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I'm not business minded and suck at math, but the potential within the e-bike industry is quite interesting.
They still need regular service like bicycles, but with the added service for the electronic components, all which is set in the same method as cars do. Spanner comes up, go in. People can't ignore that like they do with normal bikes, so that's another consistency that's welcome.
At least for me as someone who repairs bikes.If you were well capitalised then a model where you lease an e-bike to a punter with a service plan for the life of the lease would make sense.
I (as the punter) pay you £whatever per month rather than having to find £3,000, you get a subscription based income stream each time you sell a bike.
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Funny you say that, as that's an idea I've been toying around whilst out in the Mediterranean rental world.
I'm not totally sure on feasibility, but it broadens the spectrum of customer acquisition/usability. Some people don't ride winter and therefore see no point of buying a bike only to store it during those months. Like wise, majority of people don't have a mind or a care to service the bike. Adding convenience through a mailing/subscription base would alleviate a lot of grey areas around for people.
Lease bike for amount of time (summer), all inclusive. Done.
To maybe further push that, possible contracts with manufacturers could alleviate the issues of start up capital. Dunno how that would work, but it's an idea.
All of this can be run in parallel to how a normal bike shop operates. Doesn't take anything away. It all has potential.
Maybe I need a bloody bike shop!
Chak
I'm not business minded and suck at math, but the potential within the e-bike industry is quite interesting.
They still need regular service like bicycles, but with the added service for the electronic components, all which is set in the same method as cars do. Spanner comes up, go in. People can't ignore that like they do with normal bikes, so that's another consistency that's welcome.
At least for me as someone who repairs bikes.