How Tiana & Co. works
Pay-per-report, no subscription, no account. Several of the tools are free. Here is what each one costs, what it does and does not do, and where the data comes from.
Which tool do I need?
| Compliance Requirement Check | Screen a Supplier | CPSC Product Registry Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers | Which agencies regulate this product — a CPSC certificate, FCC authorization, or neither? | Is this supplier tied to forced-labor or sanctions lists? | How do I format my certificate data for CPSC's Product Registry? |
| Price | Free | $29 | $39 |
| Based on | The product's attributes and HTS code, checked against CPSC's list and the FCC radiator rules | The supplier name and known parent, checked against U.S. government lists | The data you enter, arranged to CPSC's upload schema |
| You get | A product-level answer per agency: CPSC certificate/disclaim and FCC Certification/SDoC/exempt | A cited three-check report (browser + PDF + email) | An upload file, a draft certificate, and a README (download + email) |
| When | Before you order, or when a shipment is held for a certificate | Before you pay a deposit | After you know a certificate is required |
Common questions
Is Tiana & Co. a subscription?
No. Every product is one-time and pay-per-use. You pay only when you need an answer, and several of the tools are free. There is no account required and no recurring charge.
How much does it cost?
Screening a supplier is $29. Preparing CPSC Product Registry data is $39. The Compliance Requirement Check, the Supplier Data Request Pack, the Detention Decoder, and the Broker-Ready Document Check are free. Two of the free tools have an optional assembled deliverable: the Detention Decoder's attorney-ready response package is a one-time $149, and the Broker-Ready handoff package is $49. The answer itself stays free in both.
Does Tiana & Co. file my customs entry or CPSC certificate for me?
No. Tiana & Co. is a research and screening tool, not a licensed customs broker. It helps you understand and prepare; your broker makes the final filing. Nothing is submitted to any agency on your behalf.
Does CPSC issue the certificate?
No. CPSC writes the safety rules and accepts the testing labs, but it does not issue, approve or stamp a certificate. Under 16 CFR 1110.7 the importer writes and signs the Children's Product Certificate (or the General Certificate of Conformity) for an imported product, and the U.S. manufacturer does for a domestic one — on the strength of the lab's test report. There is no application and no CPSC-issued paper: a lab can be CPSC-accepted, but a product is certified by its importer, never by CPSC.
Can my factory or supplier issue the CPC for me?
Only if the factory is the importer. The rule puts the duty on the party that imported the product, so a certificate with the factory's name in the certifier field does not do the job unless the factory is that party. The importer can be a domestic or a foreign company — Amazon's own CPC policy says so — but a marketplace may never be listed as the importer or record holder. The usual fix is to reissue the certificate with the importer as the certifying party, on the same accepted-lab test report.
Is there an official CPC form or template?
No. There is no official form and nothing to buy from CPSC. A certificate is valid because of what is on it — seven required elements under 16 CFR 1110.11: the product it covers, each rule it is certified to, the certifier, the person who keeps the test records, where and when the product was made, where and when it was tested, and the lab — not because of its layout. CPSC publishes a sample. The free CPC Readiness Check shows the five things a marketplace reviewer checks on a certificate you already have.
Is this legal advice?
No. Tiana & Co. is a screening and data-preparation tool, not a law firm, and its output is not legal advice. For a forced-labor detention or a legal question about admissibility, a licensed customs or trade attorney is the right next step.
My shipment is being held by customs — is there anything here for that?
Yes, and the answer is free. The Detention Decoder reads your CBP detention or hold notice, identifies the type of hold and the response deadline, and — for a forced-labor (UFLPA) detention — assembles a cited evidence checklist and a draft response package to organize for your customs attorney. Your notice is read to pull out those details and then discarded; nothing is stored. The diagnosis, deadline, checklist and cross-check are free; the assembled, branded response package — the attorney-ready binder — is a one-time $149. It prepares and organizes your own documents, and it does not file anything or write the legal argument for you.
How do I know my shipment documents are ready before I hand them to my customs broker?
The Broker-Ready Document Check is a free self-check on your own documents. Upload the set your supplier sent back — the commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificates — and it reconciles the quantities, values, parties, descriptions, origin and dates across them, and marks what a customs broker will look for that is missing, each cited to its rule. A quantity that does not tie out or a missing certificate of origin is one of the most common reasons a broker sends the paperwork back, so catching it first means fewer round-trips. Each document is read into key fields and then discarded; nothing is stored. It checks that your documents are complete and consistent — never that a figure is correct — and it never classifies your goods, computes a customs value, or files anything; your broker does that.
Where does the data come from?
Every finding is checked against official U.S. government sources — the DHS/FLETF UFLPA Entity List, CBP's forced-labor orders, OFAC's SDN and Consolidated lists, the U.S. Consolidated Screening List, and CPSC's eFiling flagged-code list — and each result shows the source and the date it was checked.
How current is the data?
Checks run against dated snapshots of each government list, and every result is stamped with the snapshot date so you can see how fresh it is. If a snapshot is too old, a report is blocked rather than sold with a freshness it does not have.
Are the verdicts written by AI?
No. The matching and the verdicts are ordinary deterministic code — the same supplier and the same lists produce the same answer every time, and no language model can change a verdict. AI writes only the plain-language paragraph explaining what a finding means.
Is my information kept private?
The details you enter are used to run your check and prepare your document. A report is reachable through a private link that expires; the underlying record persists so you can re-access it from your email. Free text you enter is never copied word-for-word into a delivered report.
What do I get, and how fast?
A paid screening returns a cited report with three independent checks — forced labor, federal sanctions, and CPSC/import documentation — viewable in the browser and as a PDF, plus an email copy. The CPSC product returns a Product Registry upload file, a draft of the certificate itself (a CPC or GCC for the certifier to review and issue), and a companion README. The free check answers on the spot.
Who is this for?
Small importers, private-label and Amazon FBA sellers, and solo founders — the businesses that never had a compliance department checking a supplier before a deposit went out.