The UK regulatory stack that shapes GeraSkills

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) — workplace robots and any robot that could cause harm to a person.
UKCA / CE marking and product safety — robots placed on the UK market must carry conformity markings. Skills that materially alter a robot's behaviour interact with the original manufacturer's safety case.
Consumer Rights Act 2015 — digital content — a skill is digital content. It must be of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose, and as described. Faulty skills entitle the buyer to a refund.
UK GDPR / ICO — on-device learning that captures household members is personal data. Skills must declare their data use; the platform enforces it.
Gambling Commission — no chance-based purchases. No loot boxes of skills.
VAT — UK VAT on digital-content sales charged per HMRC rules; creators receive net-of-VAT settlements with a UK VAT invoice.

UK pricing in pounds sterling (when it ships)

Typical skill price: £2–£40 one-off; £4–£12/month for continuously updated skills
Creator take: 70% of net revenue (30% platform fee covers hosting, signing, payment processing, safety review)
Buyer refund window: 14 days or within first use, whichever is longer

Early-adopter households in London, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Reading buying consumer humanoid robots as they ship
Care providers in Yorkshire, the North West and Scotland piloting assistive robots with CQC-compatible skills
SMEs in Birmingham and Manchester using industrial cobots needing task-specific skills from a regulated marketplace

Unity Asset Store / Unreal Marketplace — assets for games, not physical safety. Different product.
Apple App Store / Google Play — phone/tablet apps; no physical robot interaction.
ROS package ecosystem — developer-facing, free, not a consumer market.
Manufacturer-owned SDKs (Boston Dynamics, Figure, 1X) — closed, manufacturer-curated.
GeraSkills — UK-first creator marketplace with safety review baked in.

Pick a narrow skill and build it well for one robot platform
Draft a safety statement: what the skill does, what it does not do, the constraints
Plan for UK VAT — register as a sole trader or company at Companies House
Keep a clean change-log and signed releases from the start

Not shipping skills for robots that are not CE/UKCA compliant
Not allowing chance-based purchases or loot-box mechanics
Not listing skills that require unsafe behaviour or bypass manufacturer safety cases