![]() To save you the hassle, we provide you with both the UPC and EAN formats of the numbers when purchasing retail barcodes. Would it be better to purchase a UPC or EAN barcode for my products? We supply you with both versions in your order so that you can select which works best in terms of what country you’re selling your product in as well as which barcode your retailer prefers.Ģ. EAN (European Article Number) is a 13-digit barcode, used in the rest of the world’s countries. UPC (Universal Product Code) is a 12-digit barcode, most commonly used in Canada and the United States. What is the difference between a UPC and EAN barcode? Once installed, you should be able to open your barcode package.ġ. If however you do not have WinZip automatically installed, we recommend following this link to easily download and install a free and trusted programme, 7-zip. We send you your barcode pack as a zipped file, and most computers are able to open them with a software called WinZip. How do I open the barcode package you have sent me? We at Buy Barcodes are an official supplier of registered barcodes for use in South Africa and abroad.įor Spar, we recommend the UPC version of the codes we supply, as their system prefers these.įor Food Lovers Market, please contact our team in advance, as we will need to issue you with codes specific to that store.įor PNP, please note that some stores require alternative memberships (this will need to be done separately, with separate codes issued).Ĥ. More importantly, you must ensure that the barcodes you use are registered on the South African barcodes database (same as the international barcodes database). While issues relating to acceptance are rare, we do request that our customers check with their retailers in advance to ensure that all is OK before printing. Please always remember, though, that we can never guarantee acceptance in any one store, now or in the future, as we cannot control which specific bar-coding system they choose to use. With regards to retailer acceptance, we can confirm that our codes are currently accepted in the vast majority of retailers in South Africa, and we receive very few returns to this effect. Will my barcode be scannable and accepted anywhere?Īs long as your barcodes are printed at a high-enough resolution, they will be scannable. For example, if you have manufactured blue and green t-shirts which each come in sizes small, medium and large, you will be needing six separate barcode numbers to represent each unique product type.ģ. How many barcode numbers will I be needing?Įach product variation needs its own unique barcode number – this includes colour, size, flavour, etc. There are many types of barcodes out there, although South African retailers (and abroad) mainly make use of EAN-13 and UPC barcodes.Ģ. The images are scanned at the point of sale. The black and white lines of a barcode are simply the representational image of the number sequence. ![]() A barcode is a unique numbered code assigned to a specific product type that is registered onto the inventory system of retailers – assisting with easily tracking sales and recording product information onto customers’ till slips. ![]()
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