{"id":1226,"date":"2014-02-03T01:43:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T01:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buybarcodes.co.uk\/?page_id=1226"},"modified":"2016-07-06T02:21:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T02:21:12","slug":"upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\/","title":{"rendered":"UPC-A Vs EAN-13 Retail Barcodes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPC-A vs EAN-13 Retail Barcodes?<\/h1>\n

Both of these barcode types are reasonably similar. \u2013 Both are used for retail purposes and are designed for international use. There are a couple of main differences however; 1 \u2013 UPC-A Barcodes have 12 digits whereas EAN-13 Barcodes have 13 digits. 2 \u2013 UPC-A Barcodes are used almost exclusively in the USA (although can technically be used elsewhere as mentioned previously). EAN-13 Barcodes are used primarily outside of the USA (although can generally be used in the USA as well). So, as a general rule \u2013 if you product is selling internationally, use an EAN-13 barcode. If it is selling exclusively in the USA, use a UPC-A Barcode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPC-A vs EAN-13 Retail Barcodes? Both of these barcode types are reasonably similar. \u2013 Both are used for retail purposes and are designed for international use. There are a couple of main differences however; 1 \u2013 UPC-A Barcodes have 12 … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUPC or EAN Barcodes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/surinamebarcodes.com\\\/en\\\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/surinamebarcodes.com\\\/en\\\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\\\/\",\"name\":\"UPC or EAN Barcodes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/surinamebarcodes.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-03T01:43:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-06T02:21:12+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/surinamebarcodes.com\\\/en\\\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/surinamebarcodes.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/surinamebarcodes.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"surinamebarcodes.com\",\"description\":\"Another International Barcodes Network site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/surinamebarcodes.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UPC or EAN Barcodes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\/","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\/","url":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\/","name":"UPC or EAN Barcodes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-02-03T01:43:07+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-06T02:21:12+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/upc-vs-ean-13-retail-barcodes\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/","name":"surinamebarcodes.com","description":"Another International Barcodes Network site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291136,"href":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226\/revisions\/1291136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surinamebarcodes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}