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If you’re selling your book through a retail outlet, the retailer will generally require that you obtain an ISBN. The ISBN is a 13 digit number that properly identifies the book title and the publisher’s contact information. We recommend that …
I want to sell my book; do I need a UPC, EAN or ISBN number? Read More »
In the vast majority of cases, a UPC barcode is required in order for vendors to identify products and prevent duplicates in their system. It is also normal practice is have a unique UPC for each unique product you sell. …
Do I have to have a UPC code in order to sell my products online? Read More »
Yes, many of our customers would like us to print and ship barcodes for them. You can always print them yourself at home or at a local print shop, but if you’d like us to handle professional printing, we’re glad …
Until you upload your product to Amazon, Google Merchant Center, or a database that your specific smartphone scanner application is using, it will show up as “No data found” or something similar. Since each Point of Sale (POS)/scanner is unique, …
Why isn’t my company name coming up when scanned by my smartphone? Read More »
When you search the Global Electronic Party Information Registry (GEPIR) at the GS1, it simply returns the original company owner of the prefix for a given code. Because a prefix can contain up to 100,000 codes, there may be up …
When I search the GS1 database, a different company comes up, not mine. Why? Read More »
If your code is showing in the CSV spreadsheet as 1.234E+12 or something other than a 12 or 13 digit number, you simply need to reformat your viewing settings. For Excel, see this page to adjust this. It is normally under …
My codes aren’t formatted correctly or showing as all the same, what do I do? Read More »
Your UPC Codes will work everywhere online and at most retailers. Every retailer globally adopted the Universal Product Code (UPC) as a standard for POS systems to identify and track products. There are rare situations where you need to purchase …
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Each order from UPCs.com will come with a .CSV file with a list of your codes that can be used immediately, along with a .ZIP file with the barcode(s) associated with those codes. The barcodes come in the following formats: .TIFF, …
When you place an order at UPCs.com, at checkout, there is the option to create a new account. It is checked by default and the vast majority of customers create an account with us. If you create a new account …
We make a strong effort to ensure that every business that purchases from us is satisfied with their order. However, situations do arise where some troubleshooting is required, even if not related to the UPC barcode. As a result, our …