Help Center - If you can't find a DVD by searching on SwapaDVD...

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If you can't find a DVD in the SwapaDVD database:

  • Check your search terms
    • misspellings/typos are the most common reason why a search does not find a DVD
    • It is possible that you are doing a genre search but the DVD is not listed with that genre
    • If this is a DVD you posted to your Tower, check the listing on your Tower:
      • check the title spelling
      • check the genre/subgenres the DVD is listed with in the database
  • Try a UPC search if you know the UPC
    • you can look for a UPC for the DVD you want in another Internet archive by using Google or another search engine
  • If the UPC or DVD search gives you the message that the UPC/DVD is not known to the SwapaDVD database:
    • This means that SwapaDVD doesn't have any information for that UPC
    • The SwapaDVD database is huge, but it doesn't have every DVD ever released
    • The SwapaDVD database is updated on a regular basis, and DVDs are added all the time.
    • If a UPC is unknown to the SwapaDVD database:
      • A DVD cannot be posted using that UPC
    • If a DVD is unknown to the SwapaDVD database:
      • it cannot be ordered or posted or Wish Listed
    • Although you cannot Wish List an item that is not known to the database, you can use Saved Searches to check the database periodically to see if the item has been added.
      • To do this, click on your search result to save your Search terms, and repeat the search from time to time to see if the DVD was added.

 

 


 

Related Links:

What if a DVD I want is not available?
How to find DVDs to request
What are Saved Searches?
How to Use Saved Searches