I plan to make a shorter version of this video for people who want to get straight to the point, I had no idea soo many people would find this video helpful and never thought it would get all these views 😮 I’m still very new to making UA-cam videos I’m my opinion I’m no pro by any means and this specific video was just me being me and I was pumped to figure out how to make barcodes myself!
I really like how you explain. I'm trying to register barcodes for a moulding company and I didn't know you could DIY. Thank you for creating this awesome video
I am so glad I found this site. Excellent explanation on making barcodes from scratch. Absolutely the best video out there for this project. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much for help . I like how you speak and explain. It’s super easy to understood from people who doesn’t speak English well as me . I understand you so good thanks 😊
Hi Tiffany, thank you for sharing this knowledge, this is very helpful for me especially running a small business from home. Really appreciate it, thank you so much 😘
This video was so helpful for me. I want to use barcodes to keep track of my reselling inventory. I am familiar with Avery products and have some of their labels already, which will save money as well. Most of my inventory is homemade items; so generating my own barcode system is essential. Thank you.
I am currently using the Square Register and one of the 3-4 compatible barcode scanners listed on their site. Card reader in included on the register. I actually bought the register on fb marketplace at a cheaper price and it was brand new un opened I think possibly renewed I can’t remember but it was around $550 for that and the scanner for it was about $30-40
Just came across your video. Luv it. Question - how do your barcode works. Do it have your price in it already? Getting started n my own business n I wanted to know. I also know that u recorded this way over a year ago. Thks n advance.
Thank you for this helpful tool but unfortunately it doesn’t work (for me) in square. So I created a UPC-A number by generated the name of product in numbers and I was able to scan that in square. I want to sell my product in other retail stores as well so will see if this works otherwise I have to buy a UPC-A number. 🤞🏻
Hi, thank you for this wonderful video! My question is, you mentioned that you also use Square for your transactions. How do you add the barcode to your item is Square so that when you scan it, it matches with your Square item? I would greatly appreciate your guidance. Trying to avoid monthly subscription with Square!
I’m not sure how to do that I use Square point of cell so with each item that’s in the computer you type in the item name and price and then under the SKU that’s where I scan the barcode and it automatically as long as it’s in my computer system. It automatically puts it in their cart for the right price, it only works for items that are sold by the pound . These are not price computing barcodes.
@@shereeprocterable I’m not sure you would probably be able to save the barcode you creat as an image and send it to your printer software to print a label from there
All you do is open up the item as if you’re editing the item in your system, and where it says, sku scan the barcode that you want to use for that item, and then save to make sure it works, scan the barcode and see if the item was added to the checkout
Hey I am from India and own a small business and after searching and watching so many channels related to this subject, I happened to come across your channel and thanks for such an informative n the way you had explained to generate a barcode with such an ease. Just wanted to know which scanner to use to read or scan these barcodes. TIA
This video is for making a barcode for items that I have in my store to be able to scan them but if I go into the item description on the square POS that description page is where I put the price
Oh Thanks Jesus It’s so helpful. To find great think for free for small business with small budget. Can you please tell me what paper you use to print them out ? Is it A4 printer paper or a specific one ? If a specific one let the link in your response please Thanks
These barcodes are for something that has a fixed price not some thing that’s priced by the pound. So you would just put the barcode in as the SKU for the item and then type in the price of the specific item and then every time you scan that barcode it will show up in the cart of your point of sale as the item and the right price
I’m not sure how to do that I use Square point of cell so with each item that’s in the computer you type in the item name and price and then under the SKU that’s where I scan the barcode and it automatically as long as it’s in my computer system. It automatically puts it in their cart for the right price, it only works for items that are sold by the pound . These are not price computing barcodes.
I’m sure it would work with clover I don’t see why it wouldn’t. Any computer printer will work and you would use any sizes label you like I personally prefer the Avery brand and the free design software on their website to make your own label.
Hi, this is a great video! I am a small business owner and am in 5 small owned health food stores and sell online. The newest store I am getting into said I need to have a barcode. Can I use this kind of barcode and put it on my product and mail it to them and it will work for their scanners? I am really new to this and am having a hard time finding the info about that specifically. Thank you so much for your time and great video!
Thank you The barcode will work on your system once you put it in as the SKU for the item but it may not work for whoever else is selling your product unless they scan it and input it in their system as the barcode for that product that’s what I do if I’m selling things that I don’t make I buy them at wholesaleand I put a barcode on it to sell it here
Hi, thank you for your insights to barcode. As a new kid on the block for web stuff, can I make barcodes for my books I am creating? Would amazon or other platform be able to scan them or its just your own scanning for your own shop products?
This is helpful to see thank you , my parents have a plant nursery and would love to implement some kind of barcode solution - but does anyone know a way that creating a barcode like this with say a price can then be scanned to simply add up a total of goods purchased. Currently prices are just on the plants and we have to manually add up in our heads to get the total - when we are busy this is a slow method and errors can be made. Would love to see a solution or a way to do this - we take cash only so not linked to any fancy online application .. it needs to be simple for my parents !! Scan a code and it keeps adding a value ! Hope that makes sense
thanx for figuring it all out for us "computer dummies" lol. I was curious...once you're set with your barcodes and labeled them on your items...then what do you do? What program, and scanner system do you use? does this work with Square?
Hi, I want to use Bar code scanner for my production department to show where an item is (for ex. from one station to another station) I want to know if I create this, what program i need to have in order to see each scan.
Good afternoon, am a castor oil maker from Jamaica and am considering going on Amazon, my question is can this barcode be used internationally or is it just for small businesses.
Thank you, it's very helpful! 1. Can I make any barcode I want? With any numbers & letters? Will any scanner be able to read the letter as well? 2. Also, how do I know if someone else is using the same number for their own product?
Amazing! but one thing I don't understand is how this type of label can be used if you have your products in someone else's stores? Would I have to add all details so they know what they have scanned? EG: Pearl Powder 100g $89 Or would they have to enter this manually first in their system?
hOW can I then use barcode to count inventory ..Can i make an excel sheet or is there a better way? I drop items to sell at store but I have to take my own inventory...I have been just writing everything down ....which is sooo time comsuming and I am sure I am missing something .Thanks
I haven’t actually use the barcodes yet to track inventory or to add inventory but I will try that and see if I can get it to work on my Square system because yes that would be a lot easier than going into each item and just adding the inventory that’s what I currently do
It's been a year, have you run into any issues? You don't have a company prefix on those codes. What prevents another company from having the exact code you have? Thank you for your video. ❤
Your welcome! I haven’t ran into any issues because the barcodes are only for the things I sell in my personal farm store, if I bring in products or make products that need a barcode I generate one. If I get things that already have a barcode then I just use that barcode. But these codes probably wouldn’t work for major retailers with products being distributed in multiple places.
I select print, then I chose how many and where I wanted them printed, so you can print only 3 or 4. For example if you want 4 of them, print them on box 1-4, then if you want 4 different ones you print them in boxes 5-8
hi, how are you today. i live in lagos , Nigeria. i have watched your video like ten times. i have tried to create my barcode as you instructed but it did not work. i am frustrated. is there anything I am doing wrong
How do you tie up the barcode to have a set price of your product. The video shows how to make a barcode but I want to know about intergrating the barcode to all of my inventory. Could you help me?
Are use square POS so to set a price to the barcode I go into the item and scan that barcode where it says SKU and then save it. I can have one SKU in the system per item. I can have one SKU in the system per item. On the item page the price is also put in there and saved on a separate line where it says price.
THIS IS GREAT but my NEW Square Scan gun did not recognize it, iust wouldn't read it. I can scan almost anything that comes into my store, even a 7-11 coffee (of course it says it doesnt recognize it bc its not in my system) but damn it wont read these. ANY suggestions? I am in your boat with square I do not want to pay them uggg. I even bought these 8167 bc of your awesome video, help!
If it can’t ready the barcode it’s usually because the lines are too close together for that item or any item that won’t read, redo the barcode, but use a shorter word for generating the barcode
Wonderful and simple video BUT I must say this may have some misunderstanding. If you create your own barcode in this way that does NOT mean that somehow that magically puts that info into the PoS system. For example, at most major retailers, we are all used to the UPC barcode system. That stands for universal product code, which is a predetermined preestablished code. That means if Walmart scans the PC or Crookers scans, the PC comes back with the same information. But how is it that if the prices are different at those two retailers That the system is able to differentiate well that’s because there are certain edible fields with UPC’s that tie in with the POS system of that particular retailer. So what I’m saying is is if you create this barcode, you are only giving it a name basically and that is not the entire picture to create What you are thinking or what you may be thinking you’re creating.
I plan to make a shorter version of this video for people who want to get straight to the point, I had no idea soo many people would find this video helpful and never thought it would get all these views 😮 I’m still very new to making UA-cam videos I’m my opinion I’m no pro by any means and this specific video was just me being me and I was pumped to figure out how to make barcodes myself!
Eff those ungrateful bastards! You did great! The video was only 8 minutes
Hello I'm going to give it a try❤ do you have another version?is the generator website actually free?
What do you use to scan the bar code?
@@SherriReno any bar code scanner should do the trick
How do I price it so it can ring up properly
I really like how you explain. I'm trying to register barcodes for a moulding company and I didn't know you could DIY. Thank you for creating this awesome video
I am so glad I found this site. Excellent explanation on making barcodes from scratch. Absolutely the best video out there for this project. Thank you very much.
You just earned the GOLDEN THUMB from me for this video.tutorial.
This video is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!
Love it thank you!! I’m doing it for my thousands of Christmas Decorations and this is very nice to have!!
Thank you so much for help . I like how you speak and explain. It’s super easy to understood from people who doesn’t speak English well as me .
I understand you so good thanks 😊
Thank you very much, im starting my small retail business and you explained this very easily and detailed!
I love your video is super simple to follow. I think I’m going to purchase the Avery products that you have. It seems pretty easy!
Excellent video, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for taking the time to make it!
Small business owner here. Thank You !!!
But how does it correspond to a price?
Hi Tiffany, thank you for sharing this knowledge, this is very helpful for me especially running a small business from home. Really appreciate it, thank you so much 😘
Thank you for the simplicity tutorial. My only question is is there only certain POS it will work with? 4:56
I’m not sure but it should scan in to any POS just like any other barcode would
Great! One question. I noticed the website said "not secure". Did you find that to be a security issue?
@@marieboyett2526 I didn’t experience and security issue
Thanks...we edit it on Photoshop for stickers print.. it will work ?
Good info. I assume this can be done with standard home printers?
Great, thank you. Your video make all my stressful things blow away.😁😁
Hi watching here from Philippines, thanks for the good idea and useful information,
This works for wholesale of homemade products? Not used to seeing a barcode without number
This video was so helpful for me. I want to use barcodes to keep track of my reselling inventory. I am familiar with Avery products and have some of their labels already, which will save money as well. Most of my inventory is homemade items; so generating my own barcode system is essential. Thank you.
Thanks so much for this video. Helped me a million!
Thanks for this information now I can create my products.
Thanks a lot for taking this much effort. learnt something helpful from it, God bless you.
I love this. ur so super awesome for sharing it with us...
Thanks so much for this video! May I ask , when your customers check out, how do you generate a receipt and add the total?
thank you for this. I needed the easy approach!
Which checkout/cashier app you use to read the barcodes for selling?
Awesome sauce! Thanks for sharing.
what kind of barcode scanner do u use?! and card reader. thank you
I am currently using the Square Register and one of the 3-4 compatible barcode scanners listed on their site. Card reader in included on the register. I actually bought the register on fb marketplace at a cheaper price and it was brand new un opened I think possibly renewed I can’t remember but it was around $550 for that and the scanner for it was about $30-40
squareup.com/us/en/hardware/register
I bought the compatible scanner from Amazon
Thanks loads your a star... Happy Sales
Just came across your video. Luv it. Question - how do your barcode works. Do it have your price in it already? Getting started n my own business n I wanted to know. I also know that u recorded this way over a year ago. Thks n advance.
Thank you for this helpful tool but unfortunately it doesn’t work (for me) in square. So I created a UPC-A number by generated the name of product in numbers and I was able to scan that in square. I want to sell my product in other retail stores as well so will see if this works otherwise I have to buy a UPC-A number. 🤞🏻
Thank youuuu! 😭 I have a small business and heading to the farmers market this summer and could NOT figure it out.
Happy to help!
Hi, thank you for this wonderful video! My question is, you mentioned that you also use Square for your transactions. How do you add the barcode to your item is Square so that when you scan it, it matches with your Square item? I would greatly appreciate your guidance. Trying to avoid monthly subscription with Square!
Thanks for the video 👍👍👍
This is great! How do you add both a price & to your barcode? So when you scan it it adds the price & stores the product?
I’m not sure how to do that I use Square point of cell so with each item that’s in the computer you type in the item name and price and then under the SKU that’s where I scan the barcode and it automatically as long as it’s in my computer system. It automatically puts it in their cart for the right price, it only works for items that are sold by the pound . These are not price computing barcodes.
Thanks for the tips
If I have a barcode printer, would I be able to use the free site and still print on my printer?
@@shereeprocterable I’m not sure you would probably be able to save the barcode you creat as an image and send it to your printer software to print a label from there
Great video! How do I get the codes to link with Square POS?
All you do is open up the item as if you’re editing the item in your system, and where it says, sku scan the barcode that you want to use for that item, and then save to make sure it works, scan the barcode and see if the item was added to the checkout
Great knowledge sharing, can it be scanned by an ordinary scanner?
Thank you so much for this video, keep going 🥰👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you
1000th like KEEP GOING 🥳
Hey I am from India and own a small business and after searching and watching so many channels related to this subject, I happened to come across your channel and thanks for such an informative n the way you had explained to generate a barcode with such an ease. Just wanted to know which scanner to use to read or scan these barcodes. TIA
@@kanjilal2857 any barcode scanner should work
@@HLFARM Thank you
but how do i set price , all i se is barcode but no price ????
This video is for making a barcode for items that I have in my store to be able to scan them but if I go into the item description on the square POS that description page is where I put the price
Which app or software you are using for?
Where does the price go and how does your system recognize the price when you scan
Oh Thanks Jesus
It’s so helpful.
To find great think for free for small business with small budget.
Can you please tell me what paper you use to print them out ? Is it A4 printer paper or a specific one ? If a specific one let the link in your response please
Thanks
So when you scan it, how does it know what the price to give you for that label?
These barcodes are for something that has a fixed price not some thing that’s priced by the pound. So you would just put the barcode in as the SKU for the item and then type in the price of the specific item and then every time you scan that barcode it will show up in the cart of your point of sale as the item and the right price
How do u add a price ,so when u scan the barcode the price appears on a screen
Thank you so much for this I am go to try it
I appreciate this video 😉
very helpful! thank you so much!
Thank you for this video! But, how can someone add "Price" and "Description" of the Product to the barcode label for scanning? Help!!!🙏🙏🙏
I’m not sure how to do that I use Square point of cell so with each item that’s in the computer you type in the item name and price and then under the SKU that’s where I scan the barcode and it automatically as long as it’s in my computer system. It automatically puts it in their cart for the right price, it only works for items that are sold by the pound . These are not price computing barcodes.
Hai. By the way, does it show the price or just the name when you scan it
thank you so much. you just helped my business
What other steps or program do you need to set a price on your product once you scan it?
I use Square for my point of sale
Thanks that was really helpful!
Only video I could find on this! Ty
You’re soo welcome!! Hope it helps
THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS VIDEO IS VERY HELFUL FOR ME
Awesome video I have the Clover POS does it work for that and what machine can I use and paper to print myself?
I’m sure it would work with clover I don’t see why it wouldn’t. Any computer printer will work and you would use any sizes label you like I personally prefer the Avery brand and the free design software on their website to make your own label.
I went to barcode generator but the when I push create barcode it says invalid input
Hi, this is a great video! I am a small business owner and am in 5 small owned health food stores and sell online. The newest store I am getting into said I need to have a barcode. Can I use this kind of barcode and put it on my product and mail it to them and it will work for their scanners? I am really new to this and am having a hard time finding the info about that specifically. Thank you so much for your time and great video!
Thank you The barcode will work on your system once you put it in as the SKU for the item but it may not work for whoever else is selling your product unless they scan it and input it in their system as the barcode for that product that’s what I do if I’m selling things that I don’t make I buy them at wholesaleand I put a barcode on it to sell it here
Thank you for this
Hi, thank you for your insights to barcode. As a new kid on the block for web stuff, can I make barcodes for my books I am creating? Would amazon or other platform be able to scan them or its just your own scanning for your own shop products?
No problem ! Glad you found the video helpful. You would probably need one of the actual UPC barcodes for that
This is helpful to see thank you , my parents have a plant nursery and would love to implement some kind of barcode solution - but does anyone know a way that creating a barcode like this with say a price can then be scanned to simply add up a total of goods purchased.
Currently prices are just on the plants and we have to manually add up in our heads to get the total - when we are busy this is a slow method and errors can be made.
Would love to see a solution or a way to do this - we take cash only so not linked to any fancy online application .. it needs to be simple for my parents !!
Scan a code and it keeps adding a value !
Hope that makes sense
Thanks girl!!!
thanx for figuring it all out for us "computer dummies" lol.
I was curious...once you're set with your barcodes and labeled them on your items...then what do you do? What program, and scanner system do you use? does this work with Square?
Thank you and you’re welcome. The software that I use is square point-of-sale.
What app do you use to input your barcodes and scan from to sell items
@@micaelamaldonado2073 I use the square point of sale system
Does the name show the price of the product? I thought I’m supposed to register it with the price or something
can you be sure these are unique barcodes, just to be sure it don't get confused with other products?
Hi, I want to use Bar code scanner for my production department to show where an item is (for ex. from one station to another station) I want to know if I create this, what program i need to have in order to see each scan.
Im not sure, sorry I cant be more helpful. I think you would just need to research what different types of software would do
U can then have to program using python and u can be able to link
Is ot compatible with square?
How do you add price?
I think you would need a price computing barcode but I’m not sure
Can you make over 1000 of those?
Good afternoon, am a castor oil maker from Jamaica and am considering going on Amazon, my question is can this barcode be used internationally or is it just for small businesses.
I don’t think this specific barcode would work for you but it might
@@HLFARM thanks
Thank you, it's very helpful! 1. Can I make any barcode I want? With any numbers & letters? Will any scanner be able to read the letter as well? 2. Also, how do I know if someone else is using the same number for their own product?
Amazing! but one thing I don't understand is how this type of label can be used if you have your products in someone else's stores? Would I have to add all details so they know what they have scanned? EG: Pearl Powder 100g $89 Or would they have to enter this manually first in their system?
@@SchwarczRita they would have to enter the item into their system manually if that doesn’t work you would need a UPC
Are you still able to use this website? It isn't working for me. I tried two different browsers.
Yes I am still able to use that site
hOW can I then use barcode to count inventory ..Can i make an excel sheet or is there a better way? I drop items to sell at store but I have to take my own inventory...I have been just writing everything down ....which is sooo time comsuming and I am sure I am missing something .Thanks
I haven’t actually use the barcodes yet to track inventory or to add inventory but I will try that and see if I can get it to work on my Square system because yes that would be a lot easier than going into each item and just adding the inventory that’s what I currently do
Nice job, but does the barcodes like be different or they all gonna be the same barcode?
Doing it this way all the barcodes are the same for each item they’re not price computing barcodes
It's been a year, have you run into any issues? You don't have a company prefix on those codes. What prevents another company from having the exact code you have? Thank you for your video. ❤
Your welcome! I haven’t ran into any issues because the barcodes are only for the things I sell in my personal farm store, if I bring in products or make products that need a barcode I generate one. If I get things that already have a barcode then I just use that barcode. But these codes probably wouldn’t work for major retailers with products being distributed in multiple places.
@@HLFARM thank you
Thank you so so much
Great video. Thanks
Thank you so much for sharing:)))
Thank you queen
How do you use this bar code in square? When I scan it, it is not coming up
@@julieflynn4540 does is say the scanner can’t read it?
You are so georgeous
So what do you use to scan the barcodes with?
A barcode scanner, whichever one is compatible with your point of sale system
u asome helped me so much
Your very welcome
Thank you and your very pretty 😍 💕
Thank you
Do you have to do one type or bar code on one page or can you do different barcodes on the same page
You would probably have to print all the same label on one sheet
I select print, then I chose how many and where I wanted them printed, so you can print only 3 or 4. For example if you want 4 of them, print them on box 1-4, then if you want 4 different ones you print them in boxes 5-8
hi, how are you today. i live in lagos , Nigeria. i have watched your video like ten times. i have tried to create my barcode as you instructed but it did not work. i am frustrated. is there anything I am doing wrong
Can I number the barcode
How do you tie up the barcode to have a set price of your product. The video shows how to make a barcode but I want to know about intergrating the barcode to all of my inventory. Could you help me?
Are use square POS so to set a price to the barcode I go into the item and scan that barcode where it says SKU and then save it. I can have one SKU in the system per item. I can have one SKU in the system per item. On the item page the price is also put in there and saved on a separate line where it says price.
THIS IS GREAT but my NEW Square Scan gun did not recognize it, iust wouldn't read it. I can scan almost anything that comes into my store, even a 7-11 coffee (of course it says it doesnt recognize it bc its not in my system) but damn it wont read these. ANY suggestions? I am in your boat with square I do not want to pay them uggg. I even bought these 8167 bc of your awesome video, help!
If it can’t ready the barcode it’s usually because the lines are too close together for that item or any item that won’t read, redo the barcode, but use a shorter word for generating the barcode
@@HLFARM THANK YOU ILL TRY
The site you use doesn't seem to work. Bar code doesn't seem to change and screen seems frozen. Being done on a Mac so wouldnt surprise me.
Sorry to hear that maybe try another device it works on my hp desktop. Hope that helps
I have home made produce and I want to sell it, but I don’t know where from start, can you please give me some advice step by steps? Thanks
Create a product label first and then you can put the barcode image directly onto your product label so it’s all in one on type products
How can you test if the barcode actually works? I don't have a scanner and only making these so i can gt my products into stores.
Try downloading barcode scanner by gamma play
are these codes recognizable nationally
No
Wonderful and simple video BUT I must say this may have some misunderstanding. If you create your own barcode in this way that does NOT mean that somehow that magically puts that info into the PoS system. For example, at most major retailers, we are all used to the UPC barcode system. That stands for universal product code, which is a predetermined preestablished code. That means if Walmart scans the PC or Crookers scans, the PC comes back with the same information. But how is it that if the prices are different at those two retailers That the system is able to differentiate well that’s because there are certain edible fields with UPC’s that tie in with the POS system of that particular retailer. So what I’m saying is is if you create this barcode, you are only giving it a name basically and that is not the entire picture to create What you are thinking or what you may be thinking you’re creating.