Catalog Items Overview
Item setup
The value entered for the item SKU must be unique for each product listed and is 1-to-1 mapping with Scannable Barcode. The unique identifier can be alphanumeric string and not contain any Type 1 High ASCII characters (®, ©, ™, etc.) or other special characters.
| Type | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| UPC | 12 or 8 digit | Sample |
| EAN8 | 8 digit | Sample |
| EAN | 13 digit | Sample |
| ISBN | 10 digit | Sample |
| GTIN | 14 digit | Sample |
| PLU | 3-6 digit | 4011 represents Bananas, 4131 represents apple, 94011 represents organic bananas |
Common Practices
Padded Codes:
Retailers need barcode to be of consistent length, for example, 07838604 may be padded with prefixing 0’s to make it look like a 12 digit number (000007838604) or suffixing 0’s (078386040000).
If the retailer needs the code to be in a specific length, then they should convert the SKU sent to their connector in the data feed i.e. pad them as needed after the cart-data via the gateway.
Not using the checksum digit: It is not advisable to leave out the checksum digit of a UPC or a EAN Scannable Barcode. Leaving the checksum digit will fail in the catalog ingestion process.