--- title: "Features: bike registration, Wallet pass and scan alerts | BIKEBAZE®" description: "Free bike registration with proof of ownership and Wallet pass, SafeTag prevention and scan alerts with automatic checks of Stop Heling and Bike Index." canonical: "https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/features" --- # How does BIKEBAZE work? On this page we explain every feature, from registering your bike to scanning a SafeTag. We walk through them pillar by pillar: first registration & ownership, then prevention, and finally community & recovery. [Join BIKEBAZE](https://app.bikebaze.nl/signup) [View SafeTag](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/shop) Jump to: [Registration & ownership](#registratie-eigendom) [Prevention](#preventie) [Community & recovery](#community-terugvinden) [FAQ](#faq) ## In brief: the key features per pillar [Registration & ownership](#registratie-eigendom) - [Registration](#registratie) - [Wallet pass](#wallet) - [Maintenance log](#onderhoud) - [Ownership transfer](#overdracht) [Prevention](#preventie) - [SafeTag](#safetag) - [Prevention tips](#preventietips) [Community & recovery](#community-terugvinden) - [Theft reporting](#diefstal) - [Scan flow](#scannen) - [Register check](#registers) - [Scan alert](#scan-alert) - [Report recovery](#teruggevonden) - [Suspicious situation](#verdachte-situatie) - [Community](#community) Registration & ownership ## Your bike, provably yours. Everything starts with a solid registration. You record your bike with frame number, photos and invoice, and build a file around it that you can show anywhere: as a PDF, as a pass in your Wallet, with a complete maintenance history. Selling the bike? You transfer that entire file officially. [Registration](#registratie) [Wallet pass](#wallet) [Maintenance log](#onderhoud) [Ownership transfer](#overdracht) Registration ## Register your bike for free. Get a proof of ownership instantly. Fill in once, linked to your name forever. You instantly get an official PDF proof of ownership you can download, email or save - handy for insurance, sale or police report. - Frame number + brand, model, type and colour - Upload photos of your bike - Upload your purchase invoice - For e-bikes: register up to 3 batteries - Completely free. Forever. No subscription. [Register your bike for free](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/bikevault/free-bike-registration) Official document Proof of ownership Owner A.P.C. Jong Frame number GZ\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Brand Gazelle Registered Wallet pass ## Your proof of ownership in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. Add your bike to your phone as a pass. Your registration is always at hand, at a check, a sale or a police report. And the status is live: report your bike as stolen and the pass changes with it, instantly. - Pass with frame number, brand, model and live theft status - Report a theft? The pass flips to STOLEN instantly, with a notification on your lock screen - The QR code on the pass opens the public scan check [Add it from your account](https://app.bikebaze.nl) Wallet now Bike status changed Your bike is now registered as stolen. The pass has been updated. BIKEBAZE bike register STOLEN Status STOLEN Frame number GZ\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Brand Gazelle Model Ultimate C380 The QR on the pass opens the live scan check Maintenance history ## Build a complete service history. Simply log your maintenance: every service, repair and major job. Photos, invoices and who did the work - all in one place. - Date, description and who did the work per entry - Upload invoices or photos as proof - Build a history for your insurance, for yourself and for future buyers - Selling your bike? The buyer instantly gets the full history. [Try it in your account](https://app.bikebaze.nl) Maintenance log 12-04-2026 #### Major service + new chain Retro Bike bike shop € 145,- 03-02-2026 #### Tyres replaced DIY € 62,- 18-11-2025 #### Brake pads + adjustment Retro Bike bike shop € 38,- Ownership transfer ## Selling your bike? Transfer ownership officially. Send a transfer link to the buyer. They accept within 7 days, and ownership is officially transferred. Including the full maintenance history. Seller You Current owner Transfer Buyer New owner Receives link by email 1. 1 You send a transfer link (valid for 7 days) 2. 2 Buyer registers or logs in and accepts 3. 3 Ownership officially transferred - incl. service history [More about ownership transfer](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/bikevault/transfer-ownership) Prevention ## Stop your bike from becoming the next target. A bike that is visibly registered is a lot less attractive to thieves. With the [SafeTag](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/shop) you make your registration visible on the frame, and with practical tips, the security check and a discounted insurance you cover the rest. [SafeTag](#safetag) [Prevention tips](#preventietips) SafeTag ## Make your registration visible on your bike. The SafeTag is an anti-theft sticker with a QR code that you stick on the frame: tamper-resistant, eye-catching and hard to remove. Anyone can scan it, no one can ignore your registration. - Tamper-resistant, eye-catching and hard to remove - Scanned by private individuals, like curious passers-by and buyers, and informally by enforcement and police - Linked to your registration and the live theft status - Activating is easy in your account: select your bike, enter the SafeTag ID you want to link plus the unique activation code, and that is it [View SafeTag in the shop](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/shop) [How to activate a SafeTag](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/bikevault/safetag-activeren) SafeTag ID: SFETAG Whoever scans it instantly sees this bike’s status Prevention tips ## Prevention still beats recovery. Beyond registration and the SafeTag, BIKEBAZE helps you with concrete prevention: [practical tips](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/tips), a [personal security check](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/bicycle-security-check) and [insurance with a discount](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/shop#verzekering). [ ### Bike theft tips Practical prevention tips, from double locks to smart parking. Bundled and instantly applicable. Read the tips](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/tips) [ ### Bike security check Answer a few questions and see how well your bike is protected, with personal advice. Do the check](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/bicycle-security-check) [ ### Bike insurance with a discount Through BIKEBAZE you get bike insurance from partner Qover with a 15% discount. View the insurance](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/bicycle-insurance) Community & recovery ## If things do go wrong, you are not on your own. Reporting a theft takes a few minutes, and from that moment the whole network works with you: everyone who scans your bike sees its status and you get an instant alert with location. Together we bring bikes back. [Theft reporting](#diefstal) [Scan flow](#scannen) [Register check](#registers) [Scan alert](#scan-alert) [Report recovery](#teruggevonden) [Suspicious situation](#verdachte-situatie) [Community](#community) Theft reporting ## What happens when you report your bike as stolen? Four steps, each within seconds. No wait, no helpdesk - straight from your BIKEBAZE account. 1. 01 Step 1 ### You report your theft Fill in location, date, lock type and police report. Photos and context optional. 2. 02 Step 2 ### Status changes to STOLEN In the BIKEBAZE register your bike is marked stolen - visible on every scan from that moment. 3. 03 Step 3 ### Someone scans - and can help you The scanner sees the bike is stolen and can leave a message and share their location to help you - the rightful owner. 4. 04 Step 4 ### You get an instant email With the message and the shared location of the scanner. From there, you decide what to do. ### Share card for social media After your report, a ready-made message is waiting for you with brand, colour, location and your call to keep an eye out. Share it instantly via WhatsApp, email or social media. ### Theft report as a PDF Your report downloads in one click with every detail: date, location, locks used, police reference number and photos. Handy when your insurer or the police ask for it. Scan flow ## What does someone scanning your bike see? BIKEBAZE SafeTags and frame numbers can be scanned by anyone via [the scan feature](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/scan). No download, no account needed. What the scanner sees depends on your bike’s status. Privacy promise A scanner never sees your name, address or contact details. All communication goes anonymously through BIKEBAZE - until you decide to respond. STOLEN This bike is registered as stolen Help the owner - leave a message and share your location. The scanner can leave a message and (optionally) share their location. You receive it by email within seconds - no scanner contact details visible to you, and no owner contact details visible to the scanner. Privacy on both sides. The scanner simply sees the bike is known in the register. No name, no phone number, no address - nothing privacy-sensitive. Typo in the frame number? Smart search recognises near-identical spellings, so your bike is still found. Want to check a bike yourself? The scan page is public and works with a SafeTag ID, frame number or battery number. [Try the scan check](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/scan) Register check ## Every scan also checks Stop Heling and Bike Index. A scan looks beyond the BIKEBAZE bike register. External theft registers are checked automatically too: Stop Heling, the official register of the Dutch police, and Bike Index, a large international register. So a buyer or finder knows within seconds whether a bike is registered as stolen anywhere. - Automatic on every scan, no extra steps - Stop Heling: reported stolen to the Dutch police - Bike Index: theft reports from all over the world - Also works standalone as a purchase check for a second-hand bike [Check a bike before you buy it](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/scan) Theft registers Checked automatically on every scan - BIKEBAZE bike register Own register Checking... Checked - Stop Heling Netherlands - police Checking... Checked - Bike Index International Checking... Checked This bike is not registered as stolen anywhere Note: this can also mean the rightful owner has not (yet) reported the theft. Something feels off? Report a suspicious situation. Scan alert ## Stolen bike scanned? You know right away. Whoever scans a bike is asked to share their location. If your stolen bike gets scanned, that scan becomes a concrete chance to get it back. - Whoever scans a bike is asked to share their location - In most cases they do: you instantly get the email 'Your bike was scanned' with the location included - The scanner can include an anonymous message From: BIKEBAZE Your bike was scanned Now Your bike was just scanned. The scanner shared the location: View location on Google Maps Report recovery ## Bike back? A few fields put it back on green. Your bike or battery turned up. You report it in your account and the status flips right away, so nobody sees your bike listed as stolen any more. - You record what came back - The status flips instantly: the next scan shows your bike on green and your Wallet pass updates automatically - Download the recovery report as a PDF, handy for your insurer [How to report a recovered bike](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/bikevault/fiets-gevonden) Stolen Not stolen Scan result Updated Wallet pass Updated Suspicious situation ## Seen something suspicious? Report it anonymously. Someone fiddling with a lock, a van full of bikes, a sale that feels off. You do not want to step in or call the police straight away, but it does not feel right. Report it to us, completely anonymously. - BIKEBAZE registrations and SafeTags are found all over the world, so your report counts anywhere - Anonymous and without an account: describe what you saw, where and when - You pass on the colour and type of bike, how many people were involved and what was done at that moment - Your report reaches our prevention team and helps us spot patterns and later connect signals to bike theft - Leaving your email address is allowed but not required: only then do we contact you [Report a suspicious situation](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/verdachte-situatie-melden) Report a suspicious situation Anonymous What did you see? Two people are breaking the lock off an e-bike near the station. Where Stationsplein, Rotterdam When Today, 21:06 Send report Community ## Stronger together against bike theft. The BIKEBAZE community is the heart of the platform: the more people who register their bikes, scan SafeTags and report suspicious situations, the higher the chance a stolen bike returns. You earn community points for every contribution. Community points Every useful action earns points. You see your score by day, week, month and all-time in your account. ### How do you earn points? - Activating a SafeTag on a bike \+ points - Scanning a frame number or QR code \+ points - Sharing your location on a scan \+ points - Logging maintenance on your bike \+ points - Helping recover a stolen bike via a scan \+ extra points ### What do your points get you? - Profile badges, visibility within the community - FREE SafeTags via challenges and seasonal campaigns - Access to future rewards we will launch FAQ ## Frequently asked questions about the platform The questions we get most often about registration, scanning, privacy and the community. ### Is BIKEBAZE an app I need to download? No. BIKEBAZE is a free web app - you use it in your browser, on desktop and mobile. You can add it to your home screen as a shortcut (PWA), but no App Store or Play Store is required. ### How many photos can I upload per bike? You can upload up to 3 photos per bike. Alongside photos you can also upload your purchase invoice. ### Can I register multiple batteries for my e-bike? Yes, up to 3 batteries per e-bike. For each battery you record the serial number and brand, so loose battery thefts are also traceable. ### Will I get a notification if a stolen bike is in my area? No, that is intentionally not a feature. We do not send push notifications or neighbourhood alerts. The system is reactive: as soon as someone scans a bike, the owner gets an email with the message and (if shared) the scanner’s location. ### What does someone see exactly when they scan my bike? For a bike not marked stolen: a green confirmation that the bike is known, no personal data. For a stolen bike: a red banner stating that the bike is registered as stolen, and the option to send a message and location to the owner. Your name, address and phone number are never visible. ### How do I earn community points and what do they unlock? You earn points with every useful action: activating a SafeTag, scanning a frame number, sharing your location on a scan, and extra points if you help recover a stolen bike via a scan. With points you earn badges, bonus SafeTags via challenges, and access to rewards we will launch in the future. ### What exactly is the proof of ownership? A PDF document in your name, which you can download from your account at any time. Alongside your frame number, brand, model and registration date, it also shows the history of theft reports, linked SafeTags, maintenance history and any other info you have provided about the bike. It is an additional proof of ownership and a handy overview to have everything about your bike in one place. Useful for insurance, police reports and when you sell your bike. ### Can I transfer my bike to a new owner? Yes. You send a transfer link (valid for 7 days) to the buyer. The buyer logs in or registers, and accepts. Ownership and the full maintenance history transfer in one click. ### How much does it cost? Bike registration and the proof of ownership are permanently free. You only pay for physical SafeTags if you want them - those make your bike visibly registered and lower the chance of theft. ### Is it available abroad? Yes. The BIKEBAZE register works internationally - the platform, scan flow and proof of ownership all work in any country where the bike is found. ### Can I add my proof of ownership to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet? Yes, as soon as an active SafeTag is linked to your bike. From your account you add a pass per bike to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, with frame number, brand, model and the current theft status. If you report your bike as stolen, the pass updates automatically and you get a notification on your lock screen. The QR code on the pass opens the public scan check. ### Which theft registers does BIKEBAZE check on a scan? Alongside the BIKEBAZE bike register itself, every scan automatically checks Stop Heling, the official register of goods reported stolen to the Dutch police, and Bike Index, a large international register. ### What happens when I recover my bike? You report in your account that your bike or battery is back: what came back, where and when, and how you recovered it. The status flips straight to not stolen, so the next scan shows your bike on green and your Wallet pass updates automatically. You can download your recovery report as a PDF and you get a ready-made message to share the good news. ### Can I report a suspicious situation anonymously? Yes. Through the report form on our site you can report a suspicious situation completely anonymously, without an account. You describe what you saw, where and when, plus the colour and type of bike. The report reaches our prevention team and helps us spot patterns. Leaving an email address is optional: only then do we contact you. ## Ready to really protect your bike? Create your free account and register your bike in less than 5 minutes. [Create free account](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/bikevault/free-bike-registration) [View SafeTag](https://www.bikebaze.nl/en/shop)