EAN-13 barcoded are standard for food and drink products in Australia (and the vast majority of countries). You can buy these barcodes above, and we will promptly email them to you.

The EAN-13 barcodes we sell are globally unique barcodes that comply with the standardised retail barcoding system used in Australia and worldwide. Our barcodes are compliant with all retail barcoding software and barcode scanners.

Retailers use barcodes for stocktaking purposes (so that they can easily keep track of their inventory) and make the sales/checkout process efficient and fast.

Every different retail product requires a different barcode number (including product variations such as size or flavour). You will need two EAN-13 barcodes if you have a drink product that is being sold both as individual bottles and by the case.

You need a different barcode for each product when the price changes. If the price is the same (across all the product variations), then you might get away with using the same barcode number on all the product variations. This depends on which retail stores you are selling your products in – the larger retail stores, in particular, might require a different barcode for each product variation (especially if they do stocktaking automatically instead of manually).

Some retailers and wholesalers require ITF-14 carton codes (GTIN-14 barcodes).  An ITF-14 carton code goes on the delivery boxes of multiple product. Please discuss this with your retailers to find out if they require these. ITF-14 barcodes are based on the 13-digit EAN barcode that goes on the product. They are scanned when each carton enters the warehouse so that your retailers know how many items of your product are in each box. This helps them keep track of the stock in their warehouse. The retailer then knows when they’re running low on a particular product and need to order more. Usually, you’ll need one ITF-14 barcode for each EAN-13 barcode that you have. You can purchase an ITF-14 barcode here if you need one.

No, you don’t. No product information will be encoded into the barcodes when you receive them. Your barcodes and products will only be linked together once you give them to your retailers. The retailers enter the information into their inventory system (after that, when the barcode is scanned, the product/price information will appear on the retailer’s checkout screen).