FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
No, anyone can use the site without being forced to create a user account. But, lookups are slightly delayed for non-members to prevent data scraping. Lookups are faster if you create a user account.
No, the general public can use this site for free for casual product lookups at no charge. Every member of the site receives a number of free lookups each day at full speed. After those are used up, there is a small delay added to the lookup process. This is to prevent people from scraping data off the site. Casual users shouldn't have an issue with this delay.
Yes! There are many apps that make use of our data. Please check the data feed page for more information on how this works. You can test it out for FREE. You only need to pay for the feed if you need faster access than what you get for free.
Well over one million and growing all the time. For an up to date count, please check our statistics page which is updated nightly. You will also find out a lot of other interesting information about the site on that page.
YES! There are some basic rules about how you can use the data. In short, you can use it for your own application as long as you don't give the data away or sell it in large chunks. For full details on what you get, how much it costs and how you can (and cannot) use the data, please visit the data download page. Everything you need to know about getting your own copy of our database can be found on this page. So if you need to download upc data, this is the place you need to start.
A good portion of our data comes directly from the owners of the UPC codes. Some of the data comes from members of the site entering the data. Some is scraped from other sources using advanced interfaces behind the scenes.
Well, this is a tough one! In all cases, we do our best to make sure the data is at least reasonable. When data comes directly from the owner of the code or products, we tend to lock the data from further updates. This keeps the data in the format that the owner has specified. When the data comes from our automated processes or from the members of the site, it is usually reviewed to make sure it is at least somewhat reasonable. But without having the product in front of us, we can't really be sure of anything. We mainly make sure that strange links or scams aren't being put into the data. In a nut shell, the data is about as good as we can get it with the resources we have available to us. For more information on this subject, visit the Data Accuracy and Limits page.