Checked against sources: 22 September 2026
Filing itself is cheap; the certificate behind it is not. CPSC's Product Registry is free. CPSC's rule estimated broker fees at about $0.77 per certificate filing (assuming a $25 maximum per entry) and a first-year cost of $1,104 per small importer. Preparation software and services with published prices run from $39 per filing (Tiana) and $79 a month (EntryProof) to $750–$3,000 a month (CertEvidence). The largest cost is usually testing and certification, which predates eFiling. Sources (4)Federal Register: CertificatFederal Register: Certificates of Compliance, 90 FR 1800 (8 Jan 2025)CPSCCPSC: Product Registrycertevidence.comcertevidence.comcertifypreflight.com/pilotcertifypreflight.com/pilot
The four cost layers
| Layer | Typical cost | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Product Registry | Free | CPSC: it does not expect to charge for the Registry |
| Broker filing | About $0.77 per certificate filed; entries often capped per entry | CPSC estimate, final rule |
| Preparation software or service | $39 per filing to $3,000 a month (published prices) | Provider price dataset |
| Testing and certification | Depends on the rules and the lab; required since 2008 | Your lab's quote |
CPSC's own estimate
The final rule's small-business analysis estimated an average first-year cost of $1,104 per small importer ($1,137 for non-children's, $1,099 for children's products), $272.18 million across all 246,438 small importers. It assumed each certificate generates 23.7 filings a year, 20.7 of them with a broker fee. These are CPSC's estimates made before the rule took effect.
What software and services charge
Published entry prices, read from each provider's own page on 22 September 2026: Tiana & Co. $39 per Registry filing template; EntryProof $79 a month; CertifyPreflight $249 a month or $349 for a one-time pilot; CPSCReady $299 per product packet; CertEvidence $750 a month for up to 100 certificate families; Comply PRO+ publishes no price. The table with every tier is in the provider price dataset. Our own price is in the same table: $499 a month for up to 100 active products.
The cost nobody quotes
The expensive part is keeping certificate data true as products change: a new factory, a new paint supplier, an expired test report. Each is a material change that needs a new certificate version. That is the work a monthly plan covers.
Sources
Primary sources first; provider pages only for their own prices.
- Federal Register: Certificates of Compliance, 90 FR 1800 (8 Jan 2025) — read 2026-09-22
- CPSC: Product Registry — read 2026-09-22
- certevidence.com — read 2026-09-22
- certifypreflight.com/pilot — read 2026-09-22
- enforceintel.com/pricing — read 2026-09-22
- cpscready.com/pricing — read 2026-09-22
- tiana-co.com — read 2026-09-22
- complyproplus.com/plan-pricing — read 2026-09-22
Founder of CPSC Comply. Publishes open data on product-compliance regimes (also eprfrancerep.com and eprgermanyrep.com). Every figure here links to the government file or provider page it was read from.
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