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Barcodes allow companies to distribute and sell their products in a variety of Point of Sale retail and Online stores. Before you can start selling your products, you have to acquire a barcode for each unique product that you plan on selling. At Barcodes Pro, it’s our goal to assist our customers in securing high quality barcodes for the lowest prices.

Feel free to contact us at any time with any question.

Barcode Standards

Barcodes are based on international standards that ensure compatibility across retailers, distributors, and marketplaces worldwide. The most common formats are UPC and EAN, both part of the GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) system.

UPC

The Universal Product Code (UPC) is a 12-digit barcode used primarily in the United States and Canada. It's the standard format for retail products in North America.

EAN

The European Article Number (EAN) is a 13-digit barcode format used internationally. It’s the global equivalent of UPC and is accepted by retailers and marketplaces worldwide.

GTIN

GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) refers to the broader system that includes both UPC (GTIN-12) and EAN (GTIN-13). It’s the globally recognized standard for identifying individual retail products. Whether you use a UPC or an EAN, both are valid GTINs that ensure your products can be sold and tracked internationally.

How to Buy a Barcode

To get a barcode for your product please follow the following steps:

Go to Pricing.
Select a package which fits best to your needs or manually add the needed quantity to your cart.
Fill your first and last names, company name, your product names for which you are buying a barcode, and the email to which we will send the barcode (If you need to buy more than 5 barcodes, you need to register).
Checkout and make a payment.
Wait for your barcode: it would take 5-10 seconds to get back to your order page and also to get an email from info@barcodes.pro with your order details and download link. All UPC and EAN barcodes will be sent in SVG, PNG image formats and in XLS, CSV spreadsheets.
After you get your barcode, you can edit the name, detailed information and specifications of your product on the Barcodes Pro Database (GEPIR) if you are a registered user on Barcodes Pro.

Legal and Secure

Barcodes Pro reserves the right and continue to be legally permitted to assign their company prefix numbers to our customers (companies, businesses, organizations or people) since Barcodes Pro purchased company prefixes from GS1 (formerly UCC or Uniform Code Council) before the class action suit has been settled in 2002.

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Public Registry Access

Purchased barcode numbers and product details are listed in Barcodes Pro’s public GEPIR registry.

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Instant Delivery

Receive your barcodes immediately after payment. Fully accepted by Amazon, eBay, and major retailers.

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UPC & EAN Included

Each barcode purchase includes both 12-digit UPC and 13-digit EAN formats. One price, full flexibility.

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High-Quality Images

Download barcode images in high resolution and vector (SVG) format compliant with global printing standards.

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No Renewal Fees

Pay once, use forever. No annual license or hidden subscription charges.

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Multiple File Formats

Get your barcodes as PNG, SVG, and in spreadsheet formats (XLS, CSV) for easy product management.

Barcode Structure

Both 13-digit EAN-13 and 12-digit UPC barcodes follow the same basic structure under the global GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) standard. Each barcode is made up of three parts:

Company prefix code

The first set of digits identifies the Barcodes Pro member company that owns the barcode. This prefix is not necessarily tied to the country of manufacture.

Note: EAN-13 codes starting with "0" are equivalent to UPC-A codes. The leading 0 simply expands the code to 13 digits.

Product code

This portion is assigned by the company to identify a specific product or variation (e.g., size, color, flavor). The combined length of the company prefix and product number is usually 12 digits for EAN-13 and 11 for UPC, leaving space for the final check digit.

Check digit

The check digit is an additional digit, used to verify that a barcode has been scanned correctly.

While some barcode prefixes may look like country codes, they do not indicate the product's country of origin. Instead, they reflect the organization (like Barcodes Pro or GS1) that issued the barcode. A product can be manufactured anywhere and still have a barcode starting with any prefix—what matters is where the barcode was registered, not where the product was made.

Barcodes Pro manages the entire barcode assignment process for you – including prefix allocation, product code creation, and check digit calculation. There's no need to memorize formats or do any math. Just focus on naming your products—we handle the technical structure behind each barcode.