Check your CPC package before Amazon does
See the five things a reviewer checks across your certificate, test report and invoice before Amazon accepts a children's-product listing.
A few questions about the product decide whether it needs a Children's Product Certificate (CPC), and which kind.
This is the Compliance Requirement Check; the answers carry over.
Product
- A statement by the manufacturer about the product's intended use, including a label, where that statement is reasonable.
- Whether the packaging, display, promotion or advertising presents it as appropriate for children 12 or younger.
- Whether consumers commonly recognise it as intended for a child 12 or younger.
- The Commission's Age Determination Guidelines (September 2002) and any successor to them.
Customs code (optional)
What is this code?
An HS code is the 6-digit product code used in tariff schedules worldwide. CPSC organises its eFiling requirements by HS code, so the one picked here is used to look up which safety rules may apply. This searches the official tariff descriptions by keyword — it is not a classification opinion, and it is not a duty or cost calculator. The code that goes on an actual customs entry is a longer HTSUS code; that is a separate code, set by a licensed customs broker or whoever files the entries.
Other agencies
A couple of questions decide whether the product needs FCC equipment authorization, and which kind. Answer no to both if it is not electronic.
Pick what the product is to continue.
This shows what a marketplace reviewer looks for across your own certificate, test report and invoice; it is not a CPSC determination and not a substitute for a marketplace's own review or a licensed lab's testing. It checks that documents name the same product and are internally consistent — never that a certificate is valid or that a listing will be accepted.
Reference · Why a marketplace rejects a children’s-product certificate
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Selling a children’s product on a marketplace like Amazon means uploading a Children’s Product Certificate (CPC) and, often, the test report behind it. A reviewer compares that package against the listing, and a rejection usually comes back with little or no explanation — which is what makes it hard to fix. The five checks below are the ones that most often decide it, drawn from the common CPC rejection reasons and the CPSC rules behind them.
The five things a reviewer checks
- Product, model and brand match — the certificate has to identify the exact item being listed, not a different model, an older version, or a product family (16 CFR 1110.11).
- Children’s-product status — a children’s product takes a CPC, not a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC); a GCC on a children’s listing is a common rejection (16 CFR Part 1200).
- CPSC-accepted lab — the testing behind a CPC has to be done by a laboratory CPSC has accepted (16 CFR Part 1112).
- Age grade — the age grade on the listing, the certificate and the test report should all agree.
- Cross-document consistency — the parties, quantities, descriptions and origin should not disagree across the documents.
What the tool does, and does not, do
It reads the seller’s own certificate, test report and invoice and shows how each of the five checks looks, cited to the CPSC rule. It is not a CPSC determination, not a lab, and not a marketplace’s own review — and it never promises a listing will be accepted or submits anything on the seller’s behalf. It is not affiliated with Amazon or any marketplace.