When listing homemade crafts, what gtin/barcode is used?

I make handmade items, personalized items, ornaments, mugs, glasses, piggy banks. These items are listed as “new” what GTIN do is use if my items don’t have any?

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Tmang
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You will have to enter “Does Not Apply” or “N/A” into the appropriate GTIN (UPC, EAN, etc) field.

answered over 5 years ago

tomwayne1
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BookbinEtc says: February 12, 2019

I haven’t heard of that. Does it then go to Google Shopping because ‘something’ is entered in that field?

KarensCollections says: February 12, 2019

Dos Not Apply will keep it from going to Google because that’s not recognized.

A2z4u2c says: February 12, 2019

you can also make up your own number

BookbinEtc says: February 12, 2019

oh, right, Karen, I forgot that.

tomwayne1 says: February 13, 2019

@KarensCollections… I found many Bonanza (and eBay) listings that appear in GS that have “Does Not Apply” in the UPC field. I believe that both Bonanza and eBay adds the following (upon GS submission): Identifier_Exists Attribute with a value of FALSE

EmpressDepot says: February 15, 2019

This reminds me of something. For vintage greeting cards that have no writing, I did not want to put them as new because they are vintage and at the same time I really did not like the idea of putting used because there was no writing. So, I put unused into the condition box…emailed Bonanza…

EmpressDepot says: February 15, 2019

about it and Bonanza said the greeting card listings how GS showing them as used but then when looking at the listing here on Bonanza it still shows as unused rather than showing as used.

EmpressDepot says: February 15, 2019

I figure at least it still shows as unused here on Bonz.

EmpressDepot says: February 15, 2019

Ok. Forget what I said :) This is what happens when I cannot edit. Things sometimes come out making no sense.

EmpressDepot says: February 15, 2019

BUT I promise what I did was a bright idea.

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