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Products & barcodes

Barcodes: what to do when a product doesn't have one

We can make a legitimate barcode for anything you sell, and print the label.

Products that already have a barcode

Scan the package into the barcode field when you add the product. Done. From then on, scanning it at the register adds it to the ticket.

Products with no barcode

Baked goods, crafts, bulk items, services. Tap Make one on the product and we generate a proper EAN-13 barcode in the "store use" range — a block of numbers set aside for exactly this, so it can never collide with a real retail product.

Doing them all at once

On Catalog, use Make barcodes to give every product that's missing one its own code.

Printing labels

Go to Print labels, pick your products and how many of each, and choose:

  • Avery 5160 sheets — 30 labels per page on a regular printer
  • 2" x 1" thermal — for a label printer

Print at 100% scale, no "fit to page", or the scanner may not read them.

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