Selling on Amazon - Navigating the New EU GPSR Rules

[BGARK]

With the new EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) coming into effect on December 13, we're unsure how to proceed.

Are any of you selling on Amazon to EU customers? How are you planning to comply with these new rules? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Silverage]

We got rid of EU sales when the postage became more trouble than it was worth after Brexit.

We’re getting roped into this now because (at the moment) it’s not possible to shut off NI orders from UK sales with Amazon and these new regulations apply to sales there.

It was fairly easy for the few FBA lines we run, but we have over 2000 FBM listings which I have no idea what to do about.

[Phooey]

Silverage said:

We’re getting roped into this now because (at the moment) it’s not possible to shut off NI orders from UK sales with Amazon and these new regulations apply to sales there.

If you only sell in the UK i don't think you need to do anything, do you? From what i understand your orders will just be live in UK but not NI. I think. I've looked on the Amazon forum and it's not easy to understand what exactly you have to do.

[Silverage]

Phooey said:

Silverage said:

We’re getting roped into this now because (at the moment) it’s not possible to shut off NI orders from UK sales with Amazon and these new regulations apply to sales there.

If you only sell in the UK i don't think you need to do anything, do you? From what i understand your orders will just be live in UK but not NI. I think. I've looked on the Amazon forum and it's not easy to understand what exactly you have to do.

This is what I’m hoping, but over on eBay faced with the same rules it’s like the end of the world and they’re going to be hiding non-compliant listings. Fortunately on there it’s easy to remove shipping to NI.

[Poseidon]

Surprised there is not much more discussion on this as its a real headache.

How are people getting on with preparing for this to come in on the 13th?

We sell very niche motorsport products via our own website and eBay. EU sales account for quite a few thousand in profit to us every year so its not something I'd be keen on losing, however the majority of products we sell despite being made in the EU carry no instructions, safety warnings or even packaging - so there is no easy way to provide these on the product itself. And don't get me started on having to display the name, address, phone number and email of the manufacturer for all your competitors to see! It's not clear on how the EU is going to enforce this either - are they checking every item upon import? If so it'll turn into Brexit 2.0.

It seems none of our competitors are bothering to add any of this information to their listings yet - even larger companies such as Demon Tweeks who you'd expect to be compliant. Are people waiting to see how things play out?

[BGARK]

We've ended up writing 90% of the required documents using AI, and they have mostly been accepted.

[22s]

Poseidon said:

Surprised there is not much more discussion on this as its a real headache.

How are people getting on with preparing for this to come in on the 13th?

We sell very niche motorsport products via our own website and eBay. EU sales account for quite a few thousand in profit to us every year so its not something I'd be keen on losing, however the majority of products we sell despite being made in the EU carry no instructions, safety warnings or even packaging - so there is no easy way to provide these on the product itself. And don't get me started on having to display the name, address, phone number and email of the manufacturer for all your competitors to see! It's not clear on how the EU is going to enforce this either - are they checking every item upon import? If so it'll turn into Brexit 2.0.

It seems none of our competitors are bothering to add any of this information to their listings yet - even larger companies such as Demon Tweeks who you'd expect to be compliant. Are people waiting to see how things play out?

The "manufacturer" is you, not the factory, assuming your product is private label.

You need to find an EU rep (anything from a couple of hundred euros a year up to a few thousand).

Add some packaging to your product and add an insert with some usage instructions and safety warnings, plus the EU rep details and your details. That's it.

You've left it very late though - we started making changes in our supply chain back in Q1.

I doubt the EU will do much unless you get unluckily held at customs (unlikely if you are manufacturing in EU) or someone reports you. I'd be more worried about Amazon competitors reporting you to Amz for non-compliance and your listings then getting deactivated.

Amazon has a "Manage your compliance" dashboard which will tell you exactly which listings you need to add GPSR information to.

[Ean218]

Poseidon said:

We sell very niche motorsport products via our own website and eBay. EU sales account for quite a few thousand in profit to us every year so its not something I'd be keen on losing, however the majority of products we sell despite being made in the EU carry no instructions, safety warnings or even packaging - so there is no easy way to provide these on the product itself. And don't get me started on having to display the name, address, phone number and email of the manufacturer for all your competitors to see! It's not clear on how the EU is going to enforce this either - are they checking every item upon import? If so it'll turn into Brexit 2.0.

Are you sure the regs even apply? It is only for business to consumer trading.

There is a definition of a consumer in the regs which excludes people engaged in a craft. It could be argued that working on cars to make them go better is a craft. Your european suppliers have obviously already decided the rules don't apply to them, maybe ask them why?