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Applying Stickers to Your Products

How do I apply stickers to my products? / Best practices for applying smart stickers

Each product you sell needs to be tagged with an RFID smart sticker. This is how the system tracks inventory and charges customers appropriately.
 
RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification, which is the same technology used by cell towers to connect to your cell phone. In this case, the "cell tower" is a sensor on the underside of each shelf, and the "cell phones" are the stickers attached to your products.
 

The video tutorial below guides you through the best practices of applying your stickers so they can be accurately read by the shelf sensors. 

NOTE: the stickers in the video may not look identical to the ones you have, but the principles are the same.

 

Best Practices Summary - Please view video FIRST

1. Select the appropriate sticker type:
All Purpose Liquids/Metal Packaging Microwaveable
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Products with plastic packaging that are eaten cold

  • Salads and Sandwiches

  • Parfaits or Yogurt

  • Protein Bars

  • To-Go Baked Goods

  • Meal Kit Boxes

Drinks, products with heavy liquid content, or products with metal packaging that are eaten cold

  • Bottled drinks and soda cans

  • Aluminium Containers

  • Foil-lined Products

  • Canned Items

Products that will be warmed up in a microwave

  • Hearty Entrees

  • Panini Sandwiches

  • Soups

  • Burritos

  • Pastries

  • Protein Add-Ons

2. Use sturdy packaging to house your products, like a box or clamshell. Avoid using flimsy bags or plastic wrap.

3. Place the sticker high on the package so it can be picked up by the sensor above it. There should be about 4 inches of space between the sticker and the bottom or the shelf above it:

4. Position the product so the bottom of the shelf above it has a direct “line of sight” to the sticker. 

 

5. Do NOT stack products on top of each other.

6. Leave a Gap Liquids and dense foods like potato salad, for example, are water-based. Water interferes with radio signals. Place the sticker where there is an air gap between the packaging and the product.

7. Hide the RFID stickers. If possible, cover the RFID sticker with your own label, making it difficult to remove. Our FDA-approved smart stickers can also be applied inside the packaging. This will make for a cleaner look and prevent customers from removing the sticker. Whenever you try a new sticker application method , test the readability with each product type by scanning it and stocking into you microstore to see if it is read. Speaking of scanning and stocking, we'll get to this next!

8. Stickers need to lay flat;  do not fold them over corners.

9. Adjust your shelves so that there is at least 3" of space between the top of your products and the underside of the shelf above it.

 


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