The step to select a barcode appears when you upload a product to Amazon.
For the options provided by Amazon’s backend, there are two options: manufacturer barcode and Amazon barcode.
So, which barcode should sellers choose when uploading products?
Many new sellers have had their products unable to be stocked due to the manufacturer’s barcode being published on the newly developed Asin.
In addition, many long-established Asins, which have been operating for many years, also encountered the situation of being unable to upload goods normally when replenishing their products.
The following system prompt appears during the process of uploading goods.
These are all caused by the wrong selection of barcodes. Amazon’s attitude is very clear. It is best to use Amazon’s barcodes for shipments in the future, both new and old models.
What needs to be explained is the difference between the manufacturer’s barcode and Amazon’s barcode.
Manufacturer barcode mainly refers to the original product barcode provided by the product manufacturer. It is mainly used to identify the basic information of the product. Qualified barcodes include UPC, EO, JO, ISBN, etc.
Manufacturer’s barcode usually starts with B0.
Amazon barcode is a product barcode provided by the Amazon platform to sellers uploading products. It is mainly used for product identification and tracking.
Amazon’s barcodes usually start with X0.
Manufacturer barcodes have many advantages. For example, the product already comes with the manufacturer’s barcode when it leaves the factory, so the “labeling” step can be omitted and the workload of shipping is reduced.
And sellers who use Amazon barcodes, whether they choose to label themselves, entrust a manufacturer to label them, or spend some money to have Amazon label them, are inseparable from this link.
However, even your products cannot be shipped with the manufacturer’s barcode, and Amazon’s barcode is highly recommended here.
Since the manufacturer barcode is a form of mixed storage of goods, that is, an Amazon seller, as long as he gets the goods from the manufacturer and uses the manufacturer barcode to ship the goods, no matter it is a seller or multiple sellers , all its products will be mixed in Amazon FBA warehouse.
If the quality of one or more sellers is substandard, all sellers using the manufacturer’s barcode will suffer losses.
Amazon barcode is a form of SKU.
That is to say, if you choose Amazon’s barcode, your Amazon products will only contain products of your SKU.
For other sellers, even FBA cannot help you sell, because the Amazon barcode is different from the SKU, so your goods will naturally not be stored together.
Eliminating the problem of mixed storage of products can effectively reduce many risks in the business process.
Be sure to select “Amazon Barcode” when shipping!