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Etsy has long been the sales platform of choice for independent artisans and craftspeople. However, while selling on Etsy remains lucrative for many of its roughly 2 million merchants, the platform certainly has its drawbacks. For example, in 2019, The Verge reported on…
According to a CareerBuilder poll conducted in 2017, about one-third of all American workers have at least one side gig. This doesn’t surprise me, because I was one of them for several years. I worked 50 to 60 hours per…
According to The Knot, the average cost of an American wedding was about $28,000 in 2019. Wedding photography and videography account for $2,400 and $1,800, respectively, or about 15% of the total. Professional-grade wedding memories are expensive. If you’re fretting…
If you’re at all savvy about online shopping, you’ve probably come across Rakuten, a diversified online merchant in the mold of Amazon if not quite as widely known. You might know Rakuten as Ebates, its former name. Like Amazon, whose…
Selling original photos to microstock agencies like Shutterstock and iStock is one of the many side gigs you can start while working a full-time job. The more relevant question for aspiring stock photographers is: Does it pay enough to justify…
Translating an innovative concept into a thriving business is a complicated and unpredictable proposition. For entrepreneurs without the resources to fund a startup out-of-pocket, it’s essential to secure adequate financing — often before the nascent company has any revenues or…
According to a study by the FBI, about 1.4 million break-ins occurred in the U.S. in 2017. Despite this, fewer than 20% of U.S. homes had any sort of home security system installed in 2015, according to data from the National…
If you have an existing FHA mortgage, you may qualify for a special type of refinancing product known as an FHA streamline refinance. Although it’s important to do your due diligence and carefully consider other refinance options — as well…
People buy life insurance policies for a slew of reasons. But policyholders generally have the same broad goal in mind: ensuring their death doesn’t create an undue burden for those left behind. That burden can take many different forms. And,…
My wife and I did as much as we could to save money on our wedding. But we did have one considerable wedding-related expense I hadn’t accounted for: the honeymoon. It’s true some newlyweds shy away from the traditional honeymoon….
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