Product identifiers
R8.2Does each product carry an identifier an agreement could name?
- Why it matters
- An identifier lets an agreement say exactly which product was bought.
- What Lens looks for
- We looked for valid identifiers, such as barcode numbers (GTINs), ISBNs or SKUs, on a sample of your products.
- Where it sits
- Product · Check 1 of 4
- Needed for
- Agreeable
- Builds on
- Nothing
- Needed by
- Identifiers that lead somewhere R8.3
- Usually fixed by
- Platform admin · Hours
What to do
Publish GTINs in the catalog and in schema.org/Product.
Product
Exactly what is sold?
The definition
- Definition
- The product sample is every product the probe read (the catalog page, the UCP search answer and the product pages). An identifier is a valid GTIN (gtin, gtin8, gtin12, gtin13, gtin14, a Shopify variant barcode, or UCP variants[].barcodes[]; digits only, length 8, 12, 13 or 14, correct check digit; or a GS1 Digital Link URI carrying one), an ISBN (ISBN-13, or ISBN-10 written as its GTIN-13 under prefix 978, correct check characters), an identifier written as a PropertyValue (one whose propertyID names a GTIN, EAN, UPC or ISBN is read as that), or a non-empty sku, mpn or productID. GTINs with prefixes 020–029, 040–049 and 200–299 are merchant-scoped. An identifier is consistent when every surface that states a GTIN for the same product states the same.
- Passes when
- At least
identifierSharePercent(90)% of the sampled products, and at least one, carry an identifier that is valid and consistent. The report states the size of the sample and where it came from, and whether each identifier is global (a GTIN or ISBN outside the restricted ranges, or brand plus MPN) or merchant-scoped (a SKU, a PropertyValue, or a restricted GTIN). - Decided by
- A rule
- Evidence
- The catalogue, product and search responses
- Steps
- catalogue, product, ucp.handshake
- Made as
- anon, ucp