Wholesale Electric Bikes Finding reputable wholesalers and electric bike manufacturers however can be difficult. The entire electric bike industry is almost totally dominated by China, a country where manufacturing standards can be of a truly mixed bag. Coupled with the language barrier and EU regulations, importing goods like electric bikes into the UK for resale is tricky. Outside of China, the main cycling industry tends not to deal with anyone who doesn’t have an established high-street shop. The trade of bicycles tends to be in very large quantities and seasonal – hence the end of season sales and discounts on last years stock (top tip if you want to buy). ... so unless you’re a retailer with a high-street shop and lots of money to spend, buying wholesale electric bikes through traditional sources isn’t really possible. Many wholesale directories have sprung up online, some British, some Chinese, some global – but the vast majority of these are simply there to capture your email address, lock you into a subscription membership and market other products to you – not fix you up with an electric bike factory. I’ve prepared three short guides sourcing wholesale electric bikes. I recommend bookmarking this page (you can use the links at the bottom to bookmark with your favourite social bookmarking service)
Electric bikes +”your town or city” The +”your town or city” means the results have to include your specified area. Pretty useful! For example: Electric Bikes Exporter+”Bristol” will return results of trade dealers in Bristol. This Google-powered search engine has been tailored to find distributors in the UK.
Some of these contacts are of electric bike manufacturers themselves; smaller companies who will happily deal with individual retailers and distributors. Some are major distributors themselves who will require you to open an account, and often have a minimum spend per month or something similar. Most will require you to have a high-street store of some kind – please do check their terms before contacting them!
Kellaway House 01427 787774
Distribution in the UK via Zyro Ltd Zyro Ltd.
Freego Electric Bikes Distribution in the UK via Parklife Parklife: 02392 475 895 Freego: 02380 476 929
Gepida are distributed by MTF Enterprises Ltd. which trades as Ebikes Direct in the UK. MTF Enterprises Ltd 01580 830959
Giant give very few details on how to become a distributor, despite their world renowned brand and size. Try using
this contact form.
Distribution in the UK is available via major bike Distributor Moore Large. Moore Large & Co LTD 01332 274252 The IZIP Brand Manager there is Dave Kiddy
Powabyke Limited 01225 443737
Reece Cycles PLC Tel 01216 220180
Select the option 'Become a Dealer' and someone will get back to you :)
Urban Mover is global light electric vehicle producer. They're looking both for dealers and distributors in the UK and internationally. Urban Mover 01242 254540
Wisper Ltd David Miall is the person you want to talk to about exporting Wisper Electric Bikes. You can find all his contact details, and his vision for distribution here: Wisper Bikes Export Enquiries Wisper are also keen on signing up new dealers. Douglas Lawson can answer your enquiries. Take care to look over the two different types of dealership they're looking for:
Wisper Bikes Trade Enquiries
The other option is looking at joining Worldwide Brands. The brainchild of Chris Malta, Worldwide Brands is in the business of building the definitive database of verified wholesalers and distributors.
Chris Malta is really one of the only people to really stand up against the age-old wholesale scammers and online fraudsters. His reputation (which has led him to partner with Amazon Services, Yahoo Small Business and become an eBay Certified Solutions Provider) is built upon one simple principle.
Honesty forms the foundation of what Worldwide Brands does, and in such critical processes like product sourcing and verifying suppliers, it isn’t just significant – it’s vital. The reason why businesses like Worldwide Brands are so rare is that verifying suppliers soaks up enormous volumes of two precious commodities – time and money. Fly-by-night marketers aren’t going to fly all over the world to meet up with the factories owner when they’re perfectly confident they can extract money from you without bothering; and directory owners are probably one-man bands without the workforce to get out on the road and meet up with suppliers. Worldwide Brands employs dozens of Supplier Research Specialists to probe each wholesaler application. They don’t charge them any setup fee, any commission or anything at all. The cost has to be covered by someone; that’s why there’s a small one-time fee for joining Worldwide Brands. To make it even more worth your while though, Chris and his team have piled in and produced mountains of business advice and marketing advice, training and tutorials. You’re not just buying into extensive and continued research, but also into the wealth of business expertise that reverberates around the company. You can access all the materials instantly, after paying the small one-time fee to begin your lifetime membership. Just click the link to learn more - It’s that simple. (And as a bonus, you can have a sneak preview at some of the training on offer. Download it all – I did!)
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There are various services to help people do business in china finding wholesale electric bikes, from product sourcing to simply getting over the Chinese language barrier. Alternatively, get in touch with an existing retailer and see if they can help you in sourcing. You can use a Google local search like this (copy and paste the bit in italics):
Electric Bikes Directory - I’ve assembled the contact details of some of the better known brands sold in the UK for wholesale electric bikes. The details are pulled from various websites and sources, and may be out of date. If you’re stuck with these, I’ve made sure to add links to their appropriate websites to help find more information (and if the details are a shade out of date).
