremes are where listing on both matters most.

Price is the Discogs listing price, converted to US dollars at the monthly average exchange rate for the month of sale.

02 · Format

CDs go to eBay. 12-inch singles go to Discogs.

Discogs made 72.2% of 12" single and EP sales, its strongest lead in any format, and also led for LPs (55.0%) and 7" singles (55.8%). CDs went the other way: eBay made 70.7% of CD sales, or 60.7% excluding the largest seller.

Excludes 115 sales in other formats. Box sets are shown for completeness, but 42 sales is too few to draw conclusions.

03 · Release era

New releases sell on Discogs. The oldest records lean eBay.

Records released in the 2020s sold on Discogs 76.1% of the time, and 2010s releases 60.4%. At the other end, records from before 1970 leaned toward eBay: 54.8% of 1960s sales and 59.3% of pre-1960 sales. Those results don't depend on any single seller.

The 1990s and 2000s also appear to lean eBay, but that comes from the largest seller's stock. Without them, Discogs led both decades (56.9% and 54.2%), making Discogs the leader for every decade from the 1970s onward.

04 · Condition

The better the grade, the more Discogs wins

Mint records sold on Discogs 65.6% of the time. Near Mint and Very Good Plus, which make up most of the sample, leaned only slightly toward Discogs. From Very Good downward the balance tipped to eBay, which made two-thirds of sales graded Good Plus or lower.

05 · Speed

eBay's quick sales happen sooner

Measured from the day a record was live on both marketplaces, typical selling times were almost identical: a median of 24.5 days on eBay and 26.0 on Discogs. The difference was at the fast end. A quarter of eBay sales happened within 7.7 days, compared with 12.3 days on Discogs. For records over $50 there was no difference at all.

The clock starts when the record was listed on eBay, the point it was live on both marketplaces.

06 · Sell-through

One in five cross-listed records sold within 90 days

We tracked the 16,606 records cross-listed between April and July 2026. 11.6% sold within 30 days, 16.1% within 60 days and 20.6% within 90 days. By early November, 25.3% had sold on one of the two marketplaces.

Listings from August onward are excluded because they have not yet had 90 days to sell.

For sellers

Use each marketplace for what it sells

These results describe where records sold, not why. They still point to some practical rules of thumb:

• $25–$100 records belong on Discogs. It made about seven in ten sales in that range.
• List the cheapest and most expensive records on both. Under $10 and over $100, neither marketplace had a clear lead.
• Don't skip eBay for CDs. eBay made between six and seven in ten CD sales.
• New and sealed pressings belong on Discogs. 2020s releases, Mint copies and 12" singles all leaned strongly toward Discogs.
• Give eBay a chance with older and well-played records. Pre-1970 releases and copies graded Very Good or lower leaned toward eBay.
• Expect about one in five cross-listed records to sell within 90 days. And end the duplicate listing quickly when one sells.

Methodology

How we collected the data

This study uses aggregate data from CrateFlow's production database, frozen at 31 October 2026. The sample is every record listed on both Discogs and eBay through CrateFlow that later sold on one of the two marketplaces between 16 February and 31 October 2026: 9,317 sales from more than 100 sellers, mainly in the UK, US, Germany, Austria and Australia. Test accounts and cancelled orders are excluded.

78% of sales were priced in pounds, euros, Australian or Canadian dollars. Prices are the Discogs listing price, converted to US dollars at the monthly average exchange rate for the month of sale. eBay sale times come from eBay's checkout timestamp; Discogs sale times are recorded when CrateFlow detects the sale, a median of 14 minutes after the order.

Limitations

The sample reflects CrateFlow users and the records they chose to cross-list. It is not a random sample of Discogs or eBay sellers and does not measure either marketplace's overall share. The largest seller accounts for about a fifth of sales; where a result changes without them, we say so. Seller mix, pricing (sellers can set a price multiplier for eBay), shipping and account history may all affect results. The findings are descriptive and don't show that a marketplace caused a sale.

Questions

Want the fees, buyers and listing-effort comparison? Read our Discogs vs eBay guide.