For community bike shops that rely on used bike sales to help fund the operation, what media related tools do you use to showcase your inventory? Do you rely on your own website or do you utilize social media platforms like Facebook? Allen KirkwoodBroke Spoke Community Bike ShopLexington, KY
Good question! We used to post used bikes for sale to our website and Instagram, but have been lax since we lost our volunteer who did that. I know someone who lists his own refurbished bikes on Facebook Marketplace, and he does quite well with that.
Molly Miksa Executive Director [image: londoncyclelink.ca] https://www.londoncyclelink.ca/
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 10:03 AM Edward Kirkwood via Thethinktank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
For community bike shops that rely on used bike sales to help fund the operation, what media related tools do you use to showcase your inventory? Do you rely on your own website or do you utilize social media platforms like Facebook?
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The folks at the Portland Gear Hub do a good job of using both. www.portlandgearhub.org
Brian Danz
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 08:23 Molly Miksa via Thethinktank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
Good question! We used to post used bikes for sale to our website and Instagram, but have been lax since we lost our volunteer who did that. I know someone who lists his own refurbished bikes on Facebook Marketplace, and he does quite well with that.
Molly Miksa Executive Director [image: londoncyclelink.ca] https://www.londoncyclelink.ca/
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 10:03 AM Edward Kirkwood via Thethinktank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
For community bike shops that rely on used bike sales to help fund the operation, what media related tools do you use to showcase your inventory? Do you rely on your own website or do you utilize social media platforms like Facebook?
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At Bike Pirates we upload all the photos to a Facebook album ( https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3302962336395036&type=3) with a brief description of the bike, price, and recommended heights. Then we have a plugin (paid unfortunately) from https://smashballoon.com/custom-facebook-feed/ that creates an embeddable album on our Wordpress site: https://bikepirates.com/usedbikesales/
At Bikechain we also upload all the photos to a Facebook album and then just link to it from our website: https://bikechain.ca/programs/bikes-for-sale/ as long as you link directly to the photo album the person clicking the link doesn't have to have a Facebook account to view it.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 1:27 PM Brian Danz via Thethinktank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
The folks at the Portland Gear Hub do a good job of using both. www.portlandgearhub.org
Brian Danz
*Sent via mobile device, please forgive my brevity*
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 08:23 Molly Miksa via Thethinktank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
Good question! We used to post used bikes for sale to our website and Instagram, but have been lax since we lost our volunteer who did that. I know someone who lists his own refurbished bikes on Facebook Marketplace, and he does quite well with that.
Molly Miksa Executive Director [image: londoncyclelink.ca] https://www.londoncyclelink.ca/
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 10:03 AM Edward Kirkwood via Thethinktank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
For community bike shops that rely on used bike sales to help fund the operation, what media related tools do you use to showcase your inventory? Do you rely on your own website or do you utilize social media platforms like Facebook?
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