Buying a barcode and registering membership with GS1 involves a complicated sign up process and ongoing annual fees. For most small business owners and traders this can be prohibitively expensive. GS1 requires the payment of initial membership fees plus ongoing yearly subscription charges that total hundreds and thousands of dollars. Our barcodes originate with the Uniform Code Council (now GS1) but incur no additional fees, subscription charges or hidden costs of any kind. We have obtained bulk quantities of pre-subscription GS1 barcodes thus passing the savings onto our customers.