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Barcodes

In order to scan your products during fulfillment, a barcode should be set for each product variant within your Shopify account. Barcodes are unique identifiers that streamline inventory management and order fulfillment. Barcode terminology and standards are explained well in the Shopify user guide. Barcodes are a standard field within Shopify and can be set directly through the Shopify admin, or can be edited within Scan to Ship. Uploading or editing barcodes in bulk is also supported in Scan to Ship.

Editing barcodes in Shopify admin

Within the Shopify admin area, you can edit a product to add a barcode. To do this:

  1. Go to the Products page.
  2. Click on the product you want to edit.
  3. Click on the variant you want to add a barcode to, or look for the “Inventory” area if the product has no variants.
  4. Enter the barcode into the Barcode field, or select the field and use a barcode scanner to scan the barcode, and click the Save button.

Editing barcodes in Scan to Ship

Barcodes can be viewed and updated from the Barcodes page accessible from the dashboard page or the Shopify app menu.

Assign a single barcode

To assign a barcode to a product variant:

  1. From the Scan to Ship Dashboard, go to the Barcodes page.
  2. Enter a SKU, barcode, or title into the search box to locate your product.
  3. Click on the Edit link next to the variant.
  4. Enter a barcode into the text box and click the Save Changes button.

Upload multiple barcodes

To upload multiple barcodes, you will edit and upload a spreadsheet where each row specifies a product variant including its barcode as a text cell. It’s easy to get started by downloading a template spreadsheet from the Barcodes page.

To download the template spreadsheet:

  1. From the Scan to Ship Dashboard, go to the Barcodes page.
  2. Click the More actions dropdown button.
  3. Click the Get upload template menu item.
  4. Wait for your template file to be delivered to your email inbox. If you have a large number of products, this may take a few minutes.
  5. Open the template file in your spreadsheet editor, such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.

To upload your barcodes:

  1. Fill in the Barcode column with your barcode data.
  2. Navigate back to the Barcodes page.
  3. Choose More actions → Upload...
  4. Select your file, then check the “Update barcodes” checkbox.
  5. Click the Upload button.
  6. Wait for an email confirmation that your barcodes have been updated. If you have a large number of products, this may take a few minutes.