What is a GTIN Barcode?
- A Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is a unique and internationally recognized identifier for a product.
- It’s the number you see under a barcode and it has different types.
- GTIN-12 (UPC-A): this is a 12-digit number used primarily in North America.
- GTIN-8 (EAN/UCC-8): this is an 8-digit number used predominately outside of North America.
- GTIN-13 (EAN/UCC-13): this is a 13-digit number used predominately outside of North America.
- GTIN-14 (EAN/UCC-14 or ITF-14): this is a 14-digit number used to identify trade items at various packaging levels.
Why use GTIN Barcodes?
- It provides a common language for all of its entities and trading partners worldwide to uniquely identify the item and easily communicate information about the item
- Using barcodes allow vendors to search existing listing by barcodes before manually creating a new SKU thus benefiting from the following:
- to list their offer under an existing listing.
- product grouping which will ensure fair competition between all vendors and better visibility for the best offers
- less operational and finance issues with reconciliation thanks to this unique product ID
- More visibility online with better search engine ranking
How to get the GTIN of you product?
If your product already has a GTIN barcode
- Ask the brand owner/manufacturer to share their detailed price list or catalog with product barcodes (GTINs). Note: Barcodes (GTINs) are different from Manufacturer Part Number (MPN) and Model number.
- Read or Scan the barcode (GTIN) on the product or product packaging
Please see detailed list of Brands and Categories that require GTIN for Product Creation
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