Etsy sellers are being hit hard by tariffs and the end of the de minimis rule

From her basement workshop in a suburb of Ottawa, Canada, Doris Kochanek sells walnut candle holders and other household items to buyers across the U.S. Adjusting to the new paperwork and fees to ship to the U.S. has been a "nightmare," Kochanek says.

For years, the U.S. was essentially "an extension of our domestic market," says an Etsy seller in Canada. But now the rules and costs are far more imposing.

(Image credit: Doris Kochanek)