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Holiday retail sales are projected to top $1 trillion again, and resellers are gearing up. Here's the real margin math after marketplace fees, shipping, and self-employment tax — plus the restored $20,000 1099-K threshold.
Measured from BLS payrolls as a share of the October base, the 2025 season was the second weakest since 1939, behind only 2008. And warehousing seasonal hiring fell harder, not softer, so the jobs did not move.
A practical guide to starting a side hustle in 2026 — how to pick something worth your evenings, whether you need an LLC, and exactly how self-employment tax, quarterly payments, and deductions actually work, with an interactive tax estimator and real state-by-state data.
