USPS faces major financial trouble. Learn how the USPS crisis could impact eBay sellers, Etsy shops, Whatnot streamers, and liquidation resellers who rely on low cost shipping. What Happens If USPS Shuts Down? If the United States Postal Service shut down or significantly reduced operations, the resale industry would face several immediate challenges: Shipping costs for small packages would increase significantly. Many rural sellers could lose access to affordable shipping options. Platforms like eBay, Etsy, and Whatnot would need to rebuild shipping integrations. Liquidation resellers could see profit margins shrink due to higher delivery costs. USPS currently provides the lowest cost shipping option for many lightweight packages. Because of that, the resale economy depends heavily on the postal network remaining stable.

Let’s not sugarcoat it. If you’re in the liquidation, wholesale, or reselling world right now, you're probably feeling the squeeze.

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

Tariffs. You think they’re just something politicians argue about on TV, and then one day you’re standing in your warehouse wondering why your pallets look different and why the math on your margins suddenly feels off.

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All of the Best Looks From New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2021. From Markarian to Prabal Gurung, this week features some American design