what must I fill in as a seller on Etsy for GPSR

Etsy primarily requests data, not assessment

Etsy requires sellers to provide information for certain products that enables a consumer to use the product safely and makes clear who is responsible for what: name and address of the responsible market participant, and warnings or safety information in the language of the country where the consumer lives. Etsy itself does not assess whether a product is safe — that responsibility remains with the seller, just as it does with bol and Amazon. What a marketplace concretely offers as a field or checkbox varies by platform; bol and Amazon each have their own setup for this, as can be found at what bol requests in the GPSR fields and at what Amazon wants to know about the responsible person.

Anyone selling handmade products on Etsy under their own name or brand is considered a manufacturer under the regulation — even if it is a small workshop or a hobby-based startup. This is not a matter of turnover or number of employees, but of the role someone plays in the supply chain. Conversely, anyone reselling ready-made products from another supplier without their own brand or name on it, and without modifying the product, falls more under the role of distributor, with a lighter set of obligations. The distinction between those two roles is precisely why the own-brand rule and the broader question what role someone has on Etsy is just as relevant as on any other marketplace.

Why Etsy requests that data

Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2023/988 requires that when selling at a distance — including via a marketplace like Etsy — certain information must be visible before a consumer makes a purchase, including the details of the responsible market participant and any warnings. Article 16 of that regulation describes who qualifies as a responsible market participant and what obligations come with it, which forms the basis for the fields that Etsy — like bol and Amazon according to their own seller information — requests when creating a listing.