barcode question

[paulw1283]

If you want to sell your product to a retail store, they probably want to be able to scan it with a barcode scanner. So how do you get a barcode onto your product packaging? Can you just buy some barcode tags and stick it on there?

Thanks

[intbizmodels]

As I know, you need to have a barcode generator....

[KKoher]

Yeah...you need to buy a barcode printer, or a program that will print them from your computer...thats what I use. You type in all the info, and it sets up the barcode for you, and them prints them our from your printer on address label.

[jasaunders]

Wrong and wrong.

Almost every retailer is going to require you to have a Universal Product Code (UPC). You must register this with the GS1, the organization responsible for maintaining all UPC's in the US and Canada.

Go here: GS1 US - Corporate Home Page

[matt_15]

good information jasaunders!

[JLeezer]

Wrong and wrong.

Almost every retailer is going to require you to have a Universal Product Code (UPC). You must register this with the GS1, the organization responsible for maintaining all UPC's in the US and Canada.

Go here: GS1 US - Corporate Home Page

Thank you. I was afraid I was going to have to google this question so that I could point them to the correct organization.

From a physical aspect, though, most software (word processing, graphic, even spreadsheet) can create a barcode for you if you've got the correct font installed.