Super D

One of the country's largest one-stop and the world’s largest selection of music, movies and games, Super D is a powerhouse for in-store distribution. As the only worldwide wholesaler, they sell to thousands of independent retailers, major chains, online retailers, other wholesalers and specialty retailers.

Film Baby is excited to offer you two different distribution opportunities through Super D. The Basic program is for filmmakers who want their DVD's to be available to over 2400 retailers nationwide and like the comfort zone knowing the sales are one-way. The PLUS program is for filmmakers who want to test the deeper waters and have more traditional distribution and have their film basically on "consignment" to major retailers.

Either route you choose, your film will get in front of retailers nationwide. We place weekly ads in the Super D magazine that goes out to those retailers featuring new and top-selling films. YOU will get the same exposure in either program. So there is NO WRONG CHOICE!

  • Film Baby will make your DVD available to over 2400 stores worldwide (mostly United States).
  • Even better than typical distribution, you get paid your full Film Baby price.
  • Unlike typical distribution there are no returns, and you always get paid the following week we do, just like a regular Film Baby sale.
  • Our partnership is with Super D: one of the largest one-stop DVD distributors in America.
  • Super D has a great reputation, a great sales staff, and are very excited to be making the Film Baby catalog available to every retail store.

What is a "One-Stop"?

  • A "one-stop" is a wholesaler that gets products from many different distributors, into one central ordering system for retail stores.
  • A one-stop distributor offers retail stores everything from the Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, and now; you.
  • Retail stores order from a one-stop to save time and trouble over ordering from many different distributors.

How it Works:

  • If your DVD is not in Film Baby yet, sign it up like normal. Mail us the DVDs.
  • Once your DVD is active and available on filmbaby.com, (with a barcode), we send our partners daily updates of your info, pricing, and inventory.
  • Super D's database (called "SuperFile") and B2B site are sent to over 2400 retail stores around the world, to let them know these titles are available for ordering.
  • Any store can then sell your DVD by buying it through Super D.
  • As soon as Super D receives the order from the store, they tell Film Baby, and we ship it to Super D by FedEx that same day. Super D sends it to the store the next day.
  • Netflix, Super D and Amazon orders get put into our system like any other order, with the store's info as the customer, for you to see.
  • Like always, you get an email that night, telling you it's shipped, and you get paid along with our every-Monday-night payments.

Important Details

What it Won't Do:

  • The distributor will not just be placing DVDs into stores. The stores have to BUY it one-way from the distributor if they want to sell it. (This is IMPORTANT for you to understand!)
  • The distributor will not be accepting returns, which means stores will consider this a special-order item.
  • In other words: your fans won't just find it sitting in the bins at any of these stores. Your fan will have to talk to the person at the counter, and place a special-order for it.
  • Being available in a database won't make hundreds of stores order it. Usually the store will only order your DVD from Super D if someone has already come into their store and paid for a special-order of your DVD in advance. Unless you are doing a special promotion with a store to get them to buy a few copies then send your fans to that store to purchase it.

Want to Make a Lower Wholesale Price for Stores?

  • There are ways to make your price more attractive to stores (and make it more likely to sell).
  • Log into your members area and for each film, you can enter in a wholesale price. That price is what will be delivered to Super D and offered to the stores.
  • We recommend a 30-40% discount so retailers can purchase your DVD at the same prices they usually purchase other DVDs from Super D.
  • This will NOT affect your single-DVD sale price on filmbaby.com (only Super D sales)
  • Film Baby still keeps a flat $4 cut off of the selling price.

Some Common Questions

  • I already have in-store distribution! Won't this cause me problems?
    No. Don't worry. If Super D receives info about your album from Film Baby, and it is already in their database from another distributor, they will ignore the info we send them, and give the other distributor preference. We will make sure that this is never a conflict with anything else you are doing.
  • I have an exclusive deal with someone else. Do I have to quit Film Baby?
    No. Don't worry. This is totally optional. We don't have to send your info to Super D if you don't want us to. Just tell us NO - that it is NOT OK to distribute.
  • My DVD doesn't have a barcode printed on the artwork.
    Your DVD only needs to have a valid barcode in our database. It doesn't need to be printed on the DVD itself. If you don't have a barcode, we can make you one for $25.
  • Despite the high cost of living, why does it remain so popular?
    Because the alternative just sucks.
  • My DVD is not shrinkwrapped.
    If your DVD is not shrinkwrapped, we will shrinkwrap it here before shipping to Super D.
  • Do you still report my sales to VideoScan?
    The retail store will report the sale to VideoScan, not us.