Where would you sell your vinyl collection?

Thanks moofoo that is my thought exactly - price it according to the market as best as I can ascertain through research and getting a relatively fair price. I hadn't even considered the records conventions. That's another great idea especially to connect with the target audience and avoid all the steps involved in online sales, as you mentioned. I tookl a look and it turns out between NJ, NY and PA there are a bunch. I'm so glad I came onto this site and posted this thread -there has been so much insightful input it has well exceeded my expectations. Thanks everybody.    

You are most welcome. Glad I could help. The basic 6 ft table at the shows I did were $40 or $50 per table. U can get a free account at Square Reader also to take credit cards. I did not think the Square seller transaction fees were prohibitive either. I am in the southeast and was surprised at the distance some sellers came to sell in the shows. 

My view on the selling on-line would be from the buying side. I will look for a specific pressing on Discogs. So, if was looking for an audiophile record like a MoFi, I would list it there. Regarding the valuation, it's data driven based on sales. Most will be accurate, you can check the data. I believe, the valuation is the past 10 sales. A graph will show the data with dates. NM or Mint items will generally be the higher priced ones. This can be verified from the graph by hovering over the sales as grading is shown both there and the table below. Access this by clicking on the last sold date in the statistics.

You would probably get more from an auction, but, it will delay the sales. For NM, this might be the way to go. I would be clear about the grading. Grade exactly to Goldmine and you'll be fine. Make notes on each of the any defects. Go into your settings and add custom Collection fields if the default fields aren't to you liking. You can do most of the grading directed from the collection overview page without going to actual release pages. If you have any questionable issues with your grading, state them. Seam splits, ring wear, edge wear or any other defacing of the jackets should be listed.

For items lower valued records that will get lost in the hundreds of releases for a single album, it might be better to list on eBay. But make sure you have some lower priced items on Discogs and offer discounted shipping for additional items. The most common rate is $5 for the 1st record and additional $0.50 for additional records. So a double album would be $5.50, but so would two single LP albums. Have suggestion in the shipping details to add items to their cart from your store.

If you are going to only sell to US, state that. I don't think I'd want to deal with sending overseas. If you are only going to ship on Saturday, state that, as well and confirm shipping when you post the invoice. Check the status of the buyer. They are checking yours as a seller. If they have excellent ratings, try to ship as soon as possible. Then maybe add a note with the record. I throw away flyers, but, I'll always read a hand written note.

The problem with selling one LP at a time is getting shipping containers, time spent communicating with buyers, and traveling to send into the mail.

The record has to be worth more than $30 or $40  to make it worthwhile to sell IMO.

Very few records are!

For records worth less just give them to someone that will play and enjoy the music.

Most shipping I see is between $3 and $4 at $5 I would really have to love the lp and it would turn me off to lower price items.