PriceMinister is an internet portal where you can buy and sell items at fixed or reduced prices. Through it, both new and well-kept used items are sold by individuals and professionals.
PriceMinister was created in 2000 by Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, Pierre Krings, Justin Ziegler and Olivier Mathiot. Its main aim is to connect sellers with buyers online. Headquartered in Paris, its first products sold were cultural items such as books, CDs, DVDs and video games.
Over the years it added other categories —telephony and IT, audio, home appliances, fashion, home, gastronomy, sport, car listings and more— expanding to other countries such as Spain in 2006. Today it offers over 70 million products, more than 12 million aimed at Spain, with catalogue listings created by the users themselves.
It has an anti-counterfeiting system that detects and removes fraudulent listings. To ensure a purchase is genuine, the seller doesn't receive payment until the product is delivered to its recipient.
Do you want to sell your products on PriceMinister?
To sell all your products on PriceMinister and grow your sales, it's very important that your catalogue products have an EAN or GTIN barcode. We'll guide you through this challenge and clear up any doubts so you can boost your sales records.
These codes offer many advantages, with specialised technology under international standards, enabling commercial exchange across many countries.
Do you need a barcode to sell on PriceMinister?
To sell on PriceMinister and many other platforms available today, your products need a barcode. This EAN or GTIN code, used worldwide, identifies the product so it can be marketed easily and effectively. It can be processed by an optical reader at high speed, helping the company keep better inventory control. For this you'll need a company that specialises in issuing these codes.
What types of barcodes are used on PriceMinister?
There are several barcode types. EAN codes (European Article Number) have 13 digits and are used in the EU and adopted by most countries. UPC codes (Universal Product Code) are used within the US and Canada. Each country has an assigned digit within the code's structure.
What is an EAN and a UPC barcode?
EAN and UPC barcodes are line systems built from a structure of numbers.
For EAN, the line system has 13 digits in a 1-6-6 structure: the first digit identifies the country of origin, the second group of six digits is the manufacturer number, and the third group of six identifies the product.
UPC codes, used in the US and Canada, are also a line system but represent 12 digits.
There is also a short version of 8 digits, split into two groups of four: two digits identify the issuing country, five identify the product and one is the check digit. The advantage of this 8-digit EAN is that it takes up less space —useful for small packaging— and eases manual entry if there are issues with the optical reader.
How do barcodes work on PriceMinister?
As PriceMinister is a platform with a wide variety of online products, it needs maximum inventory control to avoid shipping errors. These codes make warehouse work easier and keep a more rigorous, systematic product selection.
How to get a barcode for PriceMinister?
Both EAN and UPC codes should be obtained through specialised companies that follow the international rules for generating retail product codes. These codes are unique to each product. To get them:
- Consider the number of products you'll register to sell on PriceMinister and order accordingly.
- Once arranged with the company, pay for the order; they'll send confirmation by email or another agreed channel.
- The codes are emailed to you in a graphic format you can print and apply.
In what format do you get PriceMinister codes?
All barcodes issued by specialised companies can be delivered in: 1) JPEG, which compresses images and is readable by any computer; 2) TIFF, ideal when transparent backgrounds are required; 3) EPS, with high-resolution graphics and the most used by professionals.
What are the payment methods to get EAN and UPC codes?
Payments to get EAN and UPC codes can be made via PayPal, bank transfer and credit card. Only the company or cardholder details are needed; no extra product information is required.