Amazon Help

[Styles UK]

I am in need of some help regarding Amazon
I am looking to sell on Amazon but I am stuck at the first hurdle!!
I have created an Amazon seller account fine but was told by Amazon that I am unable to list any clothing items unless I have a UPC/EAN code
as suggested I have looked on the tags for the barcode number but the number is not 12 digits?
Is there a way of getting round this, if I do not have these codes? or any other way of listing items on Amazon?
Thanks

[FireFleur]

The reason Amazon wants a code is because for a while people could just list their own item under any old number, and that resulted in many of the same products being seen as separate products, and that got very confusing for price checking.

Ironically, it now works in the opposite way at times, where a product is different say in finish, but has the same code and you don't get the product shown.

If there is no barcode associated with the item, and normally the manufacturer would assign a barcode, you can buy a barcode range, and then assign in that range. I think Amazon may start selling the barcodes as well.

[cardinal]

You can get free software that creates the ean for you. it doesn't have to be the real ean code - any will do. ive been doing this for years. saves time and hassle than having to get the real ean. EAN is 13 char. try this here
upcdatabase.com

[silvermusic]

I will say this on both threads running on this subject. Do not make up any old bar code and do not use one from an existing item if it's not the same product. Do it properly if you value your Amazon account and don't want to have someone knocking on your door for pinching their bar code.

[TotallySport]

If your selling branded items they should all have Barcodes so why not use them?

you cannot makeup barcodes or use free software to create barcodes, barcodes are asigned to the company that buys then and you can get in to trouble for making them up and it can also get you banned from Amazon.

it will only cost about £100 per year for 10,000 so it's not a hugh cost.

[AndyP]

You can get free software that creates the ean for you. it doesn't have to be the real ean code - any will do. ive been doing this for years. saves time and hassle than having to get the real ean. EAN is 13 char. try this here
upcdatabase.com

The thing I find frightening is that you are actually admitting to doing this. It causes genuine amazon sellers massive headaches trying to sort out the trail of mess that you leave behind you when you do silly things like this...and then to broadcast it like this.... does it not occur to you that eans are there for a reason?

[bobagump]

We use this provider for our official GS1 EAN barcodes because we where tired of the GS1 membership and other complications.
http://eancode.biz
Works well.
We dont add more than 100 products to Amazon per year...
:rolleyes:

[JamieT]

Codes.....Everthing requires a code nowadays ! :eek:

[AndyP]

Codes.....Everthing requires a code nowadays ! :eek:

What's your point though?

[jamie1183]

We were also told this by amazon, but we have managed to list products without this, we have a dedicated account handler at amazon all we do is export or create a excel sheet with the products and send to them, they then get their development team in india to process this and load to our account.