Barcode CD

If you have recently recorded music onto a CD and want to legitimize it as a professional product, you’ll want to get a barcode CD. Better known as a UPC bar code (Universal Product Code), this is essentially a series of bars of varying widths that represent a 12-digit number when read by a UPC scanner. The bar code on the compact disk identifies a particular official product, and also enables stores to keep track of inventory in stock and sold.

A bar code for your CD can be ordered and purchased from a company that specializes in providing UPC codes for products; a different, unique barcode CD must be purchased for each specific product. The bar code on a CD is typically the most effective way to establish the product as legitimate and professional, as well as enable retail or online stores to order your CD in order to sell it to the public.

Many catalogs and businesses will not carry compact disks that do not possess a UPC code; the barcode CD will also enable your product to be more easily discovered by music CD distributors, major record, film and television studios, producers, and professionals in the media industry.

UPC codes purchased for compact disks should be compatible with the SoundScan system, which enables sales to be tracked for Billboard chart ratings. Before purchasing your UPC code, you should also be aware of the many fallacies that surround bar codes, and the unscrupulous companies that take advantage of misinformation  in order to charge higher prices or retain some sort of ownership or a share of the profits of your sales.
Proper research should always be conducted in order to be sure that the company you are purchasing the bar code from is honest and trustworthy.