UPCZilla
UPCZilla is a free look-up service/database for 12-digit UPCs (Universal Product Codes), barcodes, and Amazon ASINs, and for doing product price comparisons by UPC.
How do I look up a UPC code?
To carry out aĀ UPC look-up in our database, enter a valid UPC in the search field above and UPCZilla will try to find the product matching it. Results include the product title, images, a scannable barcode and a comparison table of prices from different retailers.
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The term “UPC” is kind of synonymous with the term “barcode”. Here’s an interesting article we kind of missed previously on IBM’s site, about how the original barcode was developed. Interesting tidbits: Give the full article a read here: https://www.ibm.com/history/upc
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UPCZilla has had several instances of major downtime in recent weeks. We know what the problem is (it’s related to DNS servers) and we have implemented certain fixes now which ought to resolve the problem in the medium term. However we will be looking in the longer term for a more robust solution. It seems …
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Google’s Pixel Tablet, priced at around $500, marks the company’s belated return to tablet manufacturing, and features an 11-inch display, ceramic-coated (allegedly scratch-prone) aluminum back, and Google’s in-house Tensor chip. The design bears more than a passing resemblance to the iPad, with its simplicity and elegance. It has an IPS display which some have bemoaned …
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It’s about time we dug up the UPCs for the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Pro as they have been out since October last year (2023). The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro share a similar design with a camera visor, but the Pixel 8 has a glossy finish, while the 8 Pro is …
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For a few days UPCZilla was only showing results from a limited number of retailers – basically eBay and Amazon. Although to be honest that pretty much accounts for most of the online retail market, we still like to show a broader range of retailers when we are comparing prices. So now there are once …
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Apologies if you tried contacting us recently and you never got a reply. We weren’t being rude, we try to respond to all emails but it seems our contact form stopped working at some point (we’re not sure how long ago though, to be honest). It’s now running again here: https://www.upczilla.com/contact/ – we welcome any …
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If you are over the age of 25 or so it will seem like only yesterday we were wearing earbuds and headphones with wires. If you are in the category you will probably also remember that the wires were an absolute PITA, forever getting caught on things and yanked out, getting tangled in our pockets …
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Facebook, er, we mean, Meta, is still very much committed to its Quest VR headsets (formerly known as Oculus) despite the company suddenly falling very quiet about its whole “Metaverse” thing. The headsets are still compatible with content provided in the Meta ecosystem (games etc.) as well as allowing connection with your PC (and possibly …
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Samsung seems to be doubling down on the whole foldable phone thing despite the exorbitant price and the – let’s face it – debatable utility. Ours is not to reason why, ours is to provide the UPCs, but first a little about the specs. The Fold 4 has a 7.6″ Dynamic AMOLED main screen, while …
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We were a bit short-staffed over summer and as a result some server maintenance didn’t get done properly and UPCZilla was struggling to run properly. OK, we’ll just come clean, our server ran out of space, a problem we can normally easily resolve, but with no-one around to monitor these things, the server has been …
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