How To Create A Barcode For Your Own Business, Here's The Registration And Preparation Of The Code

YOGYAKARTA - The use of barcodes is increasingly popular in the business world, supported by the development of digital technology. There are already many products or merchandise that are fitted with barcodes. With the barcode, prospective buyers can easily see data about products. So how to make barcodes for their own business?

Barcodes are used by entrepreneurs or business people to tag each product and provide access to potential buyers to find out their product data or information. Users only need to scan or scan the barcode, then the product description will be displayed.

The use of barcodes can also be done by small-scale business owners. Here's how to create barcodes for businesses with free codes as you wish.

Many think that the creation of barcodes for business is quite complicated. Even though the way barcodes are made is very easy. You can do it through several platforms, namely applications on your cellphone or browser on your cellphone and laptop.

Here are the steps to create barcodes for your own business.

To be able to get a barcode facility, users must first be registered with GS1. GS1 is one of the providers of barcode facilities internationally. You can access this service at old gs1id.org. By registering this service, you can use a barcode that will not be the same as other products because you use centralized data.

Here are the steps to register for the GS1 barcode service:

The following are the steps to create a barcode through the application on your cellphone:

The following are the steps to create a barcode through a browser:

When creating a barcode, you are also asked to enter a number code or a combination of numbers and numbers. It should be noted that this code should not be written carelessly. The code must contain the identity of the item or product.

Codes usually consist of three things, namely types, subtypes, and the names of goods. For example, you sell clothing products, here are examples of coding.

For example, if you sell women's clothing products, men's clothing, children's clothing, then the encoding can be like this:

1 is a code for women's clothing

2 is a code for men's clothing

3 is a code for children's clothing

This type of item can be in the form of t-shirts, shirts, collared T-shirts, shorts, skirts, trousers. An example of encoding that can be done is like this:

01 codes for t-shirts

02 codes for shirt

03 codes for the collared T-shirt

04 codes for shorts

05 codes for skirts

06 codes for trousers

Brand names can be divided by alphabet group, for example like this:

0001-00050 codes for brands that start with the letters A

0051-0100 codes for brands starting with letter B

And so on

To make it easier to code, you should first compile the data into the Excel file. If you have entered the data, you just need to compile it into a number code.

That's information about how to create a barcode for your own business. Currently, entrepreneurs or business owners need to embed barcodes on their products because there are many benefits that can be obtained, both for sellers and buyers.

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