If you sell on Shopify to customers in the EU or Northern Ireland, the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)applies to you — and Shopify doesn't make you compliant automatically. You're responsible for putting the right safety information on every product and showing it to buyers before they purchase. This guide walks through exactly what that takes.
Does Shopify handle GPSR for you?
No. Shopify provides the platform, but GPSR is the merchant's legal responsibility. There's no built-in field for an EU Responsible Person, no automatic translation of safety warnings, and no recall monitoring. You either manage this by hand — editing every product, in every language — or use a dedicated app.
What do you need on each Shopify product?
GPSR requires the following to be available to the buyer, on the product page, before they check out:
- Manufacturer — name, registered trade name or trademark, postal and email address.
- EU Responsible Person — name and EU address, required when the manufacturer is outside the EU.
- Importer — where relevant, the EU importer's details.
- Safety warnings & instructions — in a language consumers in the destination country understand.
- Traceability — model/type plus a batch or serial number, and the product identifier (e.g. GTIN).
How to make a Shopify store GPSR-compliant, step by step
This is the workflow Conformica is built around:
- Add your parties once. Enter your default manufacturer, EU Responsible Person and importer as reusable profiles.
- Assign them automatically. Set rules by vendor so products inherit the right manufacturer and responsible person — applied retroactively to your whole catalogue, and to new products as they sync.
- Fill in product-specific safety info. Add warnings, instructions, country of origin and batch/serial details per product, or in bulk for products that share them.
- Place the safety widget. Drop the Conformica block onto your product template in the theme editor. It renders the full GPSR panel on every product page.
- Let it translate & monitor. The widget shows in the buyer's language across all 24 official EU languages, and Conformica checks your catalogue against the EU Safety Gate every night, emailing you on a match.
Doing it manually vs. using an app
| Task | By hand | With Conformica |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer / responsible person on every product | Edit each product manually | Set once, auto-assigned by rule |
| Show safety info in 24 EU languages | Translate & maintain by hand | Automatic per buyer language |
| Display on the storefront | Custom theme code | One theme block |
| Safety Gate recall monitoring | Check the EU database yourself | Nightly automatic checks + email alerts |
| Cost | Your time | $19/month, 14-day free trial |
Why Conformica
Conformica is purpose-built for GPSR on Shopify. One plan, $19/month, everything included — manufacturer / EU responsible person / importer profiles, a storefront widget in all 24 EU languages, automated rules, bulk editing, and nightly EU Safety Gate recall monitoring with email alerts. Install from the Shopify App Store and the 14-day free trial covers every feature. See how it stacks up in our comparison of the best GPSR apps for Shopify.