[Starting from version 6.6.5 of the module]
Introduction to the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)
Starting from December 13, 2024, the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) will come into effect to ensure that all products sold within the European Union (EU) and Northern Ireland are safe for consumers. The GPSR applies to both new and second-hand products and imposes specific compliance obligations on sellers.
To comply with the new regulations, businesses must ensure that product safety and compliance information is clearly indicated. This includes crucial details such as the manufacturer’s name, contact information, and, if the manufacturer is not based in the EU or Northern Ireland, the details of a responsible person or entity within the EU.
These details will be publicly visible in eBay listings:
How to Configure GPSR Data in Fastbay
GPSR data configuration can be performed in the new tab called GPSR.
The settings configured in this tab will be replicated and synchronized across all marketplaces where Fastbay is used.
Fastbay requires that the records sent to eBay are available as addresses in your e-commerce site.
The module uses addresses associated with manufacturers, suppliers, and optionally, custom addresses.
If you need to bulk upload this data, Prestashop natively provides the option to import addresses from an Excel file.
What Data is Sent by the Module?
The module will send eBay the record of the mapped address, including (if filled in Prestashop) the company name, address line 1, address line 2, state, country, postal code, and phone number.
The company name field will prioritize the “Company” field of the address (if available) or the name of the manufacturer/supplier (if the address belongs to such entities).
The email field will only be sent when the Responsible Person option is used via a custom address linked to a Prestashop customer, utilizing the customer’s registered email.
Manufacturer Address Information
In this section, you can send the records related to the manufacturers of your products, retrieving the data directly from the addresses associated with brands/manufacturers configured natively in Prestashop.
This functionality can be enabled with a single click by checking the checkbox “Send manufacturer address information during product synchronization” and clicking SAVE.
This ensures that the necessary information is included during the synchronization of your products with eBay (both when publishing and updating in “Update all fields” mode), provided that manufacturers and their respective addresses are correctly configured in Prestashop and associated with the products to be synchronized.
The module interface displays a summary showing the total number of configured manufacturers and the number with completed records.
You can also quickly access the Prestashop section for adding manufacturer addresses and managing manufacturers using the buttons provided in the section.
Responsible Person Information
In addition to or as an alternative to manufacturer addresses, the module allows you to send eBay the contact details of “Responsible Persons” related to your product catalog.
These can be associated with site manufacturers using custom addresses, created specifically to meet regulatory requirements via the button “ADD CUSTOM ADDRESS”, or by utilizing existing supplier addresses, if they are configured on the site and mapped to manufacturers:
It is important to note that to use this advanced functionality, the products you synchronize with eBay must have an associated manufacturer. The module will read the configured mapping and send the mapped address as the responsible person to eBay, regardless of the existence of a native address linked to the manufacturer.
If a product does not have a specific manufacturer or if you want to simplify data management, you can use the option “Use a default address if no mapping or manufacturer is present” available in the Responsible Person Information tab.
Here, you can select one of the custom-created addresses or one of the addresses associated with site suppliers.
This option allows you to designate a single default address as the responsible person for your entire catalog, ensuring compliance with regulations even when it is not possible to specify a manufacturer for every product.