Miscellaneous
Barcodes – Where Products Come From
This viral email has been going around for a couple of years and is mainly untrue. The email says you can tell where a product has been manufactured by the UPC or EAN barcode. This […]
Miscellaneous
EAN Barcodes
Our philosophy
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 […]
Miscellaneous
Beware of buying a Cheap UPC barcode.
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 […]
EAN Barcodes
How many Bar Codes do I need?
UPC and EAN Barcodes are used for both conveying pricing information to the Point of Sale Systems in stores (electronic cash registers) and maintaining inventory for the retailer. You need as many barcodes as you […]
EAN Barcodes
How does a bar code work?
When you sell your products to a wholesaler or retailer (Amazon, Target, Borders Books, Autozone, etc.), they will have you supply them or will have you fill out a product information sheet. The things that […]
Miscellaneous
What is a Coupon Code?
The coupon code starts with a 5 to indicate that it is a coupon, then the next 5 numbers are positions two through six of the company prefix, the next three digits are the family […]
Miscellaneous
Barcode Leading and Ending Digits
The first digit of the manufacturer’s identification number is special. It is called the number system character. The following table shows you what different number system characters mean 0: Standard UPC number 1: Reserved 2: […]
EAN Barcodes
Introduction to Barcodes
There are two types of barcodes for retail products, UPC – Universal Product Code and EAN — European Article Number. We are going to focus on the 12-digit UPC-A barcodes since they are the most common […]