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After you buy a barcode, the next steps are pretty simple. First, there is no formal, comprehensive regional or worldwide database. Open sites like www.upcdatainfo.com and www.upcdatabase.com are hobbyist sites that are really well done […]

The Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode is a ubiquitous feature of the retail world, enabling quick and accurate scanning of products at the point of sale. Developed in the 1970s, the UPC barcode has had […]

The majority of retailers throughout the world will accept UPC or EAN Barcodes from Nationwide Barcode. The exceptions are some of the major retailers like Jc Penney’s, Krogers and Walmart. These retailers require that you […]

If you need to determine what the checkdigit is for your GTIN-Shipping Container Barcodes based on your UPC barcode, here is an easy way to do this. A Shipping Container Barcode is configured as follows: […]

Message from Nationwide Barcode. We appreciate our clients and hope that you will consider us for all of your EAN and UPC barcode needs. We want to make the purchase and ownership of UPC Barcodes […]

George Joseph Laurer developed the Universal Product Code in 1973.  As an engineer at IBM he was asked to develop the pattern used for the Universal Product Code. A 36-year veteran of the International Business […]

According to the FDA, there are two ways to label packages and containers for food and drug items. The first way is to place all required label statements on the front label panel. The front […]

This article is part II about UPC and EAN barcodes being the same.  We’ll recap quickly and then move on… UPC barcodes are 12 digit barcodes and are used exclusively in the United States and […]

The first digit of a UPC-A Barcode is number system character. The following table shows you what different number system characters mean 0:      Standard UPC number 1:      Reserved 2:      Random weight items […]

Before you buy a barcode, we have written this tutorial to help you understand the differences between UPC Barcodes and EAN Barcodes. Below are both an EAN barcode and a UPC Barcode. The EAN contains […]

Wherever you go, the grocery store, department store, on line at Amazon or your own refrigerator or pantry, you’ll find that everything that you purchase has a UPC barcode on it. Sometimes they are a […]

There are many different types of One Dimensional Barcodes. This tutorial will show you many of the 1D Barcode Formats and will help you understand the differences. A 1D barcode or One Dimensional Barcode is […]

The following is a list of companies where you can purchase or download barcode fonts. Aeromium Barcode Fonts – Develops and publishes barcode fonts package that creates Code39, Code128, UPCEAN and I2of5 barcodes. BarFonts – Collection of […]

What is a QR code? A QR code is a 2 dimensional barcode. Unlike a UPC or an EAN barcode that contains numerical data only, is read in a single direction and requires some sort […]

Periodically we do a search to see what our competitors are doing and we chuckle at the assortment of nonsense in the marketplace. There are people touting that they are the official source or official […]

If you are looking for guaranteed unique barcode numbers, our fair but firm policy makes the most sense for you.  Because of our integrity and unique business proposition, you are safer buying barcode numbers from […]

There are a number of great barcode applications on the market, but Amazon has made it easier as faster to locate items where you want to do some comparison shopping. There are three ways to […]

Are you looking to buy a cheap UPC barcode? There are a lot of companies on the internet that sell barcodes. Many of them give you truthful information and there are a handful that are […]

There are two components to a barcode graphic. The barcode graphic and the number beneath the bars. EAN = 0012345678905 UPC = (0)012345678905 or 012345678905 The GS1, the original source for barcodes, has created the […]

The job of a retail buyer is to make informed decisions whether or not to buy your product. They have to do this because they report to senior management who will ask them all these same questions before signing the Purchase Order and approving the purchase. […]

  The short answer is “no” The longer answer follows: Revelation 13: (17) so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the […]

Theres is no data, except for the barcode number itself, embedded in a barcode. […]

Barcode prefixes do not provide identification of origin for a specific product. They merely provide number capacity to different countries for assignment of barcode prefixes by the GS1. […]