Hello everyone, We operate a small community bike shop out of a shipping container. We would like to get a wholesale account to buy parts. Since we do not have a showroom and don’t fit the norm for a bike shop, it is difficult. Any suggestions.
One of the wholesalers is asking for a occupational license for sale or repair of bicycles. What the heck is dat. I think it is a DMV License.
Thanks for any help y’all can provide.
Best regards and Happy pedaling!
“Smitty” (S. M. Ardrey)
Community Outreach & Bike Kitchen Coordinator
a.k.a. The Instigator
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Hi,
Until recently, the Rockville Bike Hub in Rockville Md has been operating as a pop up shop with some storage from the City of Rockville. We were able to get an account with JBI. The big concern most distributors have is with community shops buying stuff at wholesale and then selling stuff well below what commercial shops are selling stuff at. That undercuts their other customers. We only buy tools and consumable parts and almost all parts are for fixing bikes, not direct sale to our customers. We will sell things on occasion, but we make sure we are charging what commercial shops are charging. We also want to maintain good relations with the commercial shops in our area because the donate bikes to us.
Hope this helps.
Steve Andruski RBH President
On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 2:38 PM BikeConcord Smitty@bikeconcord.org wrote:
Hello everyone, We operate a small community bike shop out of a shipping container. We would like to get a wholesale account to buy parts. Since we do not have a showroom and don’t fit the norm for a bike shop, it is difficult. Any suggestions.
One of the wholesalers is asking for a occupational license for sale or repair of bicycles. What the heck is dat. I think it is a DMV License. Thanks for any help y’all can provide. Best regards and Happy pedaling! “Smitty” (S. M. Ardrey) Community Outreach & Bike Kitchen Coordinator a.k.a. The Instigator [image: image1.png] BikeConcord.org https://bikeconcord.wordpress.com/ Facebook: BikeConcord https://www.facebook.com/groups/bikeconcord/ Bike Concord's nonprofit 501(c) 3 sponsor is Bike East Bay BikeEastBay.org https://bikeeastbay.org/
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Steve, We are applying with JBI, They are asking for occupational license for sale or repair of bicycles, I don’t know what that license is? Business licenses, check. Resale license, check. Insurance, Check…. Thanx for the feedback.
On Mar 22, 2022, at 11:47 AM, Stephen Andruski swandruski@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Until recently, the Rockville Bike Hub in Rockville Md has been operating as a pop up shop with some storage from the City of Rockville. We were able to get an account with JBI. The big concern most distributors have is with community shops buying stuff at wholesale and then selling stuff well below what commercial shops are selling stuff at. That undercuts their other customers. We only buy tools and consumable parts and almost all parts are for fixing bikes, not direct sale to our customers. We will sell things on occasion, but we make sure we are charging what commercial shops are charging. We also want to maintain good relations with the commercial shops in our area because the donate bikes to us.
Hope this helps.
Steve Andruski RBH President
On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 2:38 PM BikeConcord Smitty@bikeconcord.org wrote: Hello everyone, We operate a small community bike shop out of a shipping container. We would like to get a wholesale account to buy parts. Since we do not have a showroom and don’t fit the norm for a bike shop, it is difficult. Any suggestions.
One of the wholesalers is asking for a occupational license for sale or repair of bicycles. What the heck is dat. I think it is a DMV License.
Thanks for any help y’all can provide. Best regards and Happy pedaling! “Smitty” (S. M. Ardrey) Community Outreach & Bike Kitchen Coordinator a.k.a. The Instigator
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Afaict need stable shipping location so can be delivered WhenEver (++WhereEver?(_)), that means storefront...
JBI is A Start, imnsho Having bought a trike intentionally stretched the limits of a local (seasonal) nonprofit before JBI sold many eBents/Adult trike($). Was hoping to learn eBike/bent specifics by doing during pandemic downtime, and have that specialized capability Organizationally/regionally, ... Etc
Assembly of said trike is non trivial, without known good, Better instructions: (_cabling_ not 1:1 3+ dual, etc)
Next level up(?) is competing/ Diversifying Whole$alers Given (backlogged: container/trucking) shortages, quality, compatAbility, etc
QBP takes more hoops iirc A couple regional brick and mortar CoOp(t)/youth/community shops have both +
MidWay had sales lit at Regional SouthEast US B!B! Some years ago: 2017?
Hadn't heard of the other mentioned on thread...
Volunteers may buy at WholeSale prices (~= buying CoOps) But limited in what can buy/get as NotADealer (items require approvals/ talking to JBI $ales People++) & Only warranty replacements, etc ++special relationships/ contracts with specific manufacturers, (NDAs??? Minimum Adverti$ed Prices, etc)) Shimano hubs (which Sun*|Race|Tour|... competes with), for instance, only used in some built wheels, not available individually, etc. WholeSale prices Not that different than Employee purchase for some values of $Employee...
Factoring in VOLUME, shipping v. Freight, labour, hunting down mi$$ing packages, wrong $tuff from vague/incomplete online descriptions, learning curves, etc ~= Learning margin$ of commercial shops: +Collecting Taxes and risks 501c3+ other procedural and legal limits afaict IANAL$$$
Hth
Std Fine print: Language 🙊🙈 intentionally vague, cryptic: er Maths?/CompSci, jargon, +smartphone kbd limitations/autocorrect
On Tue, Mar 22, 2022, 18:54 BikeConcord Smitty@bikeconcord.org wrote:
Steve, We are applying with JBI, They are asking for occupational license for sale or repair of bicycles, I don’t know what that license is? Business licenses, check. Resale license, check. Insurance, Check…. Thanx for the feedback.
On Mar 22, 2022, at 11:47 AM, Stephen Andruski swandruski@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Until recently, the Rockville Bike Hub in Rockville Md has been operating as a pop up shop with some storage from the City of Rockville. We were able to get an account with JBI. The big concern most distributors have is with community shops buying stuff at wholesale and then selling stuff well below what commercial shops are selling stuff at. That undercuts their other customers. We only buy tools and consumable parts and almost all parts are for fixing bikes, not direct sale to our customers. We will sell things on occasion, but we make sure we are charging what commercial shops are charging. We also want to maintain good relations with the commercial shops in our area because the donate bikes to us.
Hope this helps.
Steve Andruski RBH President
On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 2:38 PM BikeConcord Smitty@bikeconcord.org wrote:
Hello everyone, We operate a small community bike shop out of a shipping container. We would like to get a wholesale account to buy parts. Since we do not have a showroom and don’t fit the norm for a bike shop, it is difficult. Any suggestions.
One of the wholesalers is asking for a occupational license for sale or repair of bicycles. What the heck is dat. I think it is a DMV License. Thanks for any help y’all can provide. Best regards and Happy pedaling! “Smitty” (S. M. Ardrey) Community Outreach & Bike Kitchen Coordinator a.k.a. The Instigator [image: image1.png] BikeConcord.org https://bikeconcord.wordpress.com/ Facebook: BikeConcord https://www.facebook.com/groups/bikeconcord/ Bike Concord's nonprofit 501(c) 3 sponsor is Bike East Bay BikeEastBay.org https://bikeeastbay.org/
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Hi Smitty
We have had a good relationship with Midway Bicycle supply in St. Paul, MN for some time https://midwaybike.com/
Also cyclone http://www.cyclonebicycle.com/
The wholesalers want you to have a storefront to make sure you aren’t just buying stuff to sell on eBay.
Hope this helps.
Best, Greg Brookhaven Bike Co-op
On Mar 22, 2022, at 2:38 PM, BikeConcord Smitty@bikeconcord.org wrote:
Hello everyone, We operate a small community bike shop out of a shipping container. We would like to get a wholesale account to buy parts. Since we do not have a showroom and don’t fit the norm for a bike shop, it is difficult. Any suggestions.
One of the wholesalers is asking for a occupational license for sale or repair of bicycles. What the heck is dat. I think it is a DMV License. Thanks for any help y’all can provide. Best regards and Happy pedaling! “Smitty” (S. M. Ardrey) Community Outreach & Bike Kitchen Coordinator a.k.a. The Instigator <image1.png> BikeConcord.org https://bikeconcord.wordpress.com/ Facebook: BikeConcord https://www.facebook.com/groups/bikeconcord/ Bike Concord's nonprofit 501(c) 3 sponsor is Bike East Bay BikeEastBay.org https://bikeeastbay.org/
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Thanks Greg, if JBI doesn’t work out, we will give midway and cyclone a shot. Smitty Bike Concord
On Mar 22, 2022, at 11:49 AM, Gregory Ferguson gregferg2@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Smitty
We have had a good relationship with Midway Bicycle supply in St. Paul, MN for some time https://midwaybike.com/
Also cyclone http://www.cyclonebicycle.com/
The wholesalers want you to have a storefront to make sure you aren’t just buying stuff to sell on eBay.
Hope this helps.
Best, Greg Brookhaven Bike Co-op
On Mar 22, 2022, at 2:38 PM, BikeConcord Smitty@bikeconcord.org wrote:
Hello everyone, We operate a small community bike shop out of a shipping container. We would like to get a wholesale account to buy parts. Since we do not have a showroom and don’t fit the norm for a bike shop, it is difficult. Any suggestions.
One of the wholesalers is asking for a occupational license for sale or repair of bicycles. What the heck is dat. I think it is a DMV License.
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