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E-commerce, point of sale, shipping, label printers, tariffs and de minimis. The market shifts that change costs for small sellers and side hustles.
Small Business and Side Hustles Explainer
Postal packaging standards are specific about tape: 2 inches wide, 60-pound kraft for paper tape, a 3-inch overlap for gummed tape, and no cellophane or masking tape.
Small Business and Side Hustles Buyer’s Brief
Carriers round every fraction up and charge $200 for an overweight item found in the network. Here is what a shipping scale actually needs,…
Small Business and Side Hustles Market Shift
A Washington rule that took effect on January 1, 2026 bars thermal paper with intentionally added bisphenols, and its definition covers shipping labels as…
Small Business and Side Hustles Trend Report
Amazon removed plastic air pillows, state producer-responsibility fees started billing, and paper padded mailers reached the everyday shelf. Here is what changed and where…
Small Business and Side Hustles Price Trail
Three containerboard price increases in seven months are working their way into the price of a bundle of boxes. Here is what the federal…
Small Business and Side Hustles Market Shift
Etsy’s marketplace returned to growth in late 2025 and accelerated in 2026. Here is what is driving it, what it costs sellers in ads,…
Small Business and Side Hustles Trend Report
Live selling started as a trading-card niche. eBay’s and Whatnot’s 2025–2026 numbers show it turning into a mainstream reseller channel, with costs that show…
Small Business and Side Hustles Buyer’s Brief
A phone can now take a contactless card on its own. For market and craft-fair vendors, the question is when a card reader and…
Small Business and Side Hustles Market Shift
CBP made the de minimis suspension indefinite in June 2026 and extended a new entry process to mail. Here is what changed, why the…
Small Business and Side Hustles Price Trail
USPS raised shipping prices three times in 2026. The July round rewrote how parcels under a pound and boxes over one cubic foot are…
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