Hey, Maker...
are you even legal?
and you just want to make fun teethers, but you just heard this thing called 'compliance' and now you are like, argh.
overwhelming, you don't even know what it is you are even looking for, and you just. want. to. create!
where you can have the time to spend with your family, pay bills, pay for extra curriculars, or go on a (*gasp*) vacation.
It started waaaay back in 2010. I was beginning to make cloth diapers for my newborn and got the "business advice" to start selling. I thought, "Wow! Why not?!"
Long story short, I fell head first into this 'compliance thing' and was right where you are now. I was 'I'm-going-to-be-in-a-jail-cell-with-a-bucket' overwhelmed with how many agencies had their fingers in such a small little thing I was making!
With many years of research, connections with the CPSC, industry associations & organizations devoted to product safety, and a Masters in Public Administration, I teach US product safety compliance to tens of thousands of makers.
The best thing about all this is that I get to help you in the way you learn best. Discussion? Video? Reading? Answering the same question time and again?
I'm here for it and I can't wait to start helping you!
General Questions
I would absolutely love to have you join us, but I get it. If you don't join the membership, you may spend longer researching the information you need to be compliant.
You might spend more in testing than you actually need to.
You might even forget to come back to looking into compliance and we definitely don't want that.
I'm going to be blunt here. The main agency that is able to enforce these regulations we follow is the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The cap is currently at $100,000 *per* violation, but senators have introduced the Consumer Advocacy and Protection Act 0f 2024 which would increase the per violation penalty to $250,000 and *remove* the cap for a related series of violations.
But it's more than that. If you don't have legal products, you actually run a bigger risk to your consumer, the little tyke actually using the product -- yes, that means potentially harming a child with your product.
You risk your brand reputation, your business, and your own family and home.
Content Questions
You'll have access to all my teether & pacifier leash information, first and formost. That's the main course to get you through the process for a legal product.
You'll also get a code for 20% off in my shop, yes, including testing. (This does exclude subscriptions and consultations.)
You'll be able to ask me questions any time of day or night in the private Facebook group or Discord server (your choice!)
You'll also be able to ask me questions 'face-to-face' during our monthly office hour.
(Oh, and I'm adding a bonus Business Foundations course so I know you are well on your way to a legal business.)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who wonders this! Currently our office hour is the third Friday of every month at 11am Central (9am Pacific, 12pm Eastern)
Membership Questions
Eww, absolutely not! I absolutely hate having to stay for a specific amount of time or having to email and jump through hoops to pause or cancel, so I absolutely will not do it to you. No, you have 100% control over your membership, including how long you want to stay.
Honestly, probably a couple weeks to a month.
Those who stay longer are typically 'done' but stay for the community and for the answers to random lying-in-bed-and-my-brain-won't-sush questions.
If you'd like to, absolutely! [Check out here]
If you get in and you are feeling more overwhelmed, please reach out to me first. I would love to make sure you get where you are trying to go in this journey.
If, after 7 days, you feel that this really isn't for you, and I am unable to assist you, I'm happy to refund your first membership charge.
All this, PLUS a 20% store-wide discount and monthly office hours!