Plain-English guides to EU product rules, GPSR compliance, and the new realities of selling into Europe from outside it.
Four ways to get GPSR compliant, compared honestly: do it yourself, buy a template, appoint a representative only, or hand the whole thing over. With 2026 prices, and who each one actually suits.
An honest breakdown of every cost in GPSR compliance: the EU Responsible Person fee, document creation, testing, and the hours you spend yourself. With real 2026 market rates and a worked total for a ten-product shop.
Which hazards actually belong in a jewellery risk assessment, the REACH limits and EN standards behind each one, and a filled-in example you can work from row by row.
Article 16 of the GPSR says every product sold into the EU needs an economic operator established in the Union. Here is an honest decision tree for UK and US sellers, what it costs, and what has to go on your listing.
From 27 September 2026 every trader selling goods to EU consumers must show a fixed, EU-designed legal guarantee notice. It is separate from GPSR, it has no small-business exemption, and you cannot write your own version.
Etsy's listing editor asks for an EU responsible person, manufacturer details, product identifiers and safety warnings. Here is what belongs in each field, where the answers come from, and the mistakes that get listings hidden.
The most common misconception in every Etsy forum thread. There is no handmade exemption and no small-business exemption. Here are the exclusions that genuinely exist, and where vintage and second-hand actually sit.
From 1 July 2026 the EU ended its €150 duty-free exemption and now charges €3 per product category on low-value parcels from non-EU sellers. Here's what it actually means for your orders.
Article 9(2) of the GPSR makes every maker a manufacturer with documentation duties. Here is exactly what the technical file must contain, shown section by section on a real handmade necklace.