We are Adding U-Haul
September 27, 2008
Well, we have decided to bring UHaul into one of our facilities.
One facility has no full time manager onsite. We use the insomniac kiosk - and have a part time manager that goes out to the business when duty calls. The other facility, does however have an employee on site. This employee doubles as our personal assistant, but we figure - since she is there, we might as well make the additional revenue that UHaul could bring us.
Here are the benefits of adding UHaul to our facility:
- Commission on Truck Rentals
- Retail sales of boxes, tape, etc.
- Commission on dolly, blanket and other non-truck rentals
- Extra exposure to our self storage units. We may increase the rate of our lease up phase move-ins. We will be listed in the UHaul network of storage facilities. Some people that are moving to the area may decide to store their possessions with us, since they have to have the truck there anyway!
- They pay the yellowpages ad!
We signed the contract today, and the area rep will be back in one week to get us trained up. I’m looking forward to doing something “new.”
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That sounds very cool… I’d be interesting to get your hands on the training material they will provide for you. I can only assume they have designed very automated systems to run the business.
Hoe is that going to affect your signage on the business? Is the self storage now be called UHaul? How’s the liability shared?
On this subject, we are a self storage and vehicle hire company, all running from the same locations (in London, England). We have been running a fleet of 150-200 cars and trucks alongside our storage operations for 5 years, and it works very well. However, you need to remember that there are 1000 ways to lose money in vehicle hire, and it’s a lot more complicated than storage.
A little bit more on this - we have found that the best way to use a fleet of trucks on your own site is to offer a man-and-a-truck service, collecting customers’ goods for free - it’s a great way of differentiating yourself.