5 Reasons to Diversify Into Commercial Warehouse Offerings

2020 was a strange moving season. We faced complete lockdowns, huge demand in dense cities, summer months that may require financial annotations, and a whole lot of worry and speculation.

However, there’s one thing we can be certain of – commercial storage, warehousing, and moving will look a lot different this year. And, if you’re not looking at commercial warehousing, you should be. 

Corporate offices will look and feel different in the future – whether that’s moving employees to a work from home model permanently or creating a new type of office that provides proper sanitation and space. You’re likely debating what’s right for your corporate team and your crews, what type of space is appropriate for the future, and where to store your office items should you shut down temporarily… and you’re not alone. Yet, your company is uniquely qualified to answer the “where do I store all this stuff?” question for many other companies that are temporarily or permanently shutting down offices. 

We’re seeing more household goods movers diversify and expand into commercial asset management, warehousing, and inventory control. 

From a young age, you most likely learned not to put your eggs into one basket. To ensure another year like 2020 doesn’t tear your moving company apart, we encourage you to look into diversifying into a new asset management offering. Here are 5 reasons why it will benefit your company in the long-run:

• Embracing change ensures growth. If Amazon didn’t embrace changes and opportunities, they’d still be a bookstore. There’s an opportunity right now – embrace it. Meet new needs.

• You’re already an expert and diversification in this fashion will only build on your strengths. As an expert in household moving, it’s not a far cry to transition to an expert in commercial moving and warehousing.

• The barrier to entry is low – all you need is a warehouse and technology. MoveHQ offers all technology you’d need to launch a warehouse offering.

• The tech you launch can be leveraged on the HHG side of the business. MoveHQ Warehouse includes barcoding, mobile-scanning, customer portal access, digital imaging, inventory tracking, time-stamping, and much more. All of these tools can be leveraged to grow the storage side of your business.

• Reach a new audience. Commercial customers come with the possibility of new corporate relationships that could last a lifetime.

MoveHQ Warehouse is the only warehouse management software you need to make a smooth transition into a new line of business. Schedule a demo here.