Step 1:
Set-up an organizational account
The first step is to create an organizational account with Bike Index. This is free and quick. By doing this, you will be able to keep track of every bike you sell and register through your shop.
Click here to set-up an organizational account.
Step 2:
The three easy ways to input bikes into Bike Index
There are three different, easy ways your bike shop can use Bike Index to register every bike sold.
1. Input each bike’s information
Either when you build each bike in your shop to ready it for sale or when you sell the bike, you would input the serial number, brand, and other descriptive information into Bike Index.
You probably already do something similar by inputting this information into an Excel spreadsheet or your shop’s database. You could either add the Bike Index step to your current process, or you could use Bike Index as your new method for recording this information.
Either way, once you register a bike for the first time and learn the process, it shouldn’t take more than 60 seconds per bike more than what you are currently doing.
2. Send a file to Bike Index
If option one is too much work, you could continue to use your current tracking systems and at the end of the month send an Excel spreadsheet of the bikes you’ve sold to Bike Index.
Because this is more labor intensive on Bike Index’s side, it’s a less preferable approach. It also will likely result in fewer getting “claimed” by their owners.
3. Integrate your Lightspeed POS System with Bike Index
If you use the Lightspeed Point-of-Sale System, you can integrate it directly into Bike Index, registering every bike sold. If you use Lightspeed, this is by far the best option. Click here to learn more.
Step 3:
Transfer ownership to the buyer.
If you manually register the bike at the point-of-sale, send a spreadsheet to Bike Index, or use the Lightspeed integration this won’t be an issue. The transfer of ownership is built into the process.
This is only an issue if you manually register bikes prior to the sale, such as when the bike is built. When you sell a bike, you would simply log into Bike Index, click on the bike, and use the buyer’s email address to transfer ownership.
