Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hello, Does anyone have any advice on bar codes? Are they necessary if you're only selling online or to small spas? Thanks, Buddha BLends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 www.buyabarcode.com Have a great day, R. Lorenti Jr. mlorenti@... www.sensatia.com YM id: sensatia_botanicals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sensatia Botanicals Inc. PO Box 1263, ton, NY 14092 United States of America fone/ facs: 206.350.1600 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Co-operation with: CV. Pak Bina's Minyak Kelapa PO Box 115, Amlapura 80800 Bali, Indonesia fone/ facs: 62.363.23260 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:21 AM, buddhablends wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have any advice on bar codes? Are they necessary if > you're only selling online or > to small spas? > > Thanks, > > Buddha BLends > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 It seems I remember seeing a free download or some software that creates barcodes. You may want to check downloads.com Are they not like ISBN numbers and they identify the manufacturer and then the next few numbers identify the item, size and/or flavor? But I'd think we would never need them unless we are selling them to a grocery store. Most department stores put their own barcode labels on the products themselves or contract with the supplier. Unless you are selling to a large store, the smaller stores put those price labels on themselves. I would think unless the stores request it, then why bother and if they do, each may have their own way of doing it and most likely it varies from store to store. As if getting our labels right wasn't enough.. huh? Wheewww.. I surely don't want to have to do something else before I can hit the market. LOL ceece Re: UPC Bar Codes www.buyabarcode.com Have a great day, R. Lorenti Jr. On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:21 AM, buddhablends wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have any advice on bar codes? Are they necessary if > you're only selling online or > to small spas? > > Thanks, > > Buddha BLends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 with avery design pro you can create a barcode it is free label software the first five numbers are for the manufacture and the second 5 numbers are the product for my upcs i use my zipcode for the first five numers thats way i know i am not using the same barcaode as anyone else lol ceece <ccrejoice2@...> wrote: It seems I remember seeing a free download or some software that creates barcodes. You may want to check downloads.com Are they not like ISBN numbers and they identify the manufacturer and then the next few numbers identify the item, size and/or flavor? But I'd think we would never need them unless we are selling them to a grocery store. Most department stores put their own barcode labels on the products themselves or contract with the supplier. Unless you are selling to a large store, the smaller stores put those price labels on themselves. I would think unless the stores request it, then why bother and if they do, each may have their own way of doing it and most likely it varies from store to store. As if getting our labels right wasn't enough.. huh? Wheewww.. I surely don't want to have to do something else before I can hit the market. LOL ceece Re: UPC Bar Codes www.buyabarcode.com Have a great day, R. Lorenti Jr. On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:21 AM, buddhablends wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have any advice on bar codes? Are they necessary if > you're only selling online or > to small spas? > > Thanks, > > Buddha BLends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 hello group, I normally lurk in the background. I have read a few of the posts concerning the bar code issue. This is something that I am in charge of at my company. At this point in time bar codes are not required to be on product labeling or packaging. This most likely will change in the future. The type of bar code that we would be using is called UPC-A. It is normally used in the retail setting. Bar codes might be required of you by a vendor such as Target or Wegmans because of their computerized point of purchase and inventory control systems, but even the smaller boutique and " mom and pop " stores are using them for their inventory control. In order for a company to obtain a bar code they must register for a company prefix from the only official governing body in the US - GS1. http://www.gs1.org/productssolutions/barcodes/need_a_bar_code.html The company prefix must be unique. From a liability stance the company prefix and consequently the bar code generated from it and your assigned item number must be able to be traced back to your company. Not only does this protect your customers, but it also protects your ownership completely of your product, trademarks, copyrights, etc. There are many resellers of bar codes out there. They say that they will sell you bar codes that will be completely yours. But, they aren't. These companies obtain a company prefix from GS1. They then create bar codes that they resell to others. Those bar codes trace back to the reseller not to you or anyone else that has purchased them. It is relatively easy to generate bar codes once you have your company prefix and have assigned your item numbers to your products. SunFeather uses a program called Nice Label. Within the program is a handy feature whereby I can create the bar code images (vertical lines and numbers) that I then place within our label layouts. I keep an excel spreadsheet of all products with their corresponding item numbers and upc code number seqeunce (includes the company prefix, item number and check sum digit). I hope this helps. Whalen Vice President Web Administration & Marketing, Graphic Design & IT Management SunFeather Natural Soap Company 1551 State Highway 72 - Potsdam, New York 13676 315-265-3648 - fax 315-265-2902 - www.sunfeather.com Mesa Valley Candle Co wrote: > > > with avery design pro you can create a barcode it is free label software the first five numbers are for the manufacture and the second 5 numbers are the product for my upcs i use my zipcode for the first five numers thats way i know i am not using the same barcaode as anyone else lol > > ceece <ccrejoice2@... <mailto:ccrejoice2% 40windstream.net>> wrote: It seems I remember seeing a free download or some software that creates barcodes. > You may want to check downloads.com > Are they not like ISBN numbers and they identify the manufacturer and then the next few numbers identify the item, size and/or flavor? > But I'd think we would never need them unless we are selling them to a grocery store. Most department stores put their own barcode labels on the products themselves or contract with the supplier. Unless you are selling to a large store, the smaller stores put those price labels on themselves. I would think unless the stores request it, then why bother and if they do, each may have their own way of doing it and most likely it varies from store to store. > As if getting our labels right wasn't enough.. huh? Wheewww.. I surely don't want to have to do something else before I can hit the market. LOL > ceece > > Re: UPC Bar Codes > > www.buyabarcode.com > > Have a great day, > R. Lorenti Jr. > > On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:21 AM, buddhablends wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Does anyone have any advice on bar codes? Are they necessary if > > you're only selling online or > > to small spas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Buddha BLends > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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