It depends on who the product is for. A children's product takes a Children's Product Certificate (CPC). Other goods a CPSC safety rule covers take a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC). TikTok Shop may ask for these papers before you can sell in some categories, like kids' clothing, baby products and toys. You upload them in Seller Center's Qualification Center.
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TikTok Shop has a requirements page for each regulated category, such as Kids' Fashion, Baby and Maternity, Toys and Hobby, Dietary Supplements and Medical Devices. Selling in those categories can depend on sending the documents each page names. They go to the Qualification Center, where you show you're qualified to sell those products.
Say you sell kids' T-shirts. The Kids' Fashion page says you may be asked for a CPC, a current test report from a CPSC-accredited lab, and photos showing the tracking label. The CPC has to name the maker or importer with their address, the lab, and the safety rules the product was tested to.
It depends on whether it's a children's product, and that isn't just your label. CPSC weighs the intended use, the packaging and ads, whether people commonly see it as a child's product, and its own age guidelines.
A children's product that a safety rule applies to takes a CPC, backed by testing from a CPSC-accepted lab. Other CPSC-regulated products take a GCC, which doesn't need a third-party lab. The guide on the CPC vs the GCC shows how to tell them apart.
No, though TikTok links to a guide on it. CPSC eFiling, required since July 8, 2026, sends certificate data to CBP when the goods enter the U.S., and the importer or its customs broker handles it. The Qualification Center is where you show documents to TikTok so you can sell. Both use the same certificate, at different moments and with different people.
These are the five things a reviewer can check across your documents: the product, model and brand match on the certificate, the test report and the listing; the certifier is the importer, not the supplier or the platform; the lab is CPSC-accepted; the age grade agrees everywhere; and the documents agree with each other. A certificate that fails one of them can be rejected, even when the notice doesn't say which.
Which certificate, if any, the product needs is the question the free certificate check answers — whether it needs a CPC, a GCC, or neither — from the product's attributes, with the rule cited for each.
Check which certificate you need — free →Already holding a certificate a supplier or lab produced? The free CPC check shows the five things a reviewer checks across the certificate, the test report and the invoice, each cited to the rule. Check the CPC I already have — free →
The plan lists what the law and TikTok Shop ask for your product, step by step, with a source for each line. It's free, with no signup.
See the plan for your product →The rules on this page do change — an eFiling date, a list, a threshold. Leave an email and a short note goes out if one does: a few a year at most, one click to stop, and the address is used for nothing else. A summary of the guide and a link arrive now, as confirmation.
Information current as of 2026-10-31.
This report is an automated, informational screening tool only. Tiana & Co. is not a licensed customs broker and does not conduct customs business. This report does not constitute legal advice, a compliance determination, or a certification of admissibility for any supplier, product, or shipment.
Verdicts in this report are produced by deterministic code, not by a language model. The explanatory paragraph accompanying each check is model-generated and checked against the cited sources before delivery. No part of this report is reviewed by a person before it is issued, so every material finding and citation should be confirmed against the underlying government source before it is relied on.
This report reflects data available as of the report date. The OFAC SDN and Consolidated lists, the other U.S. Consolidated Screening List constituents, the UFLPA Entity List, CBP withhold release orders, CPSC's eFiling list, and regulatory guidance are updated frequently and without prior notice. Users should re-screen periodically and consult qualified counsel for compliance decisions.
Name-similarity results do not establish or rule out the identity of any company. Where multiple similarly named records exist, none should be treated as confirmed without independent verification against the primary government source.
This tool is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a substitute for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or any other government agency. No warranty is made as to the accuracy, completeness, or currency of any finding.
Use of this report for import, procurement, sanctions-compliance, or investment decisions is at the user's own risk. Anyone with compliance obligations under UFLPA, OFAC, or CPSC regulations should consult qualified legal counsel before making a transactional decision.
This report is an automated, informational screening tool only. Tiana & Co. is not a licensed customs broker and does not conduct customs business. This report does not constitute legal advice, a compliance determination, or a certification of admissibility for any supplier, product, or shipment.
Verdicts in this report are produced by deterministic code, not by a language model. The explanatory paragraph accompanying each check is model-generated and checked against the cited sources before delivery. No part of this report is reviewed by a person before it is issued, so every material finding and citation should be confirmed against the underlying government source before it is relied on.
This report reflects data available as of the report date. The OFAC SDN and Consolidated lists, the other U.S. Consolidated Screening List constituents, the UFLPA Entity List, CBP withhold release orders, CPSC's eFiling list, and regulatory guidance are updated frequently and without prior notice. Users should re-screen periodically and consult qualified counsel for compliance decisions.
Name-similarity results do not establish or rule out the identity of any company. Where multiple similarly named records exist, none should be treated as confirmed without independent verification against the primary government source.
This tool is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a substitute for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or any other government agency. No warranty is made as to the accuracy, completeness, or currency of any finding.
Use of this report for import, procurement, sanctions-compliance, or investment decisions is at the user's own risk. Anyone with compliance obligations under UFLPA, OFAC, or CPSC regulations should consult qualified legal counsel before making a transactional decision.