OpenTech Alliance, Inc. today announced that in 2012, North Reading Storage, a 400 unit self storage facility located in Reading Pennsylvania (population 88,000), has exceeded 236 new move-ins exclusively through their self serve kiosk while managers were busy or away from the office. Based on the average rental rate of $84, with a typical stay of 11 months, North Reading generated approximately $218,000 in revenue through self service automation alone. The onsite INSOMNIAC kiosk also collected an average of 90 transactions monthly in cash, check & credit card payments, totaling over $90,000 in revenue. New tenant merchandise purchases through the kiosk dispersed 158 locks upon move-in for $1,580. David Paul, Owner of North Reading Storage said, “The new technology has saved us tremendously on our staffing cost and relieved us from having to be on site 7 days a week.” Prior to installing the kiosk in January of this year, two managers would staff the office Monday through Sunday. Today, a remote manager only opens the office 3 days a week on Monday, Friday and Saturday. Located in the heart of Reading, the urban facility is always busy. “Our tenants prefer the convenience of self service; we are still open for business 24-7 and the kiosk never sleeps,” said Paul. The kiosk is custom equipped with Live! Megan Plus, a voice & video feature which provides real-time, face-to-face customer care when managers are unavailable. “This new feature is fantastic, especially for our bilingual tenants, the OpenTech team of Storage Counselors make the technology user friendly for everybody,” added Paul. About OpenTech Alliance, Inc: A pioneer in self service technology, OpenTech Alliance is the leading developer of innovative rental solutions for the self storage industry. Their trail was blazed by offering facilities 24 hour sales & service convenience through a complete line of INSOMNIAC™ Self Serve Kiosks. Today, the innovation continues with a full range of self storage rental solutions that include the INSOMNIAC Live! Call Center, INSOMNIAC Online Rental applications (web & mobile), INSOMNIAC ILock Security System and INSOMNIAC LiveAgent! software products through the industries first and only Self Storage Cloud. OpenTech products increase revenues, reduce operating costs and improve customer convenience for self storage businesses. For additional information, please click OpenTechAlliance.com or call an OpenTech Business Development Manager at (602) 749-9370.]]>