FindSelfStorageAuctions.com Links The Public For Free To Self-Storage Auction Listings Nationwide In A Comprehensive and Centralized Location

Online, April 27, 2011 (Newswire.com) - In an information driven world, it seems that a key factor in the success of the Self-Storage Auction process is in helping the public find them with ease and without wasting time sifting through unrelated listings from unreliable sources. If you do a simple search for Find Self Storage Auctions or Self Storage Auction Listings, you'll find a plethora of scattered resources, most offered on a fee basis to both the public and the operators. Why should the public have to pay to view auction listings? The developers of FindSelfStorageAuctions.com had that in mind when they launched, and their years of experience as operators and association board members helped solidify the purpose of the website. It is currently offered to the public as a free self-storage lien auction listing resource. FindSelfStorageAuctions.com was conceived by Richard Marmor (Legislative Chair of the Arizona Self Storage Association) and James Appleton (Technology Chair of AZSA) as a tool to be given to state self-storage associations. James says that it was developed "in an effort to centralize and focus the listing process into a relevant and accurate, searchable source, monitored and maintained by state associations."

According to the developers, "The current self-storage auction listing process is a case of too many listings in too many places, and the searching public has no idea what sources are reliable or accurate. Richard and I are both active with the Arizona Self Storage Association board, we have years of personal experience in both self-storage operation and in legislative lobbying. That knowledge went into proving this model in Arizona and we have over 14 months of data compiled to back that up. No one else has that, nor can our competition boast the up to 120,000 pageviews a month we've achieved, due greatly to the fact that our association members have embraced this as a positive and effective advertising method. We've narrowed the listing process down to a single source, given the resource to state associations to provide their members with a tangible benefit for free, and ensured that the listing data remain in the hands of the operators. "

Members of state associations like Arizona, Tennessee, and Nevada, early adopters of this database, enjoy a 60% discount off of the regular $25 listing price. With associations across the country fighting for lien law modernization, FindSelfStorageAuctions.com offers an inexpensive yet highly visible alternative or equally effective compliment to modern lien law requirements", said James.

James says that when asked when they are going to come online with FindSelfStorageAuctions.com, "Associations often cite a full agenda as a reason why they hesitate to take on anything new like this service." With most major associations lobbying for modernization of self-storage lien laws, many say that they simply don't have the time to review and implement anything new until they are out of Lien law limbo. State associations are predominantly made of volunteer board members and time is of great concern. "As the Technology Chair of the Arizona Self Storage Association, I understand the hesitation and time concerns, but it is with that in mind that we developed this concept to be self-sufficient and easy to configure. In fact, associations need only supply a logo and I do the rest within a few hours", said James.

Classified advertising can cost hundreds of dollars and can be very cumbersome to produce and very limiting in terms of space and content. According to an SSA Globe article in the February 2011 edition, it was stated that the ability to satisfy lien law requirements through online advertising among other lien law changes was estimated to result "in annual savings of up to$1,200." In comparison using FindSelfStorageAuctions.com's published listing pricing, a non-partner listing facility that has 4 yearly auctions would pay $25 per auction or at total yearly expenditure of $100, while a partner listing facility that has 4 yearly auctions would pay $10 per auction or at total yearly expenditure of only $40. Either of these prices is dramatically less than what most facilities are required by current lien law to invest in auction advertising. James noted, "In Arizona, we saw that our members were paying exorbitant fees to list an auction in a newspaper classified section, a section that most people seem to ignore these days. This concept was developed as an inexpensive, yet exponentially more productive and visible advertising method. Regardless of a state's lien law situation, internet visibility is essential and this is a cost effective advertising method. In the case of cost with FindSelfStorageAuctions.com, a facility is either going to pay $25 or $10 for a listing, depending on their association's choice to take advantage of this free resource or not."

Reality TV has shown us that there are good buys from time to time at self-storage auctions. Of those asking how the public benefits from these auctions in an economy like this, visit an auction and ask the question. "Personally," said James, "We operate 3 self-storage facilities, and I talk to our auction attendees every time and ask them how they found out about the auction, and if they came because they were looking for something specific. I'd estimate that more than 80% of them tell me that they used FindSelfStorageAuctions.com to find the auction and search for the items; many of them thrilled to have the opportunity to re-purchase an item they may have lost that took them years to collect or save for."

Self-Storage auctions are a necessary process, and self-storage operators are legally bound to the process in most cases. But it doesn't have to be a negative process... James notes, "It can be a new beginning for a family that has lost everything. It can be that new car your teenager has been asking about." FindSelfStorageAuctions.com is a free resource designed to inform and educate the public on the location, time, date, and contents of local self-storage auctions in all 50 states.