Create internal SKU barcodes from Excel

Your own codes. Not a GS1 UPC. Still scans.

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Create internal SKU barcodes from Excel

Published: · 3 min read · How-to
Do this in the free app: app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. Design the label, then print on a Zebra or download PNG / PDF / ZPL.

Open product sticker template

Most warehouse SKUs are not retail UPCs. That is fine. Design one sticker in the free label maker. Use CODE128 on {{sku}}. Upload the list. Scanners at receiving and pick will read it.

Good to know: CODE128 is for internal tracking. Checkout at a grocery chain needs a UPC or EAN you bought from GS1. Do not invent a 12-digit UPC.

How to make internal SKU barcodes

  1. Headers: sku, name.
  2. Open the free label maker. Set 2x1.
  3. Barcode format CODE128. Value {{sku}}. Text {{name}}.
  4. Upload the Excel file. Scan with the gun you use on the floor. Print.

Sample spreadsheet

Internal codes a shop invented. Not for grocery checkout.

skuname
WH-SOAP-12Lavender soap case
WH-CAND-04Pine candle case
WH-TOTE-01Canvas tote case

First row is the header. Those header words go inside the curly braces on the label, like {{sku}}.

If you own a real UPC: how to make UPC labels. Inventory run: inventory from a spreadsheet.

Print or save

Zebra thermal: print from the browser with Browser Print at the printer’s DPI. Everyone else: download PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, or ZPL. JSON keeps the editable master.

Make internal SKU barcodes

Your codes. Native CODE128. Then a test scan.

Open free label maker