Online Catalogue/Retailing/ecommerce

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Hi, i have a question, i am opening a store on yahoo merchant solutions.  For product research, are there any online resources for product info such as description, images...for example, if i sell a xbox game console.  And the distributor doesn't have the info...are there any online sources to get the upc, image, description, etc. or if i have all of the upc's are there any sources to use the upcs to get info? thanks for your help

mike

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There are limited UPC lookup resources, see for example:

http://www.upcdatabase.com

You probably will not find images though.  Remember, using other people's images / descriptions - unless permission is provided, such as with manufacturer / distributor material - is a violation of copyright law...

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