In common parlance, many people know the GTIN as a barcode, but technically the GTIN is the number below the barcode symbol itself, and can therefore also be used for other technologies such as 2D barcodes and RFID tags.
GS1Trade Activate provides the digital overview of all your GTINs and GLNs. This makes it easier for you to keep track of your numbers and frees you from manual update processes. The service is free if you already subscribe to GTIN.
In this video, Peter shows you how to use GS1Trade Activate to create your GTIN barcode numbers and assign item texts and descriptions to each GTIN item number.
You'll also learn how to name your GTIN barcode numbers so you can better keep track of what you use them for.
GS1Trade Activate is a useful tool for all businesses, regardless of size. The service is free of charge for our members who have GTIN and GLN subscriptions. Instead of manual processes and individually keeping track of prefixes and numbers on Excel sheets, you can automatically generate new GTINs in GS1Trade Activate and save your entries digitally, making your overview easily accessible.
GTIN: With GS1Trade Activate, you can see your company's prefixes and keep track of how many GTINs you've used and what they're used for. You can also keep track of whether GTINs are still active.
When you need a new GTIN, GS1Trade Activate automatically generates the next available GTIN for you according to the GS1 standard. To each registered GTIN, you can also quickly generate and download EAN-13 and ITF-14 barcodes.
For GTIN, it's also worth mentioning that GS1Trade Activate is connected to the GS1 Registry Platform and supports Verified by GS1, which you can read more about here
You can also keep track of your GLNs with GS1Trade Activate and create am overview of what your GLNs are used for. You can also register whether your GLNs are active or not.
Later this year, GS1Trade Activate will be connected to GEPIR so the information you register will automatically be synchronized with GEPIR. There is a growing expectancy for GLN registrations in GEPIR being correct and up-to-date, for example when exporting goods to Russia and China.
If GS1Trade Activate sounds like something for you, please contact GS1 Denmark's Member Services. They will help you get started with the tool. They can also give you an introduction to using GS1Trade Activate.
Below you will find lists of prices for GS1 subscriptions and services.
To be part of GS1 Denmark and get access to all our standards and services, you need a membership.
With a GS1 Denmark membership you also get one GLN/EAN.
Read our membership conditions here.
GS1 Denmark membership, incl. one GLN/EAN
500 DKK / YEAR
GS1ID Identification numbers
GS1Trade Services
GS1Trade Exact ensures the quality of your product data. All physical products are checked against the data entered in GS1Trade Sync.
Quality-assured data for the entire supply chain.
GS1Trade Sync is a data pool for product data exchange that your trading partners can access.
GS1Trade Sync streamlines data exchange between trading partners because data only needs to be entered in one place. This increases the quality of product data and creates value for you - and the entire value chain.
Once you have purchased GS1ID, you automatically get the option to use GS1Trade Activate and let us keep track of how far you have progressed in your number series.
If you are already a GS1 member, go directly to My GS1 and order.
A membership gives you a unique number - called a GS1 company prefix - which you use to generate your globally unique identification numbers.
If you already have a GTIN subscription with us, the service is free of charge.
Here, GS1Trade Activate really comes into its own. You just log on to the system and get your own overview of your GTIN/GLN series.
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