UPC/EAN Barcode

Until you upload your product to Amazon, Google Merchant Center, or a database that your specific smartphone scanner application is using, it will pull directly from GS1’s database. This information is outdated and doesn’t record the current owner of that specific UPC/EAN number.
Yes, our UPC codes will work perfectly for your cd’s in any retail situation. If you happen to be an independent artist, your UPC code will also allow you to register your music with SoundScan so that you can track your sales and improve your marketing efforts.
Most magazines usually require special bar codes with 5-digit BIPAD numbers that are encoded in them. However, some retailers accept regular UPC or EAN codes. We recommend checking into your retailer first in advance to find out their specific requirements. If they don’t require a BIPAD number, then you can purchase UPC codes through us to put on your magazine.
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 you check your store’s requirements on UPC and ISBN codes before purchasing from us. Sometimes you can get away with just using a UPC code and then you can purchase the UPC codes from us. However, we do not offer ISBN’s at this time.
Your UPC Codes will work everywhere online and at most retails, unless they require that you purchase your own company prefix from GS1-US.  In that case, we recommend that purchase your own GS1-US company prefix.
This error typically happens on Amazon if you’re listing a Brand that already has UPCs and Amazon is restricting the Brand from adding more UPCs (to prevent duplicate listings).  The issue isn’t with the UPCs themselves, but with the restrictions placed on the Brand.  To fix this, please first use non-variants to upload the list in the Amazon backend to troubleshoot the problem. You can refer to the following matters.
1. Change the brand to N/A or Generic
2. Modify the manufacturer to store name + production
3. MPN selects complex strings
4. Keywords and titles should not contain other possible brand words
5.Used some other catalogue to upload your listing, because the 'Generic' may be registered by some other seller as a brand on the catalogue you are using.
It should solve the issue.
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 the cell display in your settings.  For Excel, it is normally under Format > Cells > Number > 0 Decimal Places.
If you sell products online you should only need the numbers, however if you sell through a distributor instead of sending the products directly, you may need to print the barcodes on stickers, which you can do with the images we provide you with your order, or by using our printing service.
The prefix is simply an indication of which country the barcode originates in but is not at all a condition to sell in a country. GS1 explains "since GS1 member companies can manufacture products anywhere in the world, GS1 prefixes do not identify the country of origin for a given product." We have people using our codes with US prefix to sell in the UK in Waitrose and Debenhams for example, or products "made in France" in France. If someone say they will sell you codes with your country prefix it will not be legit, as only US companies were once allowed to resell their codes.
The short answer is yes, our codes can be used to create your products on Amazon. You cannot use them for products of existing known brands, books, or pharmaceutical. Do not use our codes if you are going to Amazon brand registry because you will be expected to use the same prefix all the time which we cannot guarantee. We cannot help you if you cannot upload products after choosing to go for brand registry.
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