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Amax Marketing
Sectors / Self-Storage

PPC for self-storage.

Google Ads + Meta campaigns built for self-storage operators. Geo-targeted, unit-mix-aware, and tied to move-ins, not clicks.

Accredited & active in the self-storage industry
Aerospheres
Connect Vending
Interfood Technology
Exclaimer
Standby Self Storage
Orange Box
Burnt Oak Builders Merchants
Happy Tree Academy
Container Self Store
Mid Wales Storage
24 Pure Water
Quickfit
Amax Fire & Security
Amax Supplies
Scentsational
Bare Ice
Grow My Wellbeing
Kinnovis
NADC
Wigwam Storage
Triple Eight
BES Group
Aerospheres
Connect Vending
Interfood Technology
Exclaimer
Standby Self Storage
Orange Box
Burnt Oak Builders Merchants
Happy Tree Academy
Container Self Store
Mid Wales Storage
24 Pure Water
Quickfit
Amax Fire & Security
Amax Supplies
Scentsational
Bare Ice
Grow My Wellbeing
Kinnovis
NADC
Wigwam Storage
Triple Eight
BES Group
Why self-storage PPC

The lever for unit availability.

SEO takes months. A full facility needs leads this month. Paid search is the gap-closer.

Self-storage PPC has specific characteristics most agencies miss. Searches are hyper-local (5-mile radius or less). Intent is high (someone searching ‘storage units Harrow’ wants a unit, soon). Seasonality is strong (May-September is peak). Unit availability drives profitability, a full facility with unsold 50sqft units still under-indexes on revenue if the mix is wrong.

We build geo-targeted campaigns per facility catchment, with dedicated landing pages per unit size and use case. Dedicated pages for household moves, for business archive storage, for vehicle storage. Each gets its own creative, its own budget, its own conversion tracking. More work, significantly better CPA.

Combined with our SEO work, PPC becomes the ‘fills the gap’ channel. Bookings this week come from PPC. Bookings next year come from SEO. The channel mix matters, get it right and your blended CPA drops by 30-40% versus running either in isolation.

Why our self-storage PPC accounts beat standard setups

Generic self-storage PPC accounts run one campaign per operator, mixing all unit sizes and use cases. That’s cheap to manage and terrible for performance. Our accounts have up to 15-20 campaigns per facility: household-sized units, business-sized units, vehicle storage, heated/dry/outdoor, plus retargeting variants for each. Yes, more management work. Yes, 40-60% better cost-per-move-in.

The opportunity

When SEO is too slow. This is the lever.

Avg. cost per lead
£18
Across our self-storage accounts
Conversion rate (lead → booking)
34%
With proper landing pages
Time to first leads
72 hr
From campaign launch
How we help

Built for Self-Storage.

G

Geo-targeted Google Ads

Radius + postcode + town-level targeting that excludes neighbouring-town enquiries who'll never drive to you.

M

Meta retargeting

Visitors who bounced get followed with unit-size + price-point offers calibrated to their browsing behaviour.

Unit-mix landing pages

Dedicated landing pages per unit size + use case (household, business, vehicle), not dumping ad traffic on your homepage.

Conversion tracking

Server-side tagging + offline conversion import so we measure actual move-ins, not phantom form fills.

Problems we fix

Self-storage PPC pitfalls.

Problem

"Our ads spend £3k/month and we can't tell what works."

Fix

Missing or broken conversion tracking, usually measuring form-submits instead of actual move-ins. We fix tracking first, then everything else becomes visible.

Problem

"Cost per click keeps climbing year on year."

Fix

Quality score problem. Your ad copy, landing page relevance, or keyword match types are hurting you. We rebuild the structure to get quality scores to 7+ and your CPC drops 20-40%.

Problem

"We're getting leads but they're not our target customer."

Fix

Geo-targeting set too broadly. Or, worse, negative-keyword strategy missing. We tighten both and your cost-per-QUALIFIED-lead drops sharply even if headline CPL creeps.

Problem

"Performance Max is eating our budget with nothing to show."

Fix

PMax for self-storage is a risk without signals. We usually shift budget back to Search campaigns with proper keyword + audience targeting, and only use PMax on retargeting audiences where signals are strong.

How we work

A clear process. No black boxes.

  1. 01

    Catchment + competitor map

    Who's bidding, what they're paying, where your catchment overlaps or runs white space.

  2. 02

    Launch + test

    Tight budget test, 2 weeks, primary keyword cluster + 1 creative set. Data-first.

  3. 03

    Scale winners

    Budget concentrates on the 2–3 campaigns that actually drive bookings. The rest get paused.

  4. 04

    Occupancy tracking

    Ad spend → form fill → move-in pipeline visibility. Monthly ROAS reporting.

A typical month

What your spend buys.

Monthly funnel (typical mid-tier operator, £2k/mo ad spend)
Impressions
45,000
Clicks
1,200
Enquiries
110
Move-ins
38
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Self-storage PPC case

Multi-facility self-storage operator

Self-storage · 5 facilities · Greater London
The problem

Running a single "catch-all" Google Ads campaign spending £8k/month, 140 leads, rising CPL, no visibility into which facility got which booking.

What we did

Split into 5 geo-targeted campaigns (one per facility), built dedicated unit-size landing pages, set up facility-level call tracking + offline conversion import to tie Google Ads → CRM → booking.

The outcome

52% CPL reduction in 90 days. Qualified leads up 28% on same spend. Attribution now clear per facility.

-52%
Cost per lead · 90 days
+28%
Qualified leads
£0
Extra ad spend
Self-Storage FAQ

You're probably wondering…

Can't find what you need? Ask us directly.

Depends entirely on catchment competition. In Greater London we’d start at £1,500/mo ad spend; regional towns can test meaningfully at £800/mo. We’ll tell you honestly if your budget won’t move the needle.
Yes, call tracking with whisper messages so every call that came from ads is tagged. Some of our self-storage clients get 60%+ of enquiries by phone.
Google captures demand (people searching “storage near me”). Meta generates demand (people who just moved or are decluttering but haven’t searched yet). Best accounts run both.
Yes, for any operator with 2+ facilities. One-campaign-for-everything structures can’t do the local geo-targeting + landing-page relevance that makes self-storage PPC actually efficient.
May-September is peak for household storage. We build seasonal budget plans: test new creative in Feb-March, scale aggressively in the peak, protect budget efficiency in off-season. Some operators 2× their ad spend in peak months for a proportional return.
Client words

What clients actually say.

Amax Marketing have been great in helping us improve our google rankings. Always contactable, explains everything simply and clearly.

Mark
MG Self Storage

We've gone from being invisible to dominating the local map pack. Rahul explains the technical stuff in plain English and the results speak for themselves.

James
Self-storage operator

Honest, straightforward, and properly good at what they do. They told us when PPC wouldn't work and saved us the budget. Rare.

Sarah
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What clients say

Real reviews from real clients.

★★★★★ Rated 5.0 on Google
★★★★★

Rahul and his team have recently begun re-designing and re-building our website in preparation for SEO work, and so far it has been fantastic! Really impressed with how quickly they got to grips with what we're about and what we want to achieve. Excited to see the final result!

Sean Kelly Client
★★★★★

The team is very supportive, creative and organised when it comes to our marketing calendar. They take our views and needs into account and always find a way to 'translate' them into marketing terms.

Happy Tree Happy Tree Academy
★★★★★

Amazing experience with Amax Marketing! They built my self storage website and the process from start to finish was first class. I highly recommend them!

Grant Daniel Store Secure
★★★★★

We found Rahul and Terence to be knowledgeable, friendly and very helpful. When we have issues with our emails or website their response time has been very impressive, fixing the issue in great time.

Damian Mulhern Shield Self Storage
★★★★★

We've been working with the Amax team for a few years now for all things web design and development. Rahul, Naveed and Terence helped us build our website, set up pages with dynamic features, and source an event photographer. The communication is seamless and they're quick to troubleshoot. Great work!

Celia Illes ICFS
★★★★★

We worked with Amax to redesign the Sheeplands Self Storage website in 2024 and the whole experience was brilliant from start to finish. The team were helpful, communicative, and made the process really straightforward. They also hosted our site for a couple of years.

Sophie Baker Sheeplands Storage
★★★★★

I honestly cannot recommend this company enough. From the start, Rahul and Terence have been brilliant to work with. Communication has been excellent throughout, with quick responses, regular updates and a WhatsApp group that made everything really easy.

Idris Purple Monkey Self Storage
★★★★★

Strong knowledge, results-driven. Worked with Amax for nearly 3 years now, results keep moving in the right direction. Recommend!

Elyas Coutts Client
★★★★★

I've worked with Amax for several months now and I've been super impressed by their attention to detail, dedication, approachability and professionalism. Would highly recommend them.

Laura Alderson JF Hudson
★★★★★

Amazing experience with Amax.

InDesign Showroom London InDesign Showroom
★★★★★

We had a great experience working with Amax Marketing. Rahul, Terence and Christopher were extremely helpful and responsive throughout, making everything very straightforward. Nothing was too much trouble. We're really pleased with the final result and would highly recommend them.

MidWales Storage Self storage
★★★★★

Our experience with Amax has been fantastic. They made us a fantastic website for our self storage site to operate from. The response on tasks and customer care has been brilliant. Truly a 10/10 business to work with!

George Goodson Self storage
★★★★★

Professional, quick and friendly service, delivering exactly what was requested and on time. Couldn't have asked for more! Very happy with the results and to work with the whole team. Cheers guys!

Samer Ebbini Client
★★★★★

We've worked with Amax for the past few years and have a great, collaborative relationship. Their communication has been fantastic and they're always open to new ideas, delivering on what they say they'll do with quick turnarounds.

Joshua Webb Client
★★★★★

We're thrilled with the website Amax Marketing created for Orange Box Self Storage. It's professional, visually stunning, and perfectly optimised for SEO. Their customer service has been outstanding, always responsive and genuinely invested in our success. We can't wait to continue our partnership with ongoing SEO and PPC campaigns.

Binder B Orange Box Self Storage
★★★★★

Rahul and the AMAX team have been working on our website for the last couple of months, and I have been very impressed with the results! They have been re-designing parts of the site and adding SEO, and we've had a lot more traffic to the site as a result. We look forward to seeing even more results in the future!

Emily Bibb Client