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Scan-Z vs Scan to Cart
Both scan barcodes in a Shopify store, and they solve opposite problems. Scan to Cart works with products you already have. Scan-Z creates the ones you don't.
| Feature | Scan-Z | Scan to Cart |
|---|---|---|
| Look up unknown products by UPC barcode | Yes | No |
| Auto-fill product title, description, brand | Yes | No |
| Live market price comparison (low / avg / high) | Yes | No |
| Create new product listings from a scan | Yes | No |
| Phone camera barcode scanning | Yes | Yes |
| USB barcode scanner support | Yes | Yes |
| Scan existing products into a cart or order | No | Yes |
| Inventory count / stocktake by barcode | No | Yes |
What Scan to Cart is built for
Scan to Cart is for merchants adding existing products to orders, carts or stocktake counts by barcode. If a customer walks up with an item and you want it pulled into a draft order instantly, it's a clean solution for that. It assumes everything you scan already lives in your Shopify catalogue.
What Scan-Z is built for
Scan-Z is for the moment before a product exists in your store. You pick something up in a thrift store, receive it in a warehouse, or find it in a supplier catalogue — and you need to know what it is, what it's worth, and get it into Shopify. Scan-Z looks the product up from the UPC, shows live market prices and creates the listing. No prior catalogue needed.
Which one do you need?
If you're regularly sourcing and adding new products, you need Scan-Z. If you're processing orders and counts against products already in your catalogue, Scan to Cart is the better fit. Some merchants run both, at different stages of the same workflow.
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