Bulk-creation of Static QR Codes for GS1 QR Code Variants

If you have a dynamic GS1 QR Code for a certain GTIN, you may want to put variants of the QR Code on your physical products containing additional information like product variant, batch number or serial number.

Each of those QR Codes may forward your end consumers to the same URL. However, scanning the QR Code with a special app or scanner, the additional meta information can be used to trigger different actions.

To create such variants you do not have to create a dynamic QR Code for each variant. You only need a base QR Code with just the GTIN encoded in the shortened vanity URL. For example:

When you now create static QR Codes with the vanity URL from above and you add for example a batch number to the URL, the static QR Code will forward you to the same product page from above, even no dynamic QR Codes with such vanity URLs exists.

Technically this is achieved with Fallback Routing.

The following table shows two variants of the above mentioned GS1 QR Code with the batch numbers ABC and DEF in their vanity URLs.

Any scan of a static variation of a GS1 QR Code will be added to the scan statistics of the main dynamic GS1 QR Code.

You can easily create such static QR Codes with the Mass QR Code Generator in your account, using up credits in the process.

Please go to the GS1 QR Code you want to create static variations containing additional information of. In our example below, the dynamic QR Code only contains the GTIN 0807174498950 (indicated by the GS1 Application Identifier /01/).

Hit Options and choose Share.

Use the Copy button to store the shortened URL of your dynamic GS1 QR Code in your device's clipboard; we will need it shortly.

After copying the URL, hit Batch QR in your left navigation bar to access the Mass QR Code Generator in your account.

Paste the shortened URL of the GS1 QR Code into the entry field as shown
below and add all additional information. You might want to prepare a CSV to copy and paste the data from.

Please read this article to get more information on GS1 Data Attributes you can add.

Remember: You can also create seperate dynamic GS1 QR Code for each attribute - but this only makes sense if they should have different target URLs (for example, one page for each unique product with their own serial Number, or for each product variant). If all QR Codes have the same target URL, create static QR Codes instead.

When everything is set up, click on Create QR Codes and the job will be added to your queue. 

The duration of the QR Code generation job depends on the file format, the design and, of course, the number of QR Codes. A few black-and-white ones won't take more than a few seconds, but 500 heavily designed QR Codes in a more complex format will take a few minutes. 

We will send you an E-mail once the job is done. Now, you will be able to download your bulk.

The maximum number of QR Codes generated per job is 500.

If you left your Jobs Page, you can access it by clicking on Batch QR in your left-hand navigation bar and then hitting View All Jobs.

Credits are stored in your account and used up by the QR Batch Generator in your account. You start out with 100 credits to get the hang of things. You can buy credits for $0.015 apiece (minimum buying amount 1,000 credits = $15). To do so, please contact us.