Move-out, made into a premium amenity.

A tech-enabled, zero-touch student storage and logistics partner for university housing — built to generate revenue, eliminate staff burden, and delight parents.

10% commission to housing $3,000 student insurance Real-time tracking 60-day launch
Built for ACUHO-I 2026 attendees · 27-section partner brief inside
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01 · The shift

The student move has changed — and the old way can't keep up.

Families now expect ship-to-your-door convenience, and your team is more stretched than ever. DIY bins, retail storage, and unvetted movers pile on chaos exactly when students need your staff most.

The old way
  • Staff diverted from student support to handle logistics
  • Parking gridlock and hallway clutter on move days
  • Cardboard waste piling up across campus
  • Unvetted movers, no chain of custody
The U Storage way
  • Zero-touch logistics — we handle every step
  • 1,000 individual moves consolidated into one operation
  • Reusable bags, real-time tracking, $3k insurance
  • Background-checked, bonded, insured crews
02 · What we do

One partner for the whole student-belongings cycle.

So we built one service that runs the entire academic year — store it, ship it, deliver it. Three phases, one partner, no gaps.

Phase 1
May–June
🗓️
Summer Storage
Move-out handled — we collect and store every student's belongings.
● You are here
Phase 2
July–August
☀️
Pre-Ship
Students ship belongings ahead — we hold them until move-in.
Learn more →
Phase 3
August–September
📦
Move-In Delivery
Everything delivered straight to the room before students arrive.
03 · Right now

Pre-Ship: the new standard for student move-in.

Students ship their belongings to us over the summer using any carrier they choose — UPS, FedEx, USPS, and more — and we deliver them to the room before they arrive. Your mailroom stays empty; your staff stays out of package management entirely.

  • Belongings in the room before students arrive
  • Mailroom congestion — eliminated
  • The ship-to-your-door convenience families now expect
See the full Pre-Ship program →
04 · The difference

Three things no other student-storage provider does.

Pack & Go zero-touch operation
We collect after students depart, deliver before they're back. 400+ students moved per day. Your staff doesn't see us.
Airline-style tracking on every item
Serialized barcode at pickup, scan into storage, scan on delivery. Item-level reporting on demand.
A dedicated parent hotline
43% of our inbound calls come from parents — and they call us, not your housing office.
05 · The numbers

What U Storage could do at your university.

Drag the slider — the numbers update live. Based on a conservative 20% student adoption rate.

Commission to housing
$40,000
Year-1 revenue paid directly to your housing office (10% of storage revenue).
Cardboard boxes replaced
30,000
Reusable U Storage bags swap in for single-use boxes — every year.
Storage inquiries we handle
1,190
Calls, emails & chats per year handled by our hotline — calibrated to our 1,000/yr at UChicago (4,200 beds), scaled to yours.
Numbers tune to your input. Full calculator with adoption rate & pricing in the brief →
06 · Proof
"The difference U Storage has made with their contactless pick-up and drop-off process has been a game-changer. We honestly couldn't imagine returning to the old way of having everyone on campus at the same time."
Meaghan S. Ward Associate Director of Desk & Mail Operations · The University of Chicago
07 · The full brief

This is just the teaser. The full brief has the rest:

  • → Full 60-day onboarding timeline
  • → Live commission calculator (slide your campus size, see year-1 revenue)
  • → Retail vs. wholesale pricing breakdown
  • → $3,000 insurance program details
  • → Safety, security & lost-and-found programs
  • → Real cost-comparison vs. every other student-storage provider
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