analysis. integration. automation. Our software has it covered
The bells & whistles come as standard
At StorMan Software, we always strive to provide the best of the best for our customers because we understand two simple things...
1. You need to get what you want done quickly & efficiently and,
2. Your business needs the latest, cutting edge technology and integration to enable you to offer your customers the best self storage experience
We have pioneered integration using leading technologies such as online reservations & online payments, Storer Check & Blue Moon, plus integration with kiosks, access control systems, Homeland Security threat-level reporting, web sites, accounting packages, SMS, credit cards and direct debits (ACH) ...just to name a few; all of which work natively through our unit management software.
These features are just some of the many reasons why thousands of cutting-edge self storage facilities are powered by StorMan. So we invite you to join the StorMan family today and find out why we continue to be the Number 1 choice for PC & Mac self storage software since 1992.
What can we help you with?
- Automation & time-savers
- Data mining & analysis
- Increase revenue streams
- Integrate systems
- Keep in touch with your customers
- Lower your running costs
- Reduce arrears
Save time & automate those mundane tasks
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Export to 3rd-party accounting packages
Our self storage software exports to a number of popular 3rd-party accounting packages (such as MYOB, SAGE and Quickbooks) - meaning you can take your data to the next level & streamline your accounting processes.
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Handy keyboard shortcuts
Why bother grabbing the mouse, when you can also control our management software with a range of handy, time-saving keyboard shortcuts for common tasks and functions.
Automatically lock-out late storers
Never again will you need to worry about updating your gate system (or access control system) when a storer doesn't pay on time.
Our self storage software communicates directly with popular access control systems to automate the lock-out process when customers are late (as well as the reverse, once they pay).
Process credit cards & direct debits
Sick of entering 16-digit credit card numbers into a machine? Worried about credit card security?
Rest easy, with our integrated credit-card & direct-debit processing modules. Process card & customer bank-account payments within seconds, safely & securely via the internet. The process is automatic, and only triggers when due to do so based on customer due dates.-
Email Merge & Print Merge
Need to connect with your storers? Perform email-merges and print-merges to past customers, new customers, business customers... in fact, any number of filters & search parameters.
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Up to 9 things on the go (at the same time!)
Need to sell some merchandise while another customer is in the middle of a move-in procedure? No problem... just swap to the new task & leave the existing one right where it is without having to close or save it!
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Cookie-stamp new facilities
With our MultiView management software, you can quickly and easily clone new facilities as your self storage empire grows - sharing the same letter & email templates, billing plans, pricing structures, marketing data (and more) to ensure consistent & quick setup.
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Find what you're looking for - FAST!
When working with large amounts of data, it's important to be able to quickly find exactly what you're looking for. StorMan's integrated search provides speedy access to customer information - with additional, virtually-limitless custom search queries available via our dedicated search function.
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Calendar, notes & tasks
Our range of mini storage & self storage management software includes a calendar and tasks system - bringing together manually-entered & automatic reminders (including any move-ins / outs scheduled for the day, low-stock reminders & much more).
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Automated customer billing system
Called 'Daily Processing', our customer billing system automatically generates reminders, invoices, late notices, insurance expiry, birthday wishes & credit-card expiry letters, emails and TXT's when due. Just set & forget - StorMan does the rest.
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Bank-friendly deposit slips
There's no need for double-entry at your local bank, as our storage unit software prints pre-filled, bank-friendly deposit slips with the necessary data included & ready to go - ensuring an express deposit at your local branch.
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Fast access to common functions
The first thing you'll notice when you launch our software is the Dashboard - providing quick access to core software functions including the calendar, key data, messaging centre, customer browser and access control log.
Integrated email client
Our powerful integrated email client means that you can send HTML emails to storers and keep in touch whenever you like.
Coupled with the PDF engine, you'll be able to automatically generate and send invoices and other communications by email.
Automated email & print reminders
In addition to text (SMS) reminders, our storage unit management software also emails / prints invoices, reminders, late letters and birthday wishes (just to name a few!) when your defined trippers are met.
Data mining (that doesn't require a jackhammer)
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Over 50 detailed & accurate reports
Our Professional (and higher) products include over 50 reports to provide an accurate overview of your self storage facility.
We also provide a number of industry-first 'crystal-ball' reports which predict future trends based on pending move-outs and historical data. 
Analyse your marketing campaigns
If your current self storage management software doesn't tell you how customers are finding you, then how can you be sure which marketing campaign works best for you?
StorMan lets you collect marketing information at virtually all data-entry points, ensuring you know what type of customers you have, how they found you and why they're storing with you (oh - and why they moved out).-
Take your data to the next level
Whether you run an external reporting engine, a separate accounting package or just need to do more with your data, we give you the power to take your data further by giving you the option to export out to Excel or .CSV file format.
We don't believe in locking you down with proprietary data formats. After all - it's your data. 
Build-your-own reports
If you require something unique, StorMan's integrated reporting engine provides the toolset to build custom reports, graphs and charts so that you can mine your data, your way.
We also offer a custom report creation service, should you wish us to do the work for you!
Boost your income streams & minimise risk
Automated rental increases
Setup rental increases to occur based on pre-defined triggers (such as a drop in occupancy level), the age of an agreement, a pre-defined time period or a flat percentage or fixed-amount increase across your facility.
Does your business suffer at night?
Boost your income streams & provide flexibility to your storers by offering online payments and online reservations, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Make your website work for you when you're not and strike while the buying the decision is high.
Storer Check Integration
Dream customer, or storer from hell? How do you know who you're dealing with? Enter: Storer Check.
Integrated directly into StorMan, Storer Check is an online service that maintains a database for the identification and collection of information about problem storers (that is, storers who miss payments, abandon goods, threaten staff, etc).
With a click of a button, information is from StorMan to Storer Check for analysis to ensure you know exactly who you're dealing with.
A plethora of payment systems
The more payment options you provide, the easier it is for customers to pay - it's that simple.
Our self storage management software integrates with over 10 different payment providers to allow for online payments, automatic credit card payments, automated direct debits and integrated EFTPOS transactions (also knows as Bank Card, Check Card or Debit card - depending where you hail from).
Just set the card or account info in the software and StorMan automatically processes the transaction for each customer when they're due.
For the technically minded, that means we support PPD ACH Debits, CCD ACH Credits, Accounts Receivable Conversion ACH, Point of Purchase Conversion ACH, Telephone Acceptance Debits/credits & Online Initiated Debits/credits.
Automated late-payment reminders by SMS
If there's one feature that our customers are most vocal about, it would have to be StorMan's ability to automatically text (SMS) late storers. Set a trigger point, setup your SMS template and our self storage software does the rest - on cue.
Flexibility = the key to customer happiness
By offering a range of billing plans, you can incentivise your storers' buying decision. StorMan's flexible billing plans allow many levels of customisation - everything from offering free periods, to monetary & percentage-off discounts for storers who pay in advance.
Next stop: Integration Station
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Would you like a padlock with that?
Our self storage & mini storage programs integrate with the INSOMNIAC™ range of self storage kiosks, allowing your customers to rent units, pay bills and purchase locks 24 hours a day from your outdoor kiosk.
As the kiosk is integrated with StorMan (which, in turn, is integrated with your access control system), the kiosk can also issue new PINs for your gate - meaning customers can perform unassisted move-ins any time of the day or night... a great way to make money from satellite sites or when you're not there! -
A plethora of payment systems
The more payment options you provide, the easier it is for customers to pay - it's that simple.
Our self storage management software integrates with over 10 different payment providers to allow for online payments, automatic credit card payments, automated direct debits and integrated EFTPOS transactions (also knows as Bank Card, Check Card or Debit card - depending where you hail from).
Just set the card or account info in the software and StorMan automatically processes the transaction for each customer when they're due.
For the technically minded, that means we support PPD ACH Debits, CCD ACH Credits, Accounts Receivable Conversion ACH, Point of Purchase Conversion ACH, Telephone Acceptance Debits/credits & Online Initiated Debits/credits. -
While you were sleeping
Boost your income streams & provide flexibility to your storers by offering online payments and online reservations, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Make your website work for you when you're not and strike while the buying the decision is high.
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Automatically lock-out late storers
Never again will you need to worry about updating your gate system (or access control system) when a storer doesn't pay on time.
Our self storage software communicates directly with popular access control systems to automate the lock-out process when customers are late (as well as the reverse, once they pay).
More face-time, less waste-time
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You have: 1 new message
Save time and money by texting storers automatically when certain triggers are met - such as a storer's birthday, an upcoming credit card expiry or a late-payment reminder.
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Dear [customer.firstname]
Our referencing engine lets you replace the all to common 'Dear sir/madam' with your customer's firstname - adding a personal touch to your emails and letters, without the effort and time you'd expect.
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End your reliance on 'little bits of paper'
StorMan uses an integrated sales enquiry & quoting module, which keeps track of sales leads, provides automatic follow-up reminders, quick quoting and easy conversion to the next step, should the customer wish to go ahead.
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Archiving - minus the aches
Our self storage management software automatically archives old content & past storers so that you're always working with an efficient database.
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Do something useful with your data
Need to connect with your storers? Perform email-merges and print-merges to past customers, new customers, business customers... in fact, any number of filters & search parameters.
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Incentivise
Offer incentives for long-term storers such as merchandise discounts, free time, or a percentage / fixed-amount off. Create & track marketing campaigns to ensure referral and word-of-mouth business it's working at its best.
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Automated email & print reminders
In addition to text (SMS) reminders, our storage unit management software also emails / prints invoices, reminders, late letters and birthday wishes (just to name a few!) when your defined trippers are met.
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SMS delivery receipts
StorMan's range of self storage products can be integrated with Thinc Technology's SMS delivery receipt system, which will inform you when your StorMan SMS is received by the storer's mobile phone handset.
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Integrated email client
Our powerful integrated email client means that you can send HTML emails to storers and keep in touch whenever you like.
Coupled with the PDF engine, you'll be able to automatically generate and send invoices and other communications by email. 
Print envelopes & labels
Automatically print addresses on envelopes / labels, or use our refinement tools to position the customer address block inside a window-faced envelope.
Additionally, you can use our mail-merge tools to print envelopes & labels for a specific set of customers - based on virtually any search criteria you like!
Slash your costs
Dynamic Rent Control
Use our smart yield analysis tools to automatically set rental increases dynamically - meaning unit rates (for vacant units) can be adjusted automatically each day, depending on facility occupancy levels & upcoming move-ins / move-outs.
Centralised call-centre access
Growing self storage company? Existing users of our MultiView product have setup a single phone number for their facilities and used it to operate a call centre - allowing the operator to take care of reservations, enquiries, quotes and payments for all of your facilities from one place.
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Email invoicing
Stamps cost money - and that cost is increasing, as mail services worldwide feel the pinch of lest revenue from electronic mail delivery.
StorMan works the same way - saving you money be allowing any communication (including invoices / receipts) to be emailed instead of posted. 
Integrated inventory management
Throw away your old log book and let our self storage software take care of your merchandise & stock levels.
With automated low-stock reminders, stock transfers between centres and detailed ancillary-sale reporting, our software has the tools you need to take your inventory to the next level.
Up sell & on sell
There are plenty of ways to make a little extra money in self storage - such as promoting bulk-purchases through merchandise discount plans, charging a small fee for additional PINs on an agreement, cleaning fees upon move-out, paper-invoice fees... even the ability to rent driveway units at a premium over second-story units.
These tools (and more) are at your disposal, ready to implement when needed.-
Centralised reporting
Users of our MultiView product have access to centralised and comparative reporting to simplify management of larger groups.
Compare facilities & regions against one another and analyse the effectiveness of marketing campaigns from a top-down level.
Reduce arrears
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Automatically lock-out late storers
Never again will you need to worry about updating your gate system (or access control system) when a storer doesn't pay on time.
Our self storage software communicates directly with popular access control systems to automate the lock-out process when customers are late (as well as the reverse, once they pay). -
Process payments automatically
Sign-up your storers to 'set-and-forget' payment methods, such as direct debits or credit card payments.
Process card & customer bank-account payments within seconds, safely & securely via the internet. The process is automatic, and only triggers when due to do so based on customer due dates. 
Custom late fee's
Storer not learning their lesson? Set a custom late-fee amount on a per-agreement basis (either higher, or lower, than the default).
Accept payments online
By providing an online payments system, your storers can pay you even while you're sleeping. They can also log-in to your website and view current balance and next-payment data whenever they like.
Detailed arrears reporting
StorMan has a number of reports available to let you manage the arrears process and keep on top of bad payers before they become a recurring problem.
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Automated late-payment reminders by SMS
If there's one feature that our customers are most vocal about, it would have to be StorMan's ability to automatically text (SMS) late storers. Set a trigger point, setup your SMS template and our self storage software does the rest - on cue.
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A plethora of payment systems
The more payment options you provide, the easier it is for customers to pay - it's that simple.
Our self storage management software integrates with over 10 different payment providers to allow for online payments, automatic credit card payments, automated direct debits and integrated EFTPOS transactions (also knows as Bank Card, Check Card or Debit card - depending where you hail from).
Just set the card or account info in the software and StorMan automatically processes the transaction for each customer when they're due.
For the technically minded, that means we support PPD ACH Debits, CCD ACH Credits, Accounts Receivable Conversion ACH, Point of Purchase Conversion ACH, Telephone Acceptance Debits/credits & Online Initiated Debits/credits. -
Automated email & print reminders
In addition to text (SMS) reminders, our storage unit management software also emails / prints invoices, reminders, late letters and birthday wishes (just to name a few!) when your defined trippers are met.
Feature availability
Please note that some features are not available in all products. We welcome you to refer to our product comparison or contact our sales team for further information. Thank you.