#1778 - Q&A: Can I import rain barrels from the Netherlands?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2021
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A listener loves rain barrels (this is a thing) and she’s found the perfect one in the Netherlands—but she lives in the U.S. Might she be able to partner with the company to become their national distributor?
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| 0:34.8 | For more than 1700 episodes, we have never looked at the topic that I'm going to bring you here today. |
| 0:40.2 | In order that I know what this topic was all about, it is rain barrels. |
| 0:43.9 | Okay, so if you know a thing or two about rain barrels, you know a thing or two more than I do. |
| 0:48.8 | And if you don't, well, you're learning along with me. |
| 0:50.9 | It reminds me a little bit of bat houses, which we featured in a story a couple of years ago, |
| 0:57.1 | then completely unrelated. We got another story from a different bat house brand, |
| 1:01.5 | a couple of weeks later. So basically, you never know what you're going to get here. |
| 1:05.3 | Bat houses, rain barrels, today we're focusing on rain barrels. |
| 1:09.1 | Let's see if we can help out a listener who's wondering about importing them. |
| 1:12.0 | I believe she wants to bring them from the Netherlands. |
| 1:14.0 | But we'll hear her question after this quick message from our sponsor. |
| 1:24.9 | Hi, this is Katie from Omaha, Nebraska. I'm thinking about starting a side hustle involving rain barrels. |
| 1:30.4 | I found a rain barrel that I love, but it's made in the Netherlands and they told me that they don't sell in the United States. |
| 1:36.5 | Should I try to find a way to partner with this company to distribute these rain barrels? |
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