Discogs
Our team modernized Discogs React Native marketplace for accessibility, secure identity, smoother payments, and stronger collector engagement.
300%
higher user engagement
140%
more marketplace transactions
33K+
monthly app downloads
42M+
global music users
Discogs connects global music fans through a marketplace for CDs, cassettes, vinyl, and collector culture.
Industry
Music Marketplace / Mobile App
Client Type
B2C
Market
USA
Engagement Duration
Milestone-based delivery
Project Type
Product Engineering
Technologies
React Native AWS Auth0 PayPal SDK
Key Features Delivered
- Single React Native codebase for iOS and Android collectors
- Deque accessibility scanning across ADA-compliant marketplace screens and flows
- Auth0 identity migration replacing monolithic user management flows
- PayPal SDK integration for secure marketplace transactions checkout
- AWS migration supporting scalable marketplace performance and reliability
- End-to-end QA covering payments, accessibility, and authentication journeys
Business Challenge
Discogs served millions of music collectors, but its aging mobile app slowed transactions, missed accessibility expectations, and relied on fragmented authentication during high-volume marketplace activity.
Objectives
- Modernize the mobile marketplace experience
- Improve accessibility across every screen
- Secure authentication with Auth0 migration
- Increase transactions through PayPal checkout
Our Approach
Audit → Strategy → Development → Optimization → Growth
Our Product Engineering team prioritized React Native screens, deque accessibility scans, Auth0 migration, PayPal checkout, and AWS readiness, choosing milestone-based releases so Discogs could improve compliance, security, and marketplace momentum together.
Our Solution
Our Product Engineering team rebuilt the marketplace app around access, trust, and conversion.
- Rebuilt core screens in React Native
- Embedded ADA checks across interface flows
- Secured identity through Auth0 migration
- Integrated PayPal for higher transaction completion
Results & Impact
Discogs gained a faster, accessible marketplace app that increased engagement by 300%, lifted transactions by 140%, and supported 33K+ monthly downloads from one codebase globally.
Product engineering for marketplaces
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