“[U.P.C.s allow customers] to know this is your product, that no one else can pretend that they’re your product. It earns trust with the customer.”
– Kait Flynn, Former Senior Vendor Manager at Amazon
You’ll need an authentic way to identify your products if you want to sell them in stores or on major online marketplaces. GS1 barcodes are accepted all over the world. The barcode you need for your product with one retailer, is the same barcode you'll need to list your product for another. With GS1 barcodes, you can assign a single barcode to your product and use that barcode everywhere, with any retailer that is selling that specific product, whether it’s in stores or online.
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Your GS1 Barcodes Come With a Membership
Your Barcodes Will Always Identify Your Company As the Owner of Your Products
GS1 Barcodes uniquely identify your company as the Brand Owner of every barcode. You’ll receive a certificate to show that the identifiers assigned to your company are unique to you.
Accurately Build Your Barcodes and Manage Your Product Information
Your GS1 US Membership also includes access to our barcode tool, GS1 US Data Hub | Product. You can build your barcodes and manage all of your product information directly in this tool. You can trust that your barcodes and GTINs (Global Trade Item Numbers) will be created accurately the first time. Data Hub helps you avoid costly technical errors related to barcoding your products.
Show Retailers You’re Ready
GS1 barcodes will always point to your company as the brand owner of that barcode and related products.
Retailers often verify the authenticity of your barcodes by checking in the GS1 Database before they allow you to sell on their site. If your company is not listed in the database as the brand owner of that barcode, your account might be suspended, or you might need to relabel your products. Both will cost you time and money!
“Incomplete product information and U.P.C.s shows a lack of experience to potential retail partners.”
– Erik Elfstrum, CEO at caffeine-alternative producer pureLYFT
Control Your Product Data
Product data is helpful information about your product and it’s important to both retailers and their customers. Retailers need your product data in order to be able to list your product on their website, and customers will use that information to make purchasing decisions.