https://community.squareup.com/t5/Orders-Menu-Items-Catalog/Selling-items-with-price-embedded-barcodes-different-weights/m-p/846110#M23609 <P><SPAN>Based on what you’ve described, it sounds like you’re using </SPAN><SPAN>price-embedded (or variable price/weight) barcodes</SPAN><SPAN>, where the first part of the barcode identifies the product and the remaining digits contain the calculated price.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>At this time, Square doesn’t natively support parsing price-embedded barcodes in the way many grocery stores, butchers, and delis use them. Square expects a barcode to match a single item in your Item Library rather than reading part of the barcode as the item ID and the remainder as the item’s price or weight.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>As a workaround, some sellers:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><SPAN>Sell by manually entering the weight at checkout using unit-based pricing.</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Use fixed barcodes for packaged items with standard weights.</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Explore third-party integrations that support variable-weight barcode workflows if this is a core part of their business.</SPAN></LI></UL><P><SPAN>I know that isn’t the ideal answer, especially for businesses selling products by weight. It would be a great feature request, as support for GS1/price-embedded barcodes could make the checkout process much more efficient for sellers like yourself.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Hopefully other community members with similar workflows can share what’s worked best for them as well.</SPAN></P> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:05:50 GMT kacey_k 2026-07-11T23:05:50Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Orders-Menu-Items-Catalog/Selling-items-with-price-embedded-barcodes-different-weights/m-p/846091#M23608 <H2><FONT size="4">Would like some assistance in regards to scanning price embedded barcodes for products that have different weights?<BR /><BR />We sell our products by kg.<BR />Some of our items have barcode labels set up and printed on a scale set up for our wholesale products.<BR />Each barcode contains a 12 digit barcode number made up as below...<BR />*First 6 numbers = a product number identifying the actual product (i.e 200024 - Mince) *Last 6 numbers contain the total price of the product (sold by kg when manually weighed)....e.g. 917428 (The product total is $17.42) Each packet is a different weight so the last 6 numbers vary dependent on the weight of the product.<BR />We are able to scan items that have an item barcode (ie. a barcode that is the same for each product...sold as each) but unable to for weighted products.<BR />Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.<BR /></FONT></H2><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:09:40 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Orders-Menu-Items-Catalog/Selling-items-with-price-embedded-barcodes-different-weights/m-p/846091#M23608 CRButchery 2026-07-11T09:09:40Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Orders-Menu-Items-Catalog/Selling-items-with-price-embedded-barcodes-different-weights/m-p/846110#M23609 <P><SPAN>Based on what you’ve described, it sounds like you’re using </SPAN><SPAN>price-embedded (or variable price/weight) barcodes</SPAN><SPAN>, where the first part of the barcode identifies the product and the remaining digits contain the calculated price.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>At this time, Square doesn’t natively support parsing price-embedded barcodes in the way many grocery stores, butchers, and delis use them. Square expects a barcode to match a single item in your Item Library rather than reading part of the barcode as the item ID and the remainder as the item’s price or weight.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>As a workaround, some sellers:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><SPAN>Sell by manually entering the weight at checkout using unit-based pricing.</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Use fixed barcodes for packaged items with standard weights.</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN>Explore third-party integrations that support variable-weight barcode workflows if this is a core part of their business.</SPAN></LI></UL><P><SPAN>I know that isn’t the ideal answer, especially for businesses selling products by weight. It would be a great feature request, as support for GS1/price-embedded barcodes could make the checkout process much more efficient for sellers like yourself.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Hopefully other community members with similar workflows can share what’s worked best for them as well.</SPAN></P> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:05:50 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Orders-Menu-Items-Catalog/Selling-items-with-price-embedded-barcodes-different-weights/m-p/846110#M23609 kacey_k 2026-07-11T23:05:50Z