About CraftCert

The problem this solves

UK candle, wax melt, and home-fragrance makers selling 8 or 14 or 30 SKUs on Etsy — working from a converted garage or a kitchen table, turning over £15–£40k a year — share the same CLP labelling problem. The free tool the supply shop gives them works, until the day they buy a fragrance oil from a different supplier. The tool has no data for it. They’re back to forum threads, screenshots from Facebook groups, and a mental note that they should “probably get it checked properly at some point.”

The other option is a consultant at £15–£50 per product. That maths out at hundreds of pounds a year for a maker running on £4–£7 margin per candle. Most don’t do it. They cobble something together, hope Trading Standards never knocks, and feel a low-grade dread every time Etsy emails about a non-compliant listing.

CraftCert is built for that maker: not tied to any one supplier’s fragrance oil catalogue, anchored in the actual statute (CLP Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 Annex I, the ECHA Annex VI harmonised list), and producing a per-product evidence file you can hand to a Trading Standards officer without scrambling through OneDrive for 90 minutes.

What it actually does

You declare your formulation — the ingredients you use and their concentrations, from any supplier you buy from. CraftCert applies the CLP addition method to that formulation and produces:

• A draft label with the correct GHS pictograms, signal word, and H/P statements for the hazards your mixture actually triggers.
• A print-ready label PDF at the right pictogram size for your package volume (CLP Annex I sizing rules baked in).
• A per-product evidence file: classification rationale showing which ingredient triggered each pictogram and at what concentration, allergen assessment, label history. The “show the inspector everything” folder, generated from your data rather than scrambled together after the fact.
• Re-classification on reformulation. Swap a fragrance, change a load, the label and evidence update with it.

The reason the supplier-agnostic part matters: most makers buy from three or four suppliers as their range grows. A tool tied to one supplier’s catalogue silently locks you in. CraftCert takes ingredients and concentrations as inputs, runs them through the published regulation, and produces the same output regardless of where the fragrance came from.

How CraftCert handles edge cases

The classification logic follows CLP Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 Annex I (the addition method) and uses the ECHA Annex VI harmonised reference list. When the regulation is ambiguous, CraftCert errs conservative — flagging the higher hazard rather than the lower one. When an ingredient isn’t in the database, it asks you for the SDS data rather than guessing.

For the formulations the tool covers — candles, wax melts, reed diffusers, room sprays — that discipline is the whole point. For genuinely complex chemistry (CMR substances, novel mixtures, anything that warrants professional review), engage a qualified assessor. CraftCert is a working tool, not a substitute for judgement on the edge cases.

Built by Crocker Digital Ltd

CraftCert is built and operated by Crocker Digital Ltd, a UK private limited company (Company No. 17008789), registered with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ZC128626). Sole director: Brian Crocker. Registered office: 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom.

If something in CraftCert doesn’t match what you’d expect from the regulation — a classification that looks wrong, an allergen the tool missed, a label the print shop rejected — I want to hear about it. Email support@craftcert.co.uk and the message reaches me directly.

For the boundary between CLP and the UK Cosmetics Regulation — soaps, bath bombs, balms, anything you put on the body — see the CLP vs cosmetics guide. CraftCert covers the CLP side; cosmetics need a Cosmetic Product Safety Report from a qualified assessor.