Adding Serial Numbers to Products

[EJC]

Hello,

I have a brick and mortar store and want to implement a self check out but the products need to be able to have unique serial numbers for every product whether they are the same size/color/type or not.  Is there a third-party app that allows us to input a serial number into every item? 

I would prefer that Shopify engineers implement this asap as an option.  It would greatly benefit Shopify because many industries would use it beyond self-checkout such as warranty issues, returns, RFID solutions, self-checkout, shrink reduction, labor cost reduction, personalized service increase, batch tracking and more.  I think that it can be done quickly through Shopify Products and in order to be on the cutting edge of technology this must be implemented immediately.

Thanks,

EJ

[adamwork]

Is this released now?

[BLINDEDM]

just found out that sendowl can do serial numbers.  Seems to work well for most people that I’ve read from on forum posts 

[Rahul-LMP]

max can you contact us at rahul@buildmyplace.com we are looking for this solution too 

[Rahul-LMP]

i signed up and tried verifying my email i got this see attachment 

[Fakesburster]

Hi Rahul

Our apologies as we are currently going through a system maintenance and everything should be up and running on the platform within few hours.

Thanks for your understanding 

[Fakesburster]

Hi Rahul

Thanks for your patience, we are through with the system maintenance and your account  has been approved. You can login into the app now. 
Please do not hesitate to let us know if you need help or have further questions.

Thank you

[320hss]

I need a to be able to add serial numbers and a friend that has been using Rain POS / Web shopping cart .

He's been having a lot of luck with it. They even have Rental and other things that a normal high end pos has and has the website has been getting a lot of organic traffic. Seems like they have it going on. Im checking them out and thinking about moving over. If you or anyone has experience with Rain POS let me know the pro's and con's.  Also I looks like they have a lot of apps that are built in like email and sms already bundled. I just started looking at it. 

[Jhenricks518]

Great to hear you’re enjoying this solution as we’re about to implement the exact same thing at our operation. We need serial numbers, work orders, layaways, etc and lightspeed is perfect for all that stuff. 

[EJC]

Hello,

Yes, I agree the vendor SKUs would be helpful too.  This serialized items for each product to verify each order will help thousands.  Thank you for your comment.

Best,

EJ

[HSSFatima]

We are looking for exactly the same feature as our products are on consignment and tack through the serial number. We are supposed to get Shopify pos but backed ut because of this. I hope shopify can add this very important feature.

[eyasiya]

I already use barcodes and SKUs. I need something that doesn't exist in the products page yet. I need serial numbers to uniquely identify every product in order to make a self check out work in my store. But I know this is also something that will assist many other Shopify users with other options within their business.

[eyasiya]

I already use barcodes and SKUs. I need something that doesn't exist in the products page yet. I need serial numbers to uniquely identify every product in order to make a self check out work in my store. But I know this is also something that will assist many other Shopify users with other options within their business.

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[eyasiya]

I already use barcodes and SKUs. I need something that doesn't exist in the products page yet. I need serial numbers to uniquely identify every product in order to make a self check out work in my store. But I know this is also something that will assist many other Shopify users with other options within their business.

[Max_Sadlowski]

@eyasiya This is great feedback, and something we will be actively looking to include in the near future. 

[KBMarketer]

HI Max,

Would you be able to help now considering it's been a year since this was discussed?
In our Shopify shop we need to add the option to choose a serial number selection for watches.
Eg its limited edition of 100 watches made. You can shoose the number from 1-100. The variants option doesnt allow to add this many variants.

Can you help?
Kinga B 

[reefloat]

2 years down the line and posts are still being made requesting intergrating a serial number, have to admit i too am thinking time to move if something that should be simple for the right person to write into the software cannot be instigated? i am sure many would pay for an app that would do this! c'mon guys we know and you know its possible

[BLINDEDM]

It’s existed for a while.  Just use SendOwl

[320hss]

I moved our POS over to LightSpeed it was a little bit of a learning curve
but we now have a script that is running every 10 minutes to update from
LightSpeed to Shopify
The guys at Lightspeed recommended if you people but the system that they
had for syncing was too complicated so I had one of our guys create a
script and we just kept it really simple as soon as we sell something on
our POS it would update Shopify

Now he’s creating some thing that will take orders from Shopify and update
LightSpeed

The serial numbers in lightspeed is really easy to us and follow
we scan our own sku’s
The we just look at the serial number that’s on the item and we pull it
from a drop-down list that’s already populated when we did our purchase
order
I hope that helps 🤙🏽

Also Lightspeed just today released an update on label creator so you can
adjust it unlike Shopify pos

[Jhenricks518]

We ended up doing this same thing except we ended up using accumula for the full integration including gift card syncing between lightspeed and shopify. Works great.

[CycleBike]

Hi EJ just wondering did you get anymore info regarding this ? We too are on the same boat looking to input seriel numbers for each product.

[EllaBrown2021]

I have the same idea as you, and hope they can solve this problem as soon as possible.

[Fakesburster]

Hi everyone we have release the best application specifically for this, Fakesburster (fakesburster.com)  This allows you as a store or brand owner to install a serial verification widget into your shopify store using this app. This app generate unique serials per sku for your products. Allowing your customers to verify their purchase right from your shopify store or shopify pos. This app protects your products, brands or creations, either physical or digital from any infringement or counterfeit. 
Your generated serials comes with cvv, which prevents your serials from getting counterfeited also.
Your generated serials are safely saved in the cloud through end to end encryption. Preventing your serials from any breach.

If you are a manufacturer, you can seek verification for your authorized distributors, wholesalers or retailers to use this app. They can easily add it to their online store or pos system.

We have worked tirelessly to build this app  since last year and we hope it will be beneficial for every business or creator that needs this.

Above all, this app is free to install from shopify and you only pay less than a cent per serial, without any additional charge, making it very cost effective 

For access, questions or feedbacks kindly send us a message support@fakesburster.com

[elrosd3]

I am also looking for this solution for my new internet site here please manual in case you realize approximately it I want to add this in my fee gear if its a possible choice. I know there are so many different systems are to be had but just wanna conform it on new source.

[CanadaDrone]

Hi there,

Not sure if this would be sufficient for you, but I just use the Comments feature on the order page to track serial numbers.  If there is more than one item in an order, with serial numbers required, you could type "Item a: " then scan / type the serial number for Item a.  Then on the next line (or in a new comment) type "Item b:" then scan / type the serial number.

Just a quick workaround that is adequate for my needs.

Hope this helps.

Andy

[Fakesburster]

Hi everyone 

I am pleased to announce that our serial application (Fakesburster) is now officially live on Shopify.  

https://apps.shopify.com/fakesburster-1

Interested merchants can now install and start using the application directly from their dashboard.

For feedbacks, suggestion or complaints, please send us a message at support@fakesburster.com

[HSSFatima]

Hi Do you have a demo for the app?

[SuhaHammad]

Hello

what about tracking the items by serial numbers only on sales transaction.. somewhere where the person who prepare the order can scan the item serial number upon performing sales delivery and this serial be printed on the invoice ( For warranty purposes)

For example, if the customer orders 2 of the same item , we need the ability to scan two serial numbers and print on the invoice

Any thoughts are highly appreciated

Thanks,

Suha

[reefloat]

fakesburster -anyone tried this yet? a little wary as no reviews and no comments

[320hss]

No not mean...they need to have youtube video how it works.

[Vfx1]

I don't understand how this isn't a core feature.  There is already a database for this, just need to add a field.  How many add-ons should we need to purchase before we switch storefronts?

[reefloat]

i have found a workaround that enables me to insert a searcheable serial number, although not ideal another address can be added to the customer details and a serial number can be placed in one of the empty colums

if you then do a search in the customers section for a serial number it will show the customer allocated

[320hss]

I totally agree that is why we haven't  switched our POS from the one we have to shopify..every other POS has this and yes it's s usually a core feature. 

[320hss]

I may have a solution to serial numbers..this may only pertain to me but I helps. 

Background how we use Shopify web 

We have (windows) POS send csv file every 15 mins to update Shopify qty, wholesale price, retail price.

anyways we just dont like this and want to move to 100% shopify web and pos to streamline.

Serial numbers

vendors send some hard goods items on consignment.  Every 2 weeks we create sold reports  and report which items sold based of serial numbers. 

Shopify has no serial number tracking system, which is core feature on most POS systems that are real POS systems. 

So I think I may finally found a way to track my serial numbered  consignment items  and I found it in this article on sku numbers.

https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/details/sku

The last two paragraph may be the key

so my thought was to create skus like this

SKU-CON-SERIAL# 

with this I can have one sku for the same item and same color

know this is a consignment item

also know the serial number

now for reporting...I am going to research that but whom ever reads this let me know what you think of this idea. 

[JLagasse]

We would also be in need of serial numbers added for warranty and layaway purposes. We retail furniture and appliances. Every appliances has a SKU, Barcode and Serial Number. We could sell the a customer multiple freezers which would have the same SKU and Barcode but each have individual Serial Numbers. This should be a standard feature and would benefit many businesses.

[meeeee]

I found this thread because we need something also.  Interesting that it's still not integrated or even an option after 2 years of this being worked on.  The barcode reader app itself gets 2 stars and was launched in 2018!

[320hss]

That is why we left shopify POS
we use the web but the POS is really really lacking many features.