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ITF-14 Carton Barcodes
An ITF-14 (also known as GTIN 14 or TUN) is a 14-digit code that is used on the delivery box for a retail product (it is based on the retail product’s EAN-13 barcode number).
Image for the outside of a carton containing a quantity of your retail product – based on your EAN-13 retail barcode number. Artwork will be supplied in .jpg, .pdf, .png, & .svg formats.
If you are purchasing an EAN-13 barcode at the same time as an ITF-14 barcode, then just enter “n/a” into the additional information box, otherwise please enter your EAN 13 digit number.
NOTE ITF-14 barcodes are for use on cartons for shipping, not for retail sale. If your carton is being sold at retail level, you should use an EAN-13 retail barcode on the carton.
You will receive an email containing your ITF-14 Code images in 4 different formats (jpeg, png, svg & pdf). You can then put the ITF-14 Code onto your delivery carton.
Note: ITF-14 Codes are only used for the outer shipping containers/cartons containing the retail products, they are not used on retail products themselves (all products for retail sale need EAN barcodes).
It is best practice to get a different barcode for each product or product variation. This is because stores use barcodes for two primary purposes: 1. Barcodes are used for obtaining the price of the product when scanned at the checkout. 2. Barcodes are used for keeping track of stock and deciding when to reorder an item.
This means that if the retailers only use barcodes for option 1, you can get away with having the same barcode for 2 product variations (i.e. different colours of the same product), however if the retailer uses barcodes for option 2 as well, then a different barcode will be required for each product variation.
In general retailers prefer to stock products that will be straight forward to manage. Some retailers may prefer not to stock products if they have to manually count how many are left of each size and reorder accordingly. Therefore is is recommended that you have a different barcode for each variation.