Written by Marcus Rivera — Former Amazon Warehouse Manager. 12 years of barcode scanning experience. More about me →
If your product might ever sell outside your home country, start with EAN-13. I saw too many brands launch with UPC-A on Amazon.com and then scramble when they expanded to Amazon.de or Amazon.co.jp — where EAN-13 is the standard. Re-barcoding an entire product line costs more than getting EAN-13 from day one.
Germany: 40-44. France: 30-37. UK: 50. Japan: 45-49. These are GS1 country prefixes. They do not mean the product was made there — they identify where the GS1 prefix was registered. Generate your EAN-13 →
Written by Marcus Rivera — Former Amazon Warehouse Manager. 12 years of barcode scanning experience. More about me →