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Q&A: “Can I import rain barrels from the Netherlands?”

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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What It's About

A new product from a faraway land—can we bring it over?

Notes from Chris

Episode 3322
This episode reminds me a little of bat houses, which we featured in a story a couple of years ago. Then, completely unrelated, we got another story from a different bat house brand a couple of weeks later. We have an update from one of those guys coming up in a forthcoming Throwback Thursday episode. Basically—you never know what you’re going to get. Let’s see if we can help out this listener who’s wondering about importing this item (rain barrels, not bat houses) from the Netherlands.

"Hi, this is Katie from Omaha, Nebraska. I'm thinking about starting a side hustle involving rain barrels. 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. Should I try to find a way to partner with this company to distribute these rain barrels? Or would it be better to find a manufacturer myself and distribute it? Thank you."

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