u/Expert-Egg7857

I’ve been wondering something about Kickstarter projects selling into Europe, especially hardware/electronics products.

How does compliance actually work for Kickstarter creators shipping to EU customers?

From what I understand, products sold in the EU may need:

• proper CE compliance/marking
• WEEE registration for electronics
• packaging recycling / EPR registration in each country
• possibly battery registrations too

But I rarely see Kickstarter campaigns mentioning any of this.

So my questions are:

• Are Kickstarter creators actually required to complete all these registrations before shipping to EU backers?
• Does CE mean a real compliance process, or do some projects just print the logo?
• For WEEE and packaging recycling, do creators need registration in every individual EU country they ship to?
• How do small startups realistically handle this?
• Is Kickstarter itself checking any of this, or is it entirely the creator’s responsibility?

I’m genuinely curious how this works in practice, because the EU compliance side seems extremely complex and expensive for small creators.

Would love to hear from people who have launched a Kickstarter or dealt with EU compliance directly.