Cycle Marketplace

Appeal to a national audience with online product promotion

Bikesoup offers a unique bike-specific advertising platform with very low advertising rates - from as little as 77p per bike per month.

Bikesoup has already seen a great response from users. Now it's time for the retailers to take advantage!

If you are a first-time user you can upload your stock onto Bikesoup and get 2 months free advertising on the UK's premier new and used bicycle marketplace.

Key features

Two months free advertising for first time users
Bike specific e-commerce platform
Easy to use online system
Quick upload speeds
Extra national promotion

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About Bikesoup

Bikesoup is committed to the development of the IBD sector and announced their partnership with ActSmart in December 2010. The unique advertising platform is driving consumers directly to IBDs and promoting in-shop bike purchases in line with major bike brands' selling policies.

The website is intuitive and bikes can be uploaded in a matter of seconds via the bespoke dealer stock management system.

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Extra promotion

Bikesoup listings are promoted to consumers on The Cycling Experts website, click here for more info on Bikesoup Promotion.

Easy to use

Bikesoup, the UK's premier new & used bicycle marketplace, has added a new fast upload feature to the site, supported by a number of leading bike brands. ActSmart explains how this can benefit your business...

IBDs will now be able to create adverts for their stock on the Bikesoup platform in a matter of seconds. The new fast upload feature uses a database of 2011 bike specs and images provided by the manufacturers & distributors to pre-populate adverts with all the current bike model information.

Feedback indicated that a lot of specialist cycle retailers found the upload process to be time-consuming and the new feature overcomes just that. IBDs will now be able to reach a nationwide audience even quicker by uploading up to 100 bikes in less than 1 hour.

JP Saville, Quest Adventure said "I have been using Bikesoup to market my bikes since they launched in late 2010 but found it time consuming writing the adverts & sourcing bike images. This fast new upload process resolves that issue & I'll upload my full shop inventory up on the site at the first opportunity. It's also fantastic to have endorsement from the leading bike brands & will help me gain new customers".

Discounts for all ActSmart members

Discounted rates are available to ActSmart members, ranging from 10% off for Bronze to 20% off for Gold and Platinum members. Bronze ActSmart subscription is free so sign up now to take advantage of this offer .

What do our members say?

"Bikesoup will be the perfect working partner for independent bike shops, like mine, who would like to compete with the bigger retailers & achieve more sales, cost effectively. For ‘hard to shift' bikes it is both much cheaper & much more efficient, timewise, than using ebay".

JP Saville, Quest Adventure

"I've just up-loaded 16 bikes onto Bikesoup. Could not have actually have been any easier at all. I will have the entire stock online by the end of today and have our logo seen a huge amounts of times by the end of the week. Like most shops, we need exposure that is affordable and easy and this is about as good as I could ask. Consumers love this kind of thing and love it or hate it, the internet rules the wallet.

Top job, sincere thanks!"

Simon Frith, Cycle Mart