Discogs fees explained for 2026

Discogs charges a seller 9% of the item price plus shipping, with a minimum of $0.10 and a maximum of $150 per order, and nothing at all to list. That single fee is the whole seller bill, and every figure below is computed by the same engine as the Discogs fee calculator. The rate is quoted from Discogs' selling fees article, cross-checked against two further Discogs pages, and verified on 4 September 2026.

One fee, three shapes

The same rule bills three different ways: the percentage in the middle of the range, the minimum on a cheap single and the ceiling on a rarity. Listing is free, so a record that never sells costs nothing.

On a $30 record with no shipping charged, the fee on $30.00 is $2.70 and you keep $27.30, an effective rate of 9%. On a $100 record, the fee on $100.00 is $9.00 and you keep $91.00, an effective rate of 9%.

Postage is part of the base

Discogs charges the 9% "on both the item and shipping costs", so the postage a buyer pays enlarges the fee without enlarging what you keep — that money goes to the carrier. On a cheap record shipped internationally, the postage can be most of the fee base.

On the same $30 record with $5 of postage charged to the buyer, the fee on $30.00 is $3.15 and you keep $26.85, an effective rate of 10.5%.

That is why the shipping field on the calculator matters more here than the item price does: it moves the fee but never the payout.

The $150 ceiling

Nine per cent reaches $150 at $1,666.67 of item plus shipping, and the fee stops there. Everything above that point carries no further selling fee.

On a $2,000 rarity, the fee on $2,000.00 is $150.00 and you keep $1,850.00, an effective rate of 7.5%.

The $0.10 floor

At the other end the fee never falls below ten cents, so a bargain-bin single is charged a little more than 9%.

On a $1 single, the fee on $1.00 is $0.10 and you keep $0.90, an effective rate of 10%.

The floor bites only under about $1.11, so for most sellers it is a rounding detail rather than a cost.

Pricing to a target payout

The fee is charged on the price you set, so adding 9% to what you want to keep lands short.

To keep $100.00 you charge $109.89, and the fee is $9.89.

Enter the postage you charge before reading that figure: it raises the fee base and therefore the price you need to reach the same payout.

What this guide leaves out

Only the US dollar schedule is modelled. Discogs publishes the same 9% with minimum and maximum amounts in ten other settlement currencies, and sellers outside the United States are also charged applicable VAT, GST or JCT alongside the fee through their payment provider's partner-fee line — neither is handled here. Whatever your payment provider charges to take the buyer's money is separate from the Discogs selling fee and is not on this page either, because Discogs does not publish it.

When these rates last changed

Discogs states no effective date for the 9% fee, so the schedule is dated from its first verification here, on 4 September 2026. It was checked against the selling fees article, the "Understanding The Discogs Selling Fee" article, which describes the same "9% applied to the item price and shipment", and the discogs.com/selling page, which states "a flat fee of 9% with a maximum fee of $150 USD per item"; all three agree, so confidence is high. The Discogs fee changelog holds that entry, and any later change goes there with the rule it affects.

Frequently asked questions

Does Discogs charge to list a record?

No. There is no listing fee — the 9% selling fee is charged only when an item sells, so an unsold inventory costs nothing to keep online.

Is the 9% charged on postage?

Yes. Discogs applies it to the item price and the shipping costs together, so a $30 record posted for $5 is charged on $35.

What is the most Discogs will charge on one order?

$150, which the 9% reaches at $1,666.67 of item plus shipping. Above that the fee is frozen, so the effective rate falls as the price rises.

How does Discogs compare with general marketplaces?

The eBay fee calculator and the Mercari fees guide cover the two most common alternatives for records. Both charge more than 9% in most categories, but neither caps the fee the way Discogs does.

Where do these numbers come from?

The rate is quoted verbatim from Discogs' own pages, stored as a dated snapshot and checked line by line; the methodology explains how. If a figure here no longer matches what Discogs charges you, report a wrong fee and it will be re-checked.