Pricing-history & compliance infrastructure
Prove your prices before a regulator asks.
Misleading discounts, unverifiable sellers, and missing packaging data are now enforced across the EU — with fines reaching 4% of annual turnover under the Omnibus Directive. PriceOrigin is the independent audit trail for all three, from one dataset: the true 30-day price history, verified provenance, and packaging status. Evidence you can hand over — not a defence you scramble to build after a regulator asks.
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- Today
- €44.99
- First listed
- €59.99
- True 30d low
- €49.99
The problem
Three regulations ask the same underlying question.
The Omnibus Directive, the DSA, and PPWR each demand essentially the same facts about a product — what it's actually cost recently, who's really selling it, what it's packaged in. Get any of them wrong and the exposure is real — fines reach 4% of annual turnover under the Omnibus Directive, and when Dutch consumer groups tested marketplace discounts, roughly one in three failed the 30-day check. Most operators answer that one question three times, in three separate compliance projects.
↓ one shared data layer, not three separate projects ↓
What's actually built
Working infrastructure, not a slide deck.
Every item below is running today, not roadmap. This is what you'd actually be looking at in a review.
30-day compliance calculation
The true trailing 30-day low is computed automatically from recorded price history, independent of whatever a marketplace displays.
Cross-marketplace comparison
The same product's price across every marketplace it's tracked on, so an inflated "discount" on one platform is visible next to the honest price elsewhere.
Verified trader & provenance records
Trader registration identifiers held per listing, not inferred — the DSA traceability layer.
Packaging & EPR status
Material, recyclability, and EPR registration tracked per product, flagged automatically when incomplete.
Regulator case-review dashboard
Market-scan view, flagged-listing queue, and evidence per case for an authenticated regulator account — not a shared inbox.
Retention enforced at the database level
6-month price history window, 12-month erasure grace period, automatic pruning — policy that's actually enforced, not just written down.
Recent activity
Real product views and tracking requests from the last few days — not a projection. Shown on a 48-hour delay by design, so this never reflects exact current traffic.
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Coverage
Where this runs today, and where it's expanding.
"Recognised" marketplaces are identified and queued for coverage — coverage is expanding market by market, not claimed ahead of the data.
All marketplaces we currently recognise, live from our registry:
Who this is for
Built for two kinds of scrutiny.
Regulators
An independent oversight view
Market-scan across tracked listings, a flagged-listing queue with evidence attached, and consumer reports routed to a real review workflow — access is by verified regulator account, not public.
Marketplace partners & acquirers
A diligence-ready audit trail
The same record a regulator would ask for, ready to hand over before a partnership or acquisition closes — evidence of compliance posture, not a promise of one.
Questions about PriceOrigin
What is PriceOrigin?
PriceOrigin is pricing-history, product-provenance, and packaging-compliance infrastructure for EU e-commerce. From one shared dataset it covers three regulations at once — the Omnibus Directive (30-day price history), the DSA (trader and product provenance), and PPWR (packaging and EPR compliance) — giving businesses, regulators, and consumers an independent audit trail for a product's real price history, seller, and packaging.
What problem does it solve?
The Omnibus Directive, the DSA, and PPWR each demand essentially the same facts about a product — what it has really cost recently, who is actually selling it, and what it is packaged in. Most operators answer that one question three times, in three separate compliance projects. PriceOrigin provides one shared, independent record instead.
How does the 30-day price check work?
PriceOrigin records a product's price over time and computes the true trailing 30-day low from that history, independent of whatever a marketplace itself displays. A claimed discount is then checked against that figure, so an inflated "original" price shows up as overstated rather than being taken on trust.
Which regulations does it cover?
Three EU regulations, from one dataset: the Omnibus Directive (the 30-day prior-price rule for discounts), the Digital Services Act, or DSA (trader and product traceability), and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, or PPWR (packaging and EPR compliance). Each asks for closely related facts, which PriceOrigin records once.
Which marketplaces and countries are covered?
PriceOrigin's marketplace coverage is recognised and expanding — added market by market as real data exists, not claimed ahead of it. It currently spans the Netherlands and Belgium (bol.com) and Germany (Amazon, MediaMarkt, OTTO, Kaufland, Zalando, Douglas).
Who is it for?
Three groups. Regulators get an independent oversight view — a market-scan dashboard, a flagged-listing queue, and evidence per case. Marketplace partners and acquirers get a diligence-ready audit trail. Consumers can look up a tracked product's price history and flag a listing that looks wrong. Regulator access is by verified account.
How do I get access?
Request access through the form on this site — tell us what you're evaluating, and we follow up by email. The consumer product is already live on the web, so shoppers can look up a product straight away. Regulator accounts are set up individually, after we verify your authority.
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The most useful next step is usually a walkthrough of a real product's audit trail, not a deck.