Free jewelry label maker

A free jewelry label maker lets you print tiny tags with the price and a SKU you can scan. The barcode only works if the bars stay separate and you leave blank space, a quiet zone, on both ends.

Print one tag and scan it

Set the tag size, put the price and SKU on it, and add a barcode with blank space at both ends. No signup.

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Jewelry tag examples you can open and edit

These are real renders from the editor. The shops, pieces, prices and SKUs are made up for the examples. Click one and it opens with the same layout and text, ready for your own.

Jewelry tag from an inventory sheet1.5 x 1 in. SKU, Item, Price columns, small barcode. Price-first tag1.5 x 1 in. Shop, price, item, SKU barcode. Tray or bag sticker2 x 1 in roll. Item and a CODE128 SKU with room around the bars.

Price large, SKU honest

On a tag the size of a fingernail, the price is what a customer reads and the SKU is what you scan.

Put the price in the largest type that fits. The SKU can be smaller, but it has to be the number in your inventory, not a sample code left over from a template.

Metal, length, and stone go on only if they still leave room around the bars. A tag that tells the whole story and won't scan is a tag you'll retype at the register.

Set the width and height to the printable face of the tag you buy, not to a shipping label. A 1 inch by 0.5 inch face is a different design from a 2x1 shelf label. Stretch the shelf label down and the bars become a smear. If your tags have an unusual shape, measure the flat rectangle you can print on and design inside it.

Make a jewelry price tag with a barcode

1. Open https://app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. The jewelry tag opens ready to edit. Set the size to the tag you string.
2. Put the price in large type and the SKU under it or beside it.
3. Add a barcode of that same SKU. Leave blank space on both ends of the bars.
4. Print one. If the lines touch, widen the code before you print the tray.
5. Scan it at the counter. Then map your inventory sheet, one row per style or piece.
6. Print in the order the tray is laid out, so you're not matching tags by guess.

Module width and the quiet zone

Module width is the thickness of the narrow bar.

On a 203 dpi printer, a bar that's only a hairline often prints as a blob or skips. If the test tag looks like the lines are touching, widen the barcode, or move it to a 300 dpi printer if you have one. Don't keep shrinking until the code "fits."

The quiet zone is the blank paper on both ends of the bars. It isn't decoration. If the price, a border, or the edge of the tag crowds the bars, the scanner sees extra ink and gives up.

Leave a clear margin wider than a single bar, on the left and the right. Print one tag, scan it with the gun at the counter, and look at it under the same light you sell under. A code that fits and won't scan is wasted stock.

Print jewelry labels from the inventory sheet

Keep the columns simple: SKU, price, short description. Don't map a long description onto a tag that can hold ten characters. Here is the fictional sheet behind the first example:

1. Open the jewelry tag with the sample sheet to see it working, then click Data and upload or paste your own inventory.
2. Click the item line, then Variables, and pick your description column. Do the same for the price.
3. The barcode in the sample holds {{SKU}}, so each row scans as its own piece. Use your own SKU column name the same way. CODE128 (alphanumeric) in the barcode Format list handles letters and dashes like JW-0412.
4. Step to "Silver chain 18 in", the longest item here, and to your highest price. If either crowds the bars, shorten the text.
5. Open Edit row, tick the pieces you're tagging, and click Print.

Proof the highest price, so the digits don't wrap under the barcode. That's all a free jewelry label maker needs to be: a small layout, printed from the sheet, with a barcode your counter can read.

It doesn't run your point of sale. It prints the tag. The SKU on the tag has to be the SKU the register already knows.

String, sticker, or a fold

A sticker on a poly bag or a tray is more forgiving than a tiny fold tag. You can use a slightly wider label, like the 2 x 1 example, and still keep the jewelry visible.

A tag that hangs from a chain has to survive fingers flipping through the tray. Press the print so the type is solid. A gray price looks like a sale even when it isn't, and it scans worse.

Tagging larger pieces, scarves or home goods? Price tag labels covers bigger retail tags and shelf labels. If you'd rather hang a QR code than a barcode, the guide to QR code labels covers it.