What is VinylHunt.com?

VinylHunt.com – a celebration of independent record stores – is listing of record stores that offer new and used LPs, 45s, turntable parts, DJ equipment and record player repair services. Through this website, along with VinylHunt on various social media sites, we strive to promote independent shops and help drive customers looking for music on vinyl.

We love visiting record stores and talking to the owners and customers. Like the stores themselves, VinylHunt.com is independently-owned and thrives on our customers – record stores and their patrons – to survive. Without them, this site would not exist. Please support your local record stores and all independent retailers.

Record stores are added to the site by record store owners, who can create profiles for multiple locations, or by record store patrons who can suggest that their favorite record shops to add to the site. Customers can also rate and write comments about their favorite (or least favorite) record stores.

Like VinylHunt on Facebook and Follow VinylHunt on Twitter for daily updates about independent record stores and music on vinyl.

Who is VinylHunt.com?

VinylHunt.com was created by Steve Salcedo, a web designer and vinyl collector based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, out of his own desire to find record stores in the United States. The first version of the site launched on July 25, 2006. In late 2011, Steve enlisted John King, a Ruby on Rails developer based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to help launch the latest version of VinylHunt.com.

In addition to ongoing maintenance of the site, Steve also updates VinylHunt on Facebook and VinylHunt on Twitter

How is VinylHunt.com funded?

VinylHunt.com is independently-owned and operated, with expenses funded by Steve Salcedo and from advertisements on the website. Regular expenses include ongoing Ruby on Rails development work and monthly hosting on GitHub and Heroku.

Donations to help fund the site and its continued development are welcome.