If you want to sell your electric bike I have
five tips for you to get the most amount of money possible.
A very common question I have is people asking me,
Hey where can I sell my used electric bike or do you take trade-ins for used electric bikes?
First off i'm concerned about your transportation situation...
Because I've either bought something newer or better or different and as much as I would just
love to take every single used ebike as a trade-in logistically it doesn't make a
lot of sense. I have customers all over the country and shipping on used bikes back to
California and possibly back out to customers just wouldn't quite work but I do believe I
have found the solution and that is something called ebikesearch.com but more on that later.
Step number one to selling your bike easily quickly and for the most amount
of money is to find all of the parts and pieces. I see bikes for sale occasionally
that are missing the charger or missing the keys now if they're missing those
two things that's often a telltale sign that the bike has been stolen.
On the fifth time he pulls out a tool and just like that
he cuts through our lock is the first time.
Anchor: "Is this the first time you've stolen a bike?"
Thief: "Yes." Anchor: "Not
very good luck." Thief: "Obviously not."
Because most of the time the owner will have the charger or the keys
but those are the two things that most ebike riders don't carry with them on a regular ride so
just a tip if you are buying watch out for bikes that are missing the keys and the charger.
If you're selling however make sure you have the keys
the charger to your bike and any other accessories that originally came with it.
Number two make sure the bike is ready to ride. No one likes to see a bike listed online
or come test ride your bike because they might want to do that.
Napolean: "Can i try it really quick?"
If they show up and it's got flat tires the brakes are squeaky and
the shifter doesn't work tires make sure they're inflated don't
have any slow leaks and that the tires themselves aren't completely worn out.
Make sure your brakes are adjusted and stopping properly and both the rear and the front. Go
around the bike checking all the nuts and bolts. The bolts on the kickstand, the pedals; anything
that tends to come loose over time. It's a good idea just to give it a good once over and odds are
hopefully you're already doing these things but, if you're selling the bike that might mean that
you're riding a different bike and you haven't been paying as much attention to it. Make sure
the battery is fully charged. That way if someone does want to test ride it they can turn everything
on they can ride the bike up and down the street and they know that everything is working.
Make sure the chain is smooth the derailleur is working properly.
It doesn't need to be like new unless you're selling the bike like new but,
generally speaking if someone's buying a used ebike they don't
expect everything to be perfect but they do want it to be functional.
Number three: Take some nice detailed photos of the bike if you're going to list it online it's
not going to sell if there's no pictures you just have to put pictures don't even consider posting
an ebike for sale without photos because that is the number one thing somebody's going to ask you
for what will she look like i would take a good side profile photo like this where you can see the
entire bike so someone can quickly tell what type of ebike it is at a glance and i would get some
close-ups so they can see the quality what sort of condition the bike's in does it have any scratches
or nicks if you have any tags or stickers that have pertinent information such as the
wattage of the motor the capacity of the battery those are just really helpful in cutting down
on any questions potential buyers might have looks like there's a lot you don't know about
and i know this might not be in everybody's skill set but if you have the ability do a video like
this one where i show off the turbo ant 750 watt bike with a 48 volt 14 amp hour battery
it's like new used once for an e-bike review number four write down everything you know about
the bike that includes specifications from the manufacturer what size the bike is is it a small
a medium a large now it's pretty obvious this is a fat bike but i would still write that down
include it in your ad or description because that makes it easier to find
in search results the definite things you want to put down are the battery capacity the wattage of
the motor how many speeds the bike has the size of the frame the size of the tires the brand and
model what kind of bike do you have it's a sledgehammer dang i would also put the model
year if you know what it is i would also turn on your display and if it has an odometer see how
many miles and finally if you've made any changes or modifications to the bike you got shocks pegs
lucky for example the upgraded rad rover that i put together i put that it has an
upgraded controller upgraded motor upgraded battery three two one go whoa holy cow nothing
um i'm gonna have to turn the camera here cause she's gone the more thorough you are
in your description i think the more people are going to stay on your ad they're going
to read through your ad and they're going to slowly but surely hopefully fall in love
Singer: "Yes I love technology but not as much as you, you see but, i still love technology."
And want to buy your ebike and in the case of something like the turbo ant that is a
current existing model it's not a bad idea to put a link to the manufacturer or company's website
with all of those specifications as well number five and the last thing you need to do is to put
your e-bike online now just a couple of months ago i probably would have told you to visit the
Facebook groups for various ebike brands or just general Facebook ebike groups but
not all of them allow you to sell there is the facebook marketplace which is just a
random marketplace mixed with dollhouses and cars and boats and trucks and Pokemon cards and
whatever things people are wanting to buy or sell also have websites like craigslist which
are the same kind of thing just mixed with all sorts of goods but there was no one place for
electric bikes and to me that seemed like a problem because yes i could list this bike
for sale on craigslist i could list that one on Facebook marketplace and eventually i would
probably sell both of them but would i get top dollar and would i sell them quickly probably not
Don't sell to this guy: "I can't find my checkbook hope you don't mind i pay you in change."
And the reason is those sites are not optimized to sell one specific type of thing if there was a
website that was designed specifically for buying and selling ebikes people know they could go there
and only find ebikes however if you want to go for example to craigslist and search electric
bike or e-bike depending on what search terms you put in you may miss a bike that's for sale you may
find things that aren't e-bikes at all it's a little bit confusing it works but it's not best so
that's why i decided to start my own new website ebikessearch.com which is a buy and sell website
specifically for electric bicycles and nothing else we opened the website about a month ago for
beta testing and it was by invite only and so far i've already seen bikes sold from ad motor bike
tricks bolton e-bikes there is currently right now a boles evo mountain bike for sale rad power bikes
and i've tried to make it as easy as possible to use you can search on a geographic map and find
e-bikes that are close to you you can also filter by the type of bike if you want a cargo bike
say you want a fat bike maybe you need a folding bike or if you want to search by price you can
also do that if you want to find a specific motor wattage if you want a battery that's at least
a certain size those are easily selectable and searchable features to narrow down to the types of
bicycles you're looking for and as of today ebike search dot com is completely open to the public
anyone can log on create an account put your own electric bike up for sale or of course you can
create an account for buying a bike that someone else has put up and to encourage you to sign up
for ebikesearch.com i am listing some point in the next 30 days this turbo ant 750 watt fat bike
on ebike search dot com i'm also going to list the KBO road bike over here
for extremely low prices now i'm not talking about a good deal like a thousand dollars or even 500
but these are basically going to be given away we're going to put them up there for crazy
low prices it might be 10 it might be 20 but it's going to be something that is well worth it.
Guy #2: "How does the dealio sound to you?"
That's going to be done at random with no warning so all you have to do is make sure you go
sign up to ebikesearch.com and check regularly because you never know when you might see an
ebike for a killer deal now if by chance you're considering selling your ebike because it's not
comfortable make sure that you've seen my video on how to make your ebike more comfortable first.