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.
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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.
Pre-Ticked Add-Ons Just Cost a Travel App $35 Million: A Small-Business Guide to Fee Consent and Total-Price Disclosure
A pre-ticked "optional" fee is not consent — the FTC's $35M order makes opt-in defaults, total-price disclosure, and traceable fee accounts the standard.
The Real Cost of Returns: How Refunds, Restocking Fees, and Reverse Logistics Quietly Eat E-Commerce Margins
A single return costs 20-65% of the item's value. US sellers cut the loss with tiered fees, exchanges-first policies, and ASC 606 refund accounting.
CBP Started Voiding Importer of Record Numbers Today: Check Your Form 5106 Before Your Next Shipment Stops
CBP voids importer of record numbers immediately when Form 5106 data is inaccurate - no cure period. Verify your physical address, email, and phone now.
Squarespace's New Pricing in 2026: Basic, Core, Plus, and Advanced
Squarespace replaced Personal and Business with Basic ($16), Core ($23), Plus ($39), and Advanced ($99) — and digital-product fees now run 7% to 0% by tier.
Kicked Off Your Merchant Account? The MATCH List, Its Reason Codes, and the Three Paths Off
A MATCH listing follows a terminated merchant for five years and nobody has to tell you. Here are the reason codes, the high-risk cost, and three paths off.
How to Audit Your FedEx and UPS Invoices (and Claim the Refunds You're Probably Missing)
Carrier billing errors cost shippers 3 to 5 percent of parcel spend, and late-delivery refunds expire 15 days after the invoice (FedEx) or scheduled delivery (UPS). This eight-point audit checklist covers service failures, duplicates, DIM errors, and bogus surcharges, plus a weekly routine that keeps claims inside the window.
Kuwait's Digital Commerce Law: How Instagram Sellers Register with MOCI
Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 10 of 2026 requires every social-media seller to register with MOCI, issue Arabic e-invoices, honor a 14-day return window, and keep influencer records five years — penalties reach KD 10,000 or a year in prison.
Alibaba FY2027 Q1 Earnings: Cloud Revenue +45% While GAAP Net Income Falls 75%
Alibaba's FY2027 Q1 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) posted RMB 268,953 million revenue (+9%) while GAAP net income fell 75% to RMB 10,444 million. AI Cloud and Compute Services revenue accelerated to +45% with adjusted EBITA up 133%, CapEx rose 75% to RMB 67,678 million, and free cash flow swung to a RMB 44,670 million outflow — every line reconciled FY2023–FY2027 Q1 in a public Beancount ledger kept in RMB millions.
How to Reconcile Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay Settlements Without Losing Track of Revenue
BNPL settlements net fees at the source and deduct refunds from future payouts, so booking the bank deposit as revenue understates sales and breaks your 1099-K tie-out. This guide shows the clearing-account method — one account per provider, revenue booked gross on the order date, fees as their own expense — with a worked $10,000 Afterpay week and a monthly close checklist.
Use Tax, Explained: The Sales Tax You Owe When the Seller Never Charged It
When a seller doesn't charge sales tax, the buyer owes use tax to their own state at the local rate. This guide covers the five situations that trigger use tax for small businesses, how to self-accrue it on a sales tax or consumer use tax return, and why auditors target it first.