Over a quarter of a million bikes registered on Bikeregister

Bikeregister is a secure, police-approved online database, which is operated by Selectamark. A free online registration service is now available to users of Bikeregister.com, which has been proven to reduce bike theft and assists in recovery of bikes that have been stolen. Since the initiative began, over a quarter of a million bikes have been registered.

The free self-registration service is offered as the Bronze package on the website and involves the customer entering their bike’s details online and printing their own Log Book, which provides proof of ownership for the owner and any potential buyer.

As long as the frame number of the bike is known, a customer can even register for the Bronze package after their bike has been stolen, so that in the event that the Police find it they will be able to identify the owner.

One bike is stolen every minute of the day in the UK and less than 5% of those are returned to their owners. These statistics highlight the importance of registering ownership of a bike and visibly marking the frame to act as a theft deterrent.

By permanently marking a bike, and recording the details of that mark on a secure database the Police can trace it back to the owner if it is stolen and recovered. A deterrent sticker can be purchased to place on the bike frame as a warning to would-be thieves.

Other packages available on bikeregister.com include a Silver and Gold option, which offer added protection for bike owners as they include registration of the bike aswell as marking the frame with both the Bikeregister permanent ID mark and a holographic label to identify it as belonging to the owner.

The marking immediately makes the bike a less attractive target for thieves and also assists the Police in quickly tracing the ownership of stolen bikes that have been recovered using the secure bikeregister database.

With the rise in popularity of online auction and classified sales websites, bikeregister.com has become a valuable resource in allowing buyers and sellers of second-hand bikes to quickly check the bike’s ID mark or frame number on the site to see if a prospective purchase is flagged up as stolen.

The Bike registration options for customers now include:

Bronze FREE (Registration + logbook)

Silver £14.95 (Registration + logbook + Police approved marking)

Gold £24.95 (Registration + logbook + Police approved marking + Electronic Datatag)

 

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