UPC Barcode Packages
UPC barcodes are used on all retail products mainly in the USA and Canada (except for published books or magazines and newspapers). EAN-13 is the more common type of barcode. If you are primarily selling your products in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and everywhere but North America, you may wish to consider EAN Barcodes.
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This means that if the retailers only use barcodes for option 1, you can get away with having the same barcode for 2 product variations (i.e. different colours of the same product). However, if the retailer uses barcodes for option 2, then a different barcode will be required for each product variation.
In general, retailers prefer to stock products that will be straightforward to manage. Some retailers may prefer not to stock products if they manually count how many are left of each size and reorder accordingly. Therefore it is recommended that you have a different barcode for each variation.
Selling in Canada and the USA = UPC-A
Selling internationally = EAN-13
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