Updated September 30, 2026
What is Trade in?
In short
Trade in means a brand will take your old e-bike or scooter as part payment, which can cut the cost of a new one.
Trade in is a part payment scheme: you hand over an old e-bike or scooter and the price comes off a new one. It suits a commuter who already owns a bike and would rather not sell it privately, and it can beat the cost of selling the old bike yourself.
Not every brand takes one. Bike-Angebot.de offers trade in, and so does Upway. DOTBLUE eBIKE does not, and neither does Fatbikes.nl.
Ask for the valuation in writing before you part with anything, and check what happens if the new bike is later returned.
Sources
- bike-angebot.de, checked September 30, 2026
- upway.de, checked September 30, 2026
- dotblue-ebike.de, checked September 30, 2026
- fatbikes.nl, checked September 30, 2026