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Side Hustle School

#2222 - Q&A: “I want to make and sell a pickleball paddle…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship,, Careers, Small Business, Business, Side Hustle

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the world? In this episode, a listener from Arizona wonders about making and selling his own paddle.

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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.


Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com

Email: team@sidehustleschool.com

Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions

Connect on Instagram: @193countries

Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com

Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com


If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 


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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:08.0

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0:13.0

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0:17.0

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0:20.0

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0:27.0

Let's talk today about pickleball. Are you familiar with pickleball? Are you a fan? Are you a hater? Are you indifferent?

0:48.0

We had an episode of 438. We are at 2222.

0:58.0

This episode was called pickleball pro pickles profits from persistent practice.

1:08.0

I don't think I'd even heard of the sport until I worked on that story.

1:18.0

Pickleball is everywhere. My friend and literary agent David Fugate is super into it.

1:25.0

He promised to give me a lesson at some point.

1:28.0

More to the point of today's episode, a listener in Arizona wonder about making and selling his own pickleball paddle.

1:44.0

What does Sean need to know? How can he successfully make and sell his own pickleball paddle?

1:50.0

That is today's topic coming up after this quick sponsor message.

1:54.0

Shipping costs are the number one cause of abandoned shopping carts.

2:04.0

This is why you need shipstation.

2:09.0

Thanks to shipstation, a long time partner, they make it easy to grow your business by handling orders from every marketplace in one dashboard.

2:33.0

This is Sean with a quick question about overseas manufacturing.

2:51.0

Did you know that pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the world?

2:55.0

It's true. My community here in Phoenix is big on it, despite the fact that some homeowners don't love the noise.

3:01.0

For this sport, the only real equipment you need is a paddle, which costs around $100-$200 for most models.

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