Practical, source-linked guidance and templates for online sellers navigating EU product safety obligations.
Guides
2026-08-14
What post-market surveillance means under GPSR, MDR and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020: the obligations, the eight signal sources, a signal-to-closure workflow, the recall rules, and the records that prove you were monitoring.
Guides
2026-08-10
SafeCart's new eBay integration imports your listings for Safety Gate monitoring and publishes manufacturer and EU Responsible Person data directly onto your eBay listings.
Regulation explained
2026-05-10
GPSR replaced GPSD (General Product Safety Directive) in December 2024. Learn the key differences between the old directive and the new regulation, and what changed for online sellers and ecommerce businesses.
Templates & checklists
2026-02-11
Download the editable 12-task GPSR checklist. Check listing fields, record owners and evidence, and work through a fictional product offer example.
Regulation explained
2026-02-05
What GPSR (Regulation (EU) 2023/988) is and what it requires: scope, the general safety requirement, obligations by role, online listing rules, recalls, penalties and key dates.
Guides
2026-01-25
GPSR makes product safety a lifecycle obligation. Learn how Safety Gate works in practice, why one-time compliance fails, and what “reasonable preventive measures” look like for online sellers.
Guides
2026-01-25
Safety Gate is public, but your awareness isn’t automatic. See how recalls reach sellers in reality, where they get lost, and why monitoring becomes necessary at scale.
Guides
2026-01-25
Realistic scenarios (e-commerce, importers, private label) showing how businesses become non-compliant without realizing it—and what changes with continuous monitoring.
Guides
2026-01-25
A practical comparison of manual checks vs automated monitoring, and why manual processes often fail at scale under GPSR expectations for timely action and documentation.
Templates & checklists
2026-01-15
A practical checklist of what to do when a product is unsafe: withdrawal vs recall, consumer communication, documentation, and official EU sources.
Templates & checklists
2026-01-15
Copy/paste templates for customer emails and a website recall notice page, plus a checklist of what to include and an email-safe HTML download.