Video tutorial on how to use the Vinyl Collective Marketplace
We are so excited to announce the soft launch of the Vinyl Collective Marketplace. Before shutting down our online store, we had offered a Used Vinyl section where anyone could sell their records alongside the other records we had available for sale. When we decided to shut down our online store, we thought about the possibility of setting up a Marketplace where anyone could sell pretty much anything. I recognized the problems with the Used Vinyl Store we had set up which all revolved around a really poorly planned way of uploading items, sending out statements, and handling used sales’ payments. We talked to our friends at LimitedPressing.com and told them what we were hoping to put together. The good folks at Limited Pressing did such an amazing job putting together the Vinyl Collective Marketplace and we hope you will consider selling your records and other items here. Here are some of the things you can do with the Vinyl Collective Marketplace:
- Create product listings where you can post product info, price, and upload images. You can also set the shipping prices to each territory where you are shipping to.
- Once you set up your account with your paypal address, you get paid immediately for the records sold to your paypal account. This is important because a. you get paid immediately and b. if the buyer has a problem with the seller, they can work directly with the seller to resolve any possible issues.
- Vinyl Collective and Limited Pressing do not take a percentage for your sales in our marketplace. Paypal takes their usual fees, but you won’t pay anything to list or sell your items otherwise. This might change in the future, but for the foreseeable future, you won’t pay any fees other than the fees Paypal take out.
It really doesn’t get more simple than this to list and sell your items. For our marketplace, we didn’t want to limit items to just vinyl because we figured some of you vinyl collectors might have CDs collecting dust that you want to sell to raise money to buy more records. Same goes for books, posters, t-shirts, and more. We figured that when you sell your items to record stores, you don’t typically get a good deal. With the Vinyl Collective Marketplace, you get whatever price you set.
Labels, I highly recommend you listing your items, too. List new records, list test pressings, list posters, or what have you; consider this another option to raise funds to press new releases.
I have listed a handful of records, CDs, and a Cassette, but I plan to list a lot more soon. I highly recommend you check it out and start selling your goods.
Thanks Limited Pressing. You guys are seriously the greatest group of guys. The Marketplace looks amazing and works so well. Everyone not hip to Limited Pressing, make sure you visit their site and start an account.
