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The latest advice and tips on growth and automation for self storage owners + updates on how Stora is progressing.

Stora raises £1.1m to drive digital automation in global self storage

Stora valued at £5.5million in latest funding round. I’m really excited to share the news that we have just raised an equity funding...

By Gavin Shields

September 22, 2022

Self Storage Innovation Highlights from Stora Social 2022

Our first annual Stora Social was a smash hit, with over 50 operators taking part. Here’s a quick recap of the best bits—from kickoff and...

By Steven Hylands

Introducing Unmanned Self Storage: Tech + Automation Tips

Revamping your business to an unmanned self storage model? Check out Gavin’s advice on the tech essentials you need in order to slash...

By Gavin Shields

5 Sales and Marketing KPIs That All Self Storage Businesses Should Be Tracking - with Christel F. Land

Welcome to the third instalment of the Growing Self Storage series brought to you by Stora in partnership with Christel Friberg Land of...

By Christel Friberg Land

Join the New Self Storage Community & Forum

Got self-storage questions? Found a share-worthy insurer that offers buildings and contents cover in a single policy? Get ready! We’ve...

By Steven Hylands

Customers are ringing up asking for quotes. What do I say?

If you are operating in an area where competitors are still running quote processes, you may find that prospective customers will call...

By Gavin Shields

9 Low-Cost Marketing Ideas Any Self Storage Business Can Use - with Christel F. Land

Welcome to the second instalment of the Growing Self Storage series brought to you by Stora in partnership with Christel Friberg Land of...

By Christel Friberg Land

Do Your Accounts In Less Than 30 Minutes Each Month With Stora

We are living in increasingly busy times. Busy working, busy parenting, busy fixing up our homes and everything in between. So, finding...

By Gavin Shields

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Why Dean Booty Chose Stora For His Self Storage Facility

If you’re an avid listener of Dean Booty’s Hacking Self Storage podcast, or you follow him on social media, you’re probably no stranger...

By Stora

February 21, 2022

New In Stora: One-off Invoices And Payments

Introducing One-off Invoices At Stora we’re always looking for ways to help you earn more, while doing less. Our latest feature release...

By Stora

February 18, 2022

How To Be A Customer-First Self Storage Business And Reap The Rewards

What is customer-first? Customer-first means you endeavour to put the needs of your clients before anything else. If you’re operating a...

By Steven Hylands

February 16, 2022

Why Self Storage Marketing Is Like Peeling an Onion - with Christel F. Land

Welcome to the first instalment of the Growing Self Storage series brought to you by Stora in partnership with Christel Friberg Land of...

By Christel Friberg Land

February 7, 2022

UK Self Storage Startup? Cut Out Guesswork With The UK Self Storage Business Ecosystem

Take the guess work out of self storage management with Stora’s UK Self Storage Business Ecosystem. Our Ecosystem brings technology,...

By Stora

January 6, 2022

FREE Self Storage Financial Model

Have you been thinking about setting up a self storage business? Or maybe you’re looking to expand and need to determine the viability of...

By Stora

January 4, 2022

How To Become A Self Storage Millionaire

A few weeks ago Stora’s CEO, Gavin Shields posted a thread on Twitter offering his 10 step process to becoming a self storage...

By Stora

January 3, 2022

New In Stora: Add payment cards directly in Stora

Great news! You can now add debit or credit cards for your customers directly in Stora.

By Stora

December 21, 2021

Optimise Your Self Storage Website To Attract Customers Through Organic Search Results

In today’s day and age, everyone uses the internet to research and in many cases purchase goods and services. With search engines,...

By Stora

December 20, 2021

Is Self Storage Property Investing a Good Idea?

Self storage is an underrated real estate asset that’s gaining momentum and showing remarkable resilience to the effects of the pandemic....

By Stora

December 14, 2021

Manned Or Unmanned Site – Automation benefits everyone!

Whether you’re a self storage startup, an established enterprise, running a single unmanned facility or multiple facilities with onsite...

By Stora

November 25, 2021

Stora Roadmap Is Live!

At Stora we’re on a mission to create the best software solution for the self storage industry, whether you’re an existing facility...

By Steven Hylands

November 15, 2021

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