Storage Unit Buyers on Square pay $29/month — $348/year. Over three years, that's $1,168. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 9.6 months. The median Storage Unit Buyer earns $32,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 1.1% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,168 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Storage Unit Buyers face unique challenges: Bidding blind on a unit you can only see from the doorway, knowing one wall of junk could be hiding gold or hiding nothing. The clearing clock — the facility gives you 24 to 48 hours to empty a won unit or eat fees, with no help and no warning what's inside. Dump runs, hazmat and dead weight: half of most units is trash you pay to haul and tip to dispose of. Sorting a unit's worth of mixed goods into sell, scrap, donate and trash, then moving it across a dozen marketplaces. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Storage Unit Buyer earns $32,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Heavy bolt cutters and a ring of your own padlocks is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Square is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Square | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $29/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,168 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most storage unit buyers are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
15-minute setup. Import your customer list and service/product catalog.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Test invoicing and booking through Nexa.
Cancel paid subscriptions. Keep free account for records access.
Auction morning starts at a facility across two counties because that's where the good lien sales are this week. The manager cuts the lock, rolls the door, and gives everyone ninety seconds to look from the threshold — no touching, no stepping in. You read the room: matched furniture and labeled boxes mean an organized owner and probably real value; loose bags and a mattress mean a dump run you'll pay for. You win two units, lose three, and hand over cash plus the cleaning deposit. Now the clock starts. You back the truck up and start hauling, and the unit tells its story as you dig — a toolbox worth real money, a tub of someone's tax records you'll have to shred, a sofa with a water stain headed straight for the trailer. You sort on the concrete into four piles: list, scrap-metal, donate, dump. By afternoon you're at the recycler weighing brass and copper, then the transfer station paying by the ton to lose the rest. Evening is photographing the keepers and pricing them while the win is fresh, because the deposit only comes back if you leave the unit swept clean. Some units pay for the month. Some are a mattress and a lesson.
Real storage unit buyers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a storage unit buyer? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every storage unit buyer on Nexa →
For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Square may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Square is $29/month — that's $1,168 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Square as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $1,968/year on software — and Storage Unit Buyer face their own version of that math. WV state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Charleston metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Storage Unit Buyers run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
$1,168 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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