ANDPIERRES (Nicholas King)
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5 days ago
Project Update: regarding EU shipping/GPSR guidelines
im sure a lot of you have been wondering about the new GPSR guidelines & how they've been affecting many small businesses. ive been resesrching and seeking out professional advice from experts in the EU to get better insight into the situation & to find a way forward to ensure that EU customers can still get their batpacks.
here's the important part: EU backers WILL still receive their rewards! everything is expected to ship overseas with no trouble.
now, onto the meat of the situation:
- GPSR is not a new tax, or even an entirely new regulation; its an update to the GPSD which was established in 2016, replacing it completely.
- the GPSR aims to clarify & consolidate previous standards, and tightens how they are administered.
- currently, for the type of businesses that we're running (business-to-consumer), it is not expected that we will be under any higher scrutiny. this update i believe is moreso meant to impact those trying to import items into the EU for use in wholesale or dropshipping.
- however, to err on the side of caution, i have already opened up the topic of safety testing with my manufacturer (previously, id assumed this was only required if we were marketing items towards children, but better to be safe than sorry), and have also established a relationship with an EU business representative (another big thing people were worried about as a requirement of the new legislation).
another big thing that was shared with me was that small businesses will not be expected to comply with new laws immediately as long as they're showing that theyre making efforts to become compliant. this is the big thing that reassured me that shipping the batpacks to you guys wouldnt be an issue, since weve already started taking these steps!
(however, after the batpack campaign is concluded, its more than likely that EU shipping wont be available in the future, just to be on the safe side. I've already decided to halt EU shipping for my main shop -- maintaining compliance can and will require a lot of time and money for product testing and representation that i just dont have :( )
I hope this answers any questions you guys may have had about shipping to the EU! if you have any more questions, drop em here and ill do my best to answer. and, as always, thank you so much to everyone for all your support!
- GPSR is not a new tax, or even an entirely new regulation; its an update to the GPSD which was established in 2016, replacing it completely.
- the GPSR aims to clarify & consolidate previous standards, and tightens how they are administered.
- currently, for the type of businesses that we're running (business-to-consumer), it is not expected that we will be under any higher scrutiny. this update i believe is moreso meant to impact those trying to import items into the EU for use in wholesale or dropshipping.
- however, to err on the side of caution, i have already opened up the topic of safety testing with my manufacturer (previously, id assumed this was only required if we were marketing items towards children, but better to be safe than sorry), and have also established a relationship with an EU business representative (another big thing people were worried about as a requirement of the new legislation).
another big thing that was shared with me was that small businesses will not be expected to comply with new laws immediately as long as they're showing that theyre making efforts to become compliant. this is the big thing that reassured me that shipping the batpacks to you guys wouldnt be an issue, since weve already started taking these steps!
(however, after the batpack campaign is concluded, its more than likely that EU shipping wont be available in the future, just to be on the safe side. I've already decided to halt EU shipping for my main shop -- maintaining compliance can and will require a lot of time and money for product testing and representation that i just dont have :( )
I hope this answers any questions you guys may have had about shipping to the EU! if you have any more questions, drop em here and ill do my best to answer. and, as always, thank you so much to everyone for all your support!
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