What’s new in Shopify

Until now, a product variant could hold one barcode. That's a problem when the same item arrives with a manufacturer's UPC on the box, your own private-label EAN on the shelf tag, and an ASIN on a marketplace listing. You had to pick one and keep the rest in a spreadsheet.

Now you can add up to 20 barcodes to a variant, and any of them identifies the product.

What you can do

• Add, scan, and remove barcodes right on the variant details page, or from the Shopify app on your phone.
• Give each barcode a type: UPC, EAN, ISBN, GTIN, or ASIN, and we'll check the value against that standard's format, so a mistyped digit gets caught as you enter it. You can also select Custom for internal codes that don't follow a standard.
• Update barcodes across many variants at once in the bulk editor.
• Import and export the full set using the Variant Barcodes column in your product CSV.
• Channels continue to read the first barcode provided.
• Scan and find variants on POS with multiple barcodes and SKU (changelog).

What stays the same

Your existing barcodes are already in place, so there's nothing to migrate. The first barcode on a variant is still the one used wherever a single barcode is expected, which means your labels, sales channel feeds, and apps keep working exactly as they do today.