A GS1 Digital Link is a web address built from the product's barcode number (GTIN) and the lot code, for
example https://…/01/07891234567895/10/L-2026-07. Put it in a QR code next to the barcode you already print: retail
checkouts move to reading 2D codes by the end of 2027 (GS1 "Sunrise 2027"), and anyone can scan it with a phone.
What a lot needs
- A GTIN on its product (the barcode number, with its check digit).
- A lot code of up to 20 letters, digits and simple signs (no spaces or accents).
Get the QR code
Open the lot from Lots: its GS1 Digital Link panel shows the code with Download QR code (SVG), and whether a scan answers. The lot dossier (Export ▸ Lot dossier (PDF)) prints it too. Or ask the assistant, for example: "QR code of lot L-2026-07". It answers the lot's Digital Link, whether it is published, and the QR code to print. Keep a white margin of four squares around it.
What a scan shows
Nothing until an owner or admin publishes the product's GTIN in Integrations ▸ GS1, confirmed with a second sign-in step. While it is published:
- a person scanning the code gets the lot passport: product, lot code, production date, origin country and whether the lot is active, each declared by your company. It never says a lot is verified, compliant or deforestation-free, and it never shows people, plots, quantities or prices;
- a buyer's system finds the lot's EPCIS events through the same address (it still needs its key, see Let a buyer's system read your traceability events).
Stop publishing and every scan answers "not found" from then on.