Step 1
Open the instruction link from a clean customer session.
Practical review guide · Free worksheet
Check links to product instruction PDFs
Direct answerVerify that the public instruction link resolves to the intended model and language without unnecessary access barriers. A successful HTTP response does not identify the document's contents.
Reviewed by ComplyFolio. Sellers and reviewers maintaining product evidence and preparing publication decisions.
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These are suggested operational checks to apply to your own evidence. They are not additional legal requirements or claims that the workspace automates this entire task.
Step 2
Compare the document model, revision and language with the selected product.
Step 3
Check mobile opening, readable text and any alternative format or support route.
Step 4
Record inaccessible, broken or mismatched links and verify the replacement in the same session conditions.
Worked example
A product page links to an old PDF whose first page names a different model and whose download requires staff login.
What the reviewer finds
- The link is available only to logged-in staff.
- The PDF covers the preceding product revision.
Resulting record
A public instruction-link audit with model and access checks.
Boundary: This check does not evaluate whether the instructions themselves satisfy all product-specific requirements.
This scenario is fictional. It illustrates a review decision, not a customer outcome or a compliance determination.
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The Markdown worksheet includes the procedure, the fields below, and space for findings, evidence, owners and retests. It contains no pre-approved findings. Edit it locally without an account.
- Product variant
- Instruction URL
- Document revision
- Access result
- Alternative route
Record what you observed, including unknowns. Link each decision to a source and keep unresolved questions assigned to an owner. Share completed records only through an appropriate authorized route.
Primary references and scope
The references provide the legal or technical context. The procedure and worksheet are ComplyFolio working suggestions, not official forms or a certification standard.
- GPSR — product safety, operator and distance-sale requirements (legal context)
- European Commission — product safety and business resources
This check does not evaluate whether the instructions themselves satisfy all product-specific requirements.
Connect the review to your product record
Use the free workspace for an initial public product-page review, then add the manual evidence and decisions this guide requires. A page scan cannot inspect private supplier files or complete every user journey.
Start with a public product page