About us

Hi! Thanks for visiting Wildstar Records.

I'm Mark, and I started this site back in 2019. Have a seat, relax and let me tell you about this crazy journey that I'm on.

Let's start with a quick history about me: I have a brief background in radio, and two music fanatics in Holland raised me. My grandma introduced me to Queen at a young age, and "A day at the races" still has a special place in my heart because that's where it all started. My dad brought me to the radio studio, where he hosted multiple shows. I later stepped in his footsteps on the technical side of broadcasting.

Fast forward to 2019, after marrying this Canadian girl I met on the internet, settling down in UK and running my own web design company from home.

I missed the physical interaction with customers and handing over products I sold them. I was in retail for a while to pay the bills, and that was the aspect I liked most.

We started building our record collection here, and one day, there was a box of records next to my desk. There was this figurative lightbulb that turned on above my head. "What if" I could combine my web design expertise with the physical aspect of selling items by selling records online?

I did some research, made some phone calls, and signed up with a distributor; I got to work on a rough draft for an online store.

I put it all together and added as many records to the site I could recognize on the price-list the distributor gave me. They guided me through the most popular titles at the time.

On June 1st, 2019, I nervously opened up the store to the public and kept adding products to the site. Eight days later, the first order came in. Two days after that, the next and the snowball turned into an avalanche from there.

There were many trials and errors, but I've always been open with my customers about who we are and what we do, and people seem to appreciate that.

We're all doing what we like doing, and we can't wait to see what the future brings!

Thanks for being here with us. We appreciate you.