Pricing a 3D-Printed Product: Build a Bill of Materials So Your COGS Isn't a Filament Guess
Filament is usually the smallest of six print cost lines. Build a per-SKU bill of materials, then price from true COGS.
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Vintage Clothing Reseller Bookkeeping: Why Your True COGS Is More Than the Thrift-Store Price
A thrift flip's true cost has five layers: price, prep, mileage, fees, shipping. Track them all, deduct only sold inventory, and reconcile 1099-Ks for the IRS.
Michigan Cottage Food Just Got a Major Upgrade: Online Sales, a $50,000 Cap, and What HB 4122 and SB 93 Mean for Your Home Kitchen
Michigan HB 4122 doubles the cottage food cap to $50,000 and allows online sales; SB 93 raises the honey and maple syrup threshold to $25,000.
Rwanda's Digital VAT Is Live: What Online Sellers Owe Under the April 2026 Rules
Rwanda's April 2026 order taxes online goods and digital services at 18% VAT — foreign sellers must register with the RRA or banks withhold it.
Chewy FY2026 Q2 Earnings: 84.6% Autoship, $80.5M Net Income
Chewy's 84.6% Autoship share measures customer spending, not contracted revenue: Q2 sales rose 7.3% to $3.33B while free cash flow fell 15.5% to $89.5M.
Kansas Changed Sales Tax Rates Again: A Quarterly Compliance Checklist
Kansas revises local sales tax rates every quarter and holds retailers liable for tax they should have collected — use this 10-step checklist each quarter.
Kentucky Scrapped the 200-Transaction Nexus Test and Taxed Data Brokering
Kentucky HB 757 repealed the 200-transaction nexus test and made data brokering taxable at 6% on August 1, 2026 — re-test nexus before cancelling a permit.
Pallet Flipping Bookkeeping: Reading Manifests, Costing Mixed Lots, and Keeping Marketplace Fees From Eating Your Margin
Manifest math for pallet flippers: allocate landed cost per item, stack eBay and Amazon fees before you bid, and reconcile gross IRS 1099-K totals to deposits.
Shopify vs. WooCommerce vs. BigCommerce: What Each Platform Really Costs You
BigCommerce charges 0% platform fees while Shopify adds 0.6–2% on outside gateways — 2026 pricing, a $240K worked example, and an IRS 1099-K payout checklist.
Romania's E-Invoicing Clock Just Changed: What the 5-Working-Day RO e-Factura Deadline Means for Cross-Border Sellers
Romania's RO e-Factura deadline is now five working days, and non-resident VAT-registered sellers are explicitly in scope — with 15% penalties on both sides.
California Prop 65 Warnings: What Online Sellers Must Put on Labels and Websites
California Prop 65 reaches any seller shipping into the state with 10+ employees — warn before checkout, name the chemical, and relabel short forms by 2028.
Holiday Shipping Surcharges Start September 27: Your 2026 UPS, FedEx, and USPS Date-by-Date Guide
UPS peak surcharges start September 27, FedEx September 28, USPS October 4 — flat residential demand charges jumped 22–32% over 2025.