If you're selling on Discogs, you can save some time by importing your Marketplace inventory directly into Dead Format. This is a quick way to get your catalog in place without needing to start from scratch.
There are two ways to do it. You can connect your Discogs account so we pull your inventory directly, or you can upload an inventory .csv export. Either way, your imported listings end up as drafts, ready for you to finalize before publishing.
Before you import
It's important to know that we have very different listings requirements from platforms like Discogs. Here we require that you upload photos of the items you're selling, and you set proper categories and descriptions for your items.
That's why every imported listing is set to Draft by default. Drafts don't go live on the marketplace until you open them, add your photos, pick a category, and review the rest of the details.
What gets imported
Whichever method you pick, the mapping is the same:
- Your media condition becomes the listing's Grade.
- Label, catalog number, sleeve condition, and any public comments you had on Discogs are folded into the Description.
- The Discogs release ID, release URL, and your storage location go into your private notes.
- Price, weight, and "accept offers" come over as-is.
Non-vinyl items (CDs, cassettes, etc.) are skipped. Each row in your inventory becomes one listing on Dead Format.
Sync directly from Discogs
This is the easiest option. Open the Listings → Import Listings page in your Marketplace Admin and pick the Sync from Discogs tab. Sign in to your Discogs account when prompted (we never see your password), then hit Import from Discogs.
We'll check your inventory and show you a quick summary of what we found before anything is imported. We pull both your For Sale and Draft listings on Discogs, so anything you'd been staging there comes over too. Confirm to start the import.
The import runs in the background, so feel free to leave the page and come back later. Anything you've already imported before is detected and skipped, which means it's safe to run this again any time you've added more listings on Discogs.
Import from a .csv file
If you'd rather work from a file, Discogs lets you export your inventory as a .csv. Heads up: only items marked For sale in the file are imported. Anything in another status is skipped.
Use the correct .csv file
Discogs provides two different exports for your collection and your inventory. We only support creating listings from your inventory .csv file.
View Discogs instructions for exporting your inventory file
Upload your file
Once your file is ready, go to the Listings → Import Listings page in your Marketplace Admin. Pick the Import CSV tab, drop your .csv onto the upload area, and click Preview import. We'll show you what's coming in and what's being skipped before you confirm.
After the import
Head to your Drafts in the Marketplace Admin to finish the work. For each listing you'll want to upload your photos, pick a category, review the description, and double-check the price. The Bulk edit tool can speed things up if you're working through a lot at once. Once a draft has photos, a category, and the rest of its details set, you can publish it and it'll go live on the marketplace.