Current logo of the website.
Discogs is a music database and marketplace site founded and created in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski. Its name is short for "discography".
Site history[]
Discogs was started by Kevin Lewandowski in his closet. Originally made as a database for electronic music, in 2005, the marketplace side was launched.
Here is the description from Wikipedia:
"In July 2007, a new subscription-based system for sellers was introduced on the site, called Market Price History. It gave premium users access to the past price items that were sold for up to 12 months ago by previous sellers who had sold exactly the same release (though 60 days of information was free). At the same time, the US$12 per year charge for advanced subscriptions was abolished, as it was felt that the extra features should be made available to all subscribers, now that a different revenue stream had been found from sellers and purchasers. Later that year, all paid access features were discarded, and full use of the site became free of charge, allowing all users to view the full 12-month Market Price History of each item."
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