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# Register your business

A shop on BikeCheck has its own **business account**, separate from any personal rider account you may have. Use a separate email address for it.

## Steps

1. On the sign-in page choose **Register**, then **Business sign up** at the bottom of the form.
2. Enter the **business name** and its **commercial ID (EUID)** — your registration number in the official business register. It is checked against the register during verification.
3. Enter the **owner's first name** and **last name**. When you do a job yourself, your tasks and the bike's service log show this name. You can change it later in **Business details**.
4. Enter the **business phone number**.
5. Under **Business location**, pick country, region and city. Riders find shops by this location, and your ads are listed here. The country is fixed once your business is verified.
6. **Business address** is optional: leave it empty and BikeCheck fills in your registered address after verification. Enter one only if your shop works from a different address.
7. Enter the **email** and **password** for the business account.
8. Accept the Terms and choose **Create business account**.
9. Confirm your email address with the code BikeCheck sends you.

![Registering Atelier Vélo du Léman, in Meyrin](https://3342305839-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUV849rO8Um1JqzscvFEf%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6a58bf4fcf77b8814621630876706c555ed57901%2Fregister-business.jpg?alt=media)

## Business verification (KYB)

A shop must be verified before it can operate. After you sign in for the first time, BikeCheck takes you to verification: it checks your business against the official register, and BikeCheck approves you as a bicycle business.

* Until both are done you stay on the verification page.
* Your **60-day free trial** starts once your business is verified.

After verification: [Set up your shop](/guide/shop-owners/set-up-your-shop.md).


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