Bolting+ Membership
Tier benefits:
Tier benefits:
Developers are the backbone of climbing, caving and canyoning, ensuring that everyone can enjoy the sports. Unlike personal gear, bolts and hardware are community resources, often installed by a dedicated few. We aim to make this process more affordable, as it's typically funded by their own money or donations.
Making Hardware Available
We allocate significant resources to stock a huge variety of hardware with the aim of having everything a developer would need
INVENTORY
25%ish of our cash flow is tied up in stocking a huge variety of options
SPACE
25%ish of our expensive warehouse space is dedicated to the stocked items
TEAM
25%ish of our teams time goes into choosing the hardware, importing it, restocking, packing and managing orders related to hardware
CONTENT
25%ish of our content focuses on educating the community about quality hardware and installation techniques.
cost of item + shipping to us + import fees + credit card fees when you buy + average cost for your “free shipping”…. PLUS 20% = Price
Members get 20% off which is literally 100% of the margin.
Sustainability and Membership Fee
Bolting+ Membership Benefits
Our store currently operates slightly above break-even, making it difficult to donate bolts outright. Therefore, we offer the Bolting+ Membership at $99 per year. This fee supports the continuous update of The Bolting Bible and the production of educational bolting videos.
Sustainable Support Through Membership
By joining, you ensure we don’t make more than $99 from any developer or maintainer. If you plan to spend over $500 on hardware, the Bolting+ Membership will save you more than the membership fee.
Fine print
Major brands don’t let us offer this discount, so if Petzl, CAMP, Kong, etc have bolting hardware, that will earn you 1 point for $1 spent but won’t be discounted 20%. Their bolting products are such a small portion of what we have that we don’t feel that it takes away from this program.