Barcode Company Prefix
Some manufacturers wish to have a unique company prefix for their barcodes.
There are only two sure ways to get a company prefix like this – (1) you can either join GS1 (and pay their expensive joining fee and annual fees for the rest of your product life), or (2) you can purchase barcodes from us in blocks of 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000. We are the ONLY barcode seller that we know of that provides unique company prefixes like this.
If you purchase 1 barcode number, then you will not be supplied with a company prefix (no barcode company supplies this).
However if you purchase barcodes in lots of 10, 100, 1000 etc from us, then they will have a unique company prefix.
The length of the company prefix will be dependent upon how many variations are required to make a total of 13 digits.
For example – if you purchase 10 barcode numbers, then of the 13 digits, the first 11 will be your company prefix, the 12th digit will vary from 0-9 (giving you 10 different barcode numbers), and the last digit is a calculated checksum.
Similarly if you purchase 20 barcode numbers, you will get 2 company prefixes (giving 10 barcodes for each).
If you purchase 100 barcode numbers, then of the 13 digits, the first 10 will be your company prefix, the 11th & 12th digits will vary from 00-99 (giving you 100 different barcode numbers), and the last digit is a calculated checksum.
Barcodes can be purchased here.