Office and shipping services can be a great complement to many self-storage businesses. If you’re thinking about adding this profit center to your facility, here are some things to consider.
As the self-storage industry evolves into a more retail-style business, it’s only natural that facilities expand their offerings beyond unit rentals. Here’s how to massively accelerate your retail sales.
Self-storage operators can provide customers with a total solution to their packing, moving and storage needs by offering a robust retail store. These guidelines will help you create organized, well-stocked displays that keep customers coming back...
As self-storage evolves into more of a retail business, it's time for facility operators to think about synergistic products and services that can help them generate add-on revenue. This showcase highlights excellent profit centers that work well...
Self-storage operators who refrain from implementing add-on profit streams not only miss out on elevating their breadth of services for customers, they’re missing an opportunity to increase the value of their asset by at least $250,000. In this...
Self-storage operators wishing to differentiate themselves from competitors have begun to cast a wider net, looking for add-on products and services to appeal to consumers. Ancillary offerings allow storage businesses to create convenience and...
As a self-storage operator, you can make great ancillary income by offering boat and RV storage; but you can make even more money if you also sell products and supplies that appeal to your boat and RV tenants. Here are some products to carry in...
Vending-machine manufacturer All Brands Vending Resources Inc. has released the “Storage Supply Depot,” a vending machine designed to sell packing supplies and other retail products to self-storage customers. The machine is constructed to...
Since self-storage came on the scene many decades ago, operators have experimented with ways to expand their product and service offering. Here are some that have proven their staying power for bringing in new customers, satisfying existing...
SpareFoot, an online marketplace for self-storage consumers, has partnered with Uboxes, a supplier of factory-direct moving boxes, to create a website where people can purchase packing supplies. SpareFoot users can now buy moving boxes and other...
