Discogs: Website and database about audio recordings
Discogs is a website and database of information about music recordings.
Discogs is owned by Zink Media, Inc. in Portland, Oregon, United States. Discogs is one of the largest online databases of electronic music releases. It is believed to be the largest online database of releases on vinyl also.
Type of site | Music |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Zink Media, Inc. |
| Created by | Kevin Lewandowski |
| Revenue | Advertisement, Marketplace Seller Fees |
| URL | Discogs.com |
| Commercial | Partially |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | October 2000 |
| Current status | Active |
History
The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000. Discogs was released in October 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski. It started as a database of his personal music collection. The name of the site is short for discographies.
Contribution system
The information on Discogs comes from members of the web site.
References
Other websites
- Official Website
- Disbugs – Discogs issues/bugs and features requests.
- Discogs wiki Archived 2010-07-11 at the Wayback Machine – Discogs wiki site.
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