One of the most common questions we receive has to do with the existing UPC/EAN barcodes that are on some bottles. You can indeed scan a UPC/EAN onto this screen to find/add a wine without touching the keyboard, as well as scan it directly with our free mobile apps. When it works, this is a nice time saver. However, as of January 2, , the CellarTracker database has over 4.1 million wines, one of the largest wine databases in the world. For most users ~99% of their wine is already represented. Of these 4.1 million wines, users have entered 858,686 UPC/EAN codes covering 2,074,378 wines or just over 50% of the total. So while scanning a UPC will often save you a few keystrokes, it is almost always the case that typing one or two keywords from the label will find your wine.
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As of October 11, , our mobile apps support easy UPC capture. Scan the barcode with the integrated scanner. If there are no results, then manually search by name. When you pick a wine, the app will prompt you to attach the UPC to that wine, so future scans will automatically match.
Alas, UPC/EAN is not a panacea (there are other products which pretend that it is), as there are significant issues with their application in the wine industry:
All this to say that UPC/EAN is not living up to its full potential when it comes to wine.
Note: 8 digit EAN codes are not currently supported.
There are multiple ways to populate new UPC barcodes. In our mobile site/app scan the barcode with the barcode icon. If you get no results, just type in a search on the same screen. When you find/pick a wine the system will ask if you want to associated the barcode you had just scanned. The same thing works in our desktop website with an external scanner on the ADD WINE TO CELLAR screen using the exact same workflow. Also in our desktop website, on the page for any wine you can click EDIT WINE DEFINITION, and on that screen there is a place to add a UPC.
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The recommended CipherLab scanners do have one configuration issue that is easily addressed. By default, the Cipherlab scanners are set to convert 12-digit UPC (US-only) to 13-digit EAN codes by appending a leading 0. As of October 10, , CellarTracker also deals with these EAN codes by also searching for their 12-digit counterpart. The search might be a tiny bit slower, but this configuration setting is now far less crippling than it used to be.
The Cipherlab website has the configuration manual (they are a bit technical, because CipherLab is actually an OEM manufacturer) for all of their handheld scanners. Print out the pages and do the following:
This will remove the leading 0 when dealing with UPC barcodes.
Walmart requires that all items sold on Walmart Marketplace have product IDs. Walmart uses product IDs to help identify which item you're selling and if the same item is sold elsewhere. Product IDs also help establish variant groups across different sellers.
Each product must have its own unique product ID for setup, even if multiple identifiers like GTIN and UPCs exist. The reuse of product IDs for separate items is strictly prohibited.
This table indicates the four types of products IDs accepted by Walmart. If you have a different type of product ID, you must convert it to one of these types. Check with the organization that manages your product ID to learn how to convert it to an acceptable type.