Can I get GTIN from GS1 if I am selling branded products?

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Hi,

I am selling brand backpacks, brands like - Adidas, Nike, Calvin Klein, Fila and many more. I will buy the bags from Shopee (an online marketplace) and ship to my customer once I sell them on my store. The problem is I don’t have GTIN to use for my Google shopping ads. My question is, can I buy GTIN from GS1 for a branded bag? For example, an adidas bag? The bag probably already have gtin, but I am not sure the seller will reply and give me the GTIN number, even though I will try to ask them as well. My question is can I buy GTIN number from GS1 for the branded bags?

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You can only buy official GS1 barcodes, if you are the manufacturer. If you self assign barcodes, you are in violation of Google’s policies.

As indicated by @Anonymous_7dfa0a1d56fa66e08b9ecfa61066291d you will have to contact the seller, or view the product packaging.

Be very careful with your business model, Google requires products listed to be in stock, reference: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6150127#:~:text=Unavailable%20promotions

Using a marketplace as your source of stock, is very unreliable, and I would not be surprised if you have a suspension.