Close to half of Americans considered taking on a side gig after the pandemic began, according to an October 2020 LendingTree survey. And side hustlers believe the key to making money is spending ...

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Ryan Frankel and his wife, Evelyn, launched Thrift Vintage Fashion in 2020. The business supplies secondhand clothing nationwide. Thrift Vintage Fashion saw a 41% revenue increase after tariffs were ...

Popular personal products chain Ulta Beauty is accused of reselling used products. The rapidly-growing company with more than 1,000 stores in 48 states is facing two class-action lawsuits that claim ...

Shiraz Mawani is an accounting manager with a ticket-reselling side hustle and YouTube channel. After selling a few tickets to make a hockey game more affordable in 2014, he continued to resell. Now ...

It’s a hustle as old as humankind: Get something on the cheap; persuade someone to take it off your hands for more. After the pandemic shut people in and wiped out jobs, the gig got supercharged. One ...

Credential sharing is a problem that doesn’t get as much attention as it should. Subscription-based providers make money based on the number of subscribers they have. While most, like Netflix and ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Frankel, a 36-year-old business owner in Miami. It has been edited for length and clarity. My primary business is Thrift Vintage Fashion, ...