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Creating Unit Types
Creating Unit Types

Unit Types are the storage options you want to sell to customers, learn how to create them.

Updated over 5 months ago

Unit Types are like products you'd see in other online stores, except they are storage-specific. You'll likely have several Units, with multiples of each Unit Type you offer. For example, a 50 sq ft indoor unit or a 20ft outdoor container.

This guide explains how to set them up.

How to create a Unit Type

Visit your Site, select the Unit Types tab, and press +Unit Type in the top right. (1)

You can also Edit existing unit types by selecting the Edit button next to the unit type. (2)

Define its size

Unit width

Add the width of the unit.

Unit length

Add the length of the unit.

Unit height

Add the height of the unit.

Note: Stora uses these to provide you with Analytics on your occupancy and to inform customers about exact dimensions.

Describe it for customers

Name this unit type

We suggest naming it according to its size, eg. 12 sq ft.

Describe its size

You'll need to provide a short description of the size (eg. the size of a single garage).

Selling points

These can be anything that you feel stands out about the units. It can be specific to the type you are creating or general to all the units. Examples of this are 24-hour CCTV security on the ground floor, 50% off for the first 2 months.

Note: The selling points will appear alongside the units on your Storefront.

Image of this unit type

From here, you can upload an image of this unit type. Alternatively, you can find a free image from the Stora image library.

Enter prices

You will be asked to specify the price of the unit type per month. Prices can be shown with or without VAT. Learn how to set up your VAT approach of choice.

The price of a Unit Type can be changed at any time, and every historical price is recorded, too!

Storefront Promotion

You can optionally apply a Storefront Promotion, which will discount a period of time for this Unit Type when booked from your website. For example, 50% off for the first month.

Dynamic occupancy pricing

Automatically change the Storefront price of this unit type from its base price when its occupancy matches any rules set. Learn more

Storefront security deposit

When a customer books on the Storefront with a card payment method, immediately charge their card a deposit of the specified amount. Deposits have no tax applied.
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Note: No deposits will be charged if the booking is set up as a direct debit. Learn more.

Sell protection

Protection sales can be turned on or off per Unit Type, depending on your preference, and you can also set a minimum amount of coverage per Unit Type.

Storefront status

Here you can define how this Unit Type will work on your Storefront:

  1. Bookable - Ready and available to book

  2. Collect leads - Only available for enquiries (useful if you're sold out)

  3. Hidden - Not shown on Storefront

Note: You can either set this manually or automatically with our Unit Type Auto-availability feature.

Xero account code

Associate a Xero accounting code. This will be included in your invoice CSV exports.

Action nudge

Enable this to encourage visitors to take action on the Storefront for this unit type with an action nudge.

Note: We recommend using this on as few unit types as possible to maximise its impact.

When you are happy, select Create unit type at the bottom of the page. You will then be directed to your 'Site' page where you can see a list of all your unit types.

That's it! You can add as many Unit Types as you wish and edit them anytime.

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