Full disclosure
Who owns what, and how we make money.
We run one thing ourselves and list everything else on merit. Here is exactly where that line falls, in plain terms, with nothing buried.
The most important thing to know about Everything Student is who operates it. This directory is run by UniMove, a UK door-to-door student storage and moving business, founded in 2014. The operating company is UniMove Student Storage, with a registered office at Unit 4, Uffington Trading Estate, Faringdon SN7 7QD and an operating base at Plover Barn, Kings Lane, Longcot SN7 7SS. That is not a footnote, it is the headline, and everything below follows from it.
Our service: student storage and moving
The one thing this site sells itself is storage & moving and send bags & boxes, our own services provided by UniMove. When you book it, you are dealing with the company that runs the directory. We label this on every page where it appears, and the only call to action on those pages is our own booking tool. This is the one thing we are not neutral about, and we do not pretend to be.
The complementary businesses are independent
The 9 categories of business we genuinely list, the accommodation, cafés, restaurants, pubs and bars, gyms, supermarkets, barbers, banks and insurers, are independent of us. We have no ownership in them and take nothing for listing them on merit. They are ranked by the facts, independents first, exactly as set out in how we list.
Why the links are not symmetrical
You will notice the linking on this site is deliberately uneven, and there is an honest reason for it:
- Complementary businesses get a real link. Cafés, gyms, shops, bars and lettings agents each get a normal, dofollow link to their own website. We want you to reach them.
- Rival storage and moving firms do not. Where we list other storage or moving companies for completeness, we list the name only, with no outbound link. They compete directly with our own service, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise by passing them traffic while recommending ourselves.
That is the whole rule: we link out to the businesses we are not competing with, and we do not link out to the ones we are. Stating it openly is the point.
How the directory earns
- The storage business funds it. UniMove pays for the directory. That is the main commercial logic of the whole site.
- Featured placement is paid, and labelled. A complementary business can pay for a Featured listing, which lifts it within its own city and category. It is clearly marked and it never outranks a stronger listing on merit. We do not sell the top of a list.
- Claiming a listing is free. Any business can claim and correct its listing at no cost.
- Insurance affiliate is dormant. The directory is built to support an affiliate arrangement for insurance, but it is currently switched off and earns nothing. If it is ever switched on, this page will be updated to disclose it, on the day it goes live.
What we will never do
We will never sell a ranking position, never present our own service as a neutral recommendation, never hide who operates this site, and never fabricate a listing to pad a count. If any of that changes, this page changes first.
Questions about any of this go to [email protected]. See also our about page and how we list.
Does Everything Student own the storage service it recommends?
Yes, and we say so plainly. Student storage and moving are run by UniMove, the same business that operates this directory. It is our own service, not a neutral pick, and it is labelled that way everywhere it appears.
Are the cafés, gyms and shops connected to you?
No. The complementary businesses we list are independent, with no commercial tie to us. They get a normal, dofollow link to their own website. We do not link out to rival storage or moving firms, because those compete with our own service.
Do you take money to rank a business higher?
No. Featured is paid inventory, clearly labelled, that lifts a business within its city and category without ever outranking a stronger listing on merit. We never sell a position at the top of a list.
Do you earn commission on insurance?
There is an affiliate arrangement for insurance built into the directory, but it is currently switched off and earns nothing. If it is ever switched on, this page will say so, on the day it happens.