529 Garage for Bike Shops and Dealers
Discover the difference 529 Garage makes for your customers!
Easily register bikes with 529 Garage at checkout
While you may capture a bike’s serial number in your sales system, that information is only available to the store. If a bike is stolen, the community can’t use it to assist in a recovery. With the 529 Garage, users can manage their registration and have all the information to start an alert if it’s ever needed, regardless of the time of the day. 529 Garage integrates with Lightspeed, Vend and Ascend POS to make registering a bike as easy as just a couple of clicks. Use a different POS system? Let us know and we’ll do our best to come up with a solution for you.
Shield your customer’s bikes against theft
529 Garage Shield kits are a great add-on item for all bike sales. The 529 Shield not only makes it easier to look up a bike to locate its owner, but also acts as a deterrent to thieves like a security system sticker in a home window. As a Project 529 Registration Station, you’ll appear on our website locator map to help point local cyclists to your store.
Register your fleet
Does your shop rent bikes? Protect your rental fleet by registering the bikes with us! Registering with the 529 Garage is a proactive step that takes less than 5 minutes, and in the event a bike goes missing, you’ll be able to quickly engage the 529 Garage community in recovering the bike.
Register your inventory
Grab all the details about the bikes in your inventory easily with our app, and transfer the registration to the new owner with just their email address on purchase. Having your inventory registered not only helps safeguard your shop’s bikes, but may help you get a discount on your insurance.
Verify used bike purchases
Does your shop buy used bikes? Check the bike on 529 Garage to avoid buying stolen property.
NBDA Member Offer
As a member of the NBDA, Project 529 is offering a 5% discount on wholesale pricing. Current wholesale prices average a discount of 60-80% from MSRP (depending on the format and volume). To get started, go to https://project529.com/garage/bike_shops or contact Project 529 at sales@project529.com to learn more (and generate revenue!).
Whether you’re interested in just protecting your own bike, or offering that extra level of protection to your customers, this is a deal that’s hard to pass up! Once you sign up to participate, you will appear on the Project529 website here: https://project529.com/garage/shop.
The NBDA has been here since 1946, representing and empowering specialty bicycle dealers in the United States through education, communications, research, advocacy, member discount programs, and promotional opportunities. As shops are facing never-before-seen circumstances, these resources offer a lifeline. Together, we will weather this. We at the NBDA will not waver in our commitment to serving our members even during this challenging time—but we need your support.
Now is the time to become a member as we join together to make one another stronger. Whether you’re a retailer or an industry partner, your membership in the NBDA is one of the best investments you’ll make this year.
Learn more about the benefits of being a member and join now.
