Retail Barcode Labels
The reviews for the Retail Barcode Labels app on Shopify are mixed, with both positive and negative feedback from users. Positive aspects include the app's ability to generate barcodes efficiently, filter and select specific products for labeling, and compatibility with different label sizes and printers. Users appreciate the ease of modifying templates and the free cost of the app. However, negative themes in the reviews include issues with duplicate barcodes, changes in label templates and fonts without user control, difficulties in customizing labels for specific needs, and challenges with printing and layout adjustments. Some users also mentioned the lack of support for certain label sizes and languages, as well as the app's limitations in handling large inventories and purchase orders.
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This is the worst barcode app I have ever experienced, and I have been in retail for 21 years. You cannot put text on any jewelry/barbell label I have to HAND WRITE, all the text because it SAYS there is NO room which is patently a LIE because I CAN hand write the text. Also sometimes the text works on the regular square labels and sometimes it does not. Sometimes the text fits and sometimes the text does not and it is the SAME amount of characters from one label to another! Some times the font size is the same on two labels and will be normal on one and sometimes it is randomly huge on the other. And NOW they think it important to TELL us with huge yellow warning flashing banners when we go to print that the text will NOT fit on the label and I am like YEAH I KNOW! That is why I hand write them and this is also not a feature you can turn off! I have never met such a stupid program in my life!! Come on SHOPIFY what the HELL????? And you wonder at the 2.3 stars!? DUDE! Stop annoying every one and make a proper labeling system even if it is basic. The warning banners are provoking and superfluous! The text limitation has nothing to do with my label printers because I use the same ones I used with Lightspeed and they had no problem printing on the labels.
Thank you for the detailed review, and for sharing what 21 years in retail tells you a label tool should do. Having to hand write text on jewelry labels, seeing the same text fit one label and not the next, and font sizes changing between labels makes printing harder than it should be. For context, these may be limitations of the label printers themselves. There may be other label printing apps that can help with further customizations. Your point that the fit warning can't be turned off is clear too. I've shared all of this with our team. If you'd like help with a specific label, our team is available at help.shopify.com/support.
Can you possibly add support for Avery Presta 94219 or even 69992 (1.5" x 1" label size).
This creates duplicate barcodes across different products.
Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback! Duplicate barcodes can be assigned to multiple variants when their IDs share the same last 8 digits in larger product catalogues. Please reach out to our Retail support team via help.shopify.com with the details and we can investigate further for you. They'll be able to review and confirm the cause, and advise on next steps. - Natasha, Shopify Support
The recent Retail Barcode Labels update removed our ability to print SKU on Avery 5167 labels. We manufacture hundreds of visually similar products. Printing only barcode and price substantially increases the likelihood of mislabeling inventory. We'd like this functionality restored or our store opted out of the new template restrictions.
Thank you for laying this out so clearly. We're passing this along to the team that owns the app, and specific details like the label format and why the SKU matters for your workflow make that report much stronger. If you'd like to go through your current setup and look at options in the meantime like choosing another label size and customizing margins to allow to print on the Avery 5167), our support team is available at help.shopify.com/support.
Worked better than expected. The reviews, cautions, and compatibility notes made me concerned. However, The ability to filter and select specific products or ANY products to generate barcodes worked well. I didn't have any to start with so overwriting wasn't an issue. The ability to select what will print on each barcode based on the size of the label was helpful and easy to modify and test different templates. Definitely test and learn the character length of product titles, SKUs, and variants for your label size. The app does a decent job at resizing the text to fit the best it can up to a certain point. And I have a Rollo printer that I typically use for 4x6 shipping labels. We purchased 2x1 labels, used the Zebra settings in the app, selected the products we needed barcodes for, and generated a PDF. I printed the PDF using my Rollo thermal printer and they were perfectly aligned every time. I'm glad I didn't need to buy a new label maker. My only wish is that I could change the font (because I'm a designer and we just like to do that). I love that the app is free and ended up being exactly what I needed. We used the labels on the back of custom tags for our in-store merchandise to be sold using the Shopify POS system.
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