They'll look you up before moving day
People hand you everything they own. Give them numbers and an address to check first.
What the home page says
Section by section, in the order a visitor reads it.
Numbers you can check
Federal rules require movers crossing state lines to register, and federal guidance tells customers to check. Put your USDOT and MC numbers near the top, and link to the government's lookup so people can see for themselves.
Local and long-distance
A cross-town apartment and a move to another state have different rules and prices. Give each a page. Local moves often price by the hour, and interstate moves by weight or volume.
How estimates work
Federal guidance warns about estimates given without seeing the goods. Explain how you survey a home, in person or by video, what you put in writing, and what makes an estimate binding.
Coverage in plain words
Many customers assume everything's insured for what it's worth. Explain the two options, full value protection and released value, and what each pays if a lamp breaks.
Packing and special items
Pianos, safes, antiques and storage are extras many people want, and ones that earn a higher price. Say which you handle and what's different about moving them.
Real trucks, real address
Scam brokers hide behind generic names and no address. Show your trucks with your name on them, your crew, and the street address of your yard or office.
How they search
- movers near me
- local movers
- long distance moving companies
- apartment movers
- moving company quotes
- piano movers near me
- packing services near me
- office movers
- how much do movers cost
What earns their trust
- USDOT and MC numbers, if you cross state lines
- A state mover license, where your state requires one
- The street address of your office or yard
- Your own trucks and crew, named and photographed
- Written estimates, and what makes one binding
- Both coverage options, explained in plain words
- A link to the federal booklet on customers' rights when moving
How it gets found
What moves a moving company up in a town's results.
Keep local and long-distance apart
Local movers near me and long distance moving companies are different searches, with different buyers and different rules. Each needs its own page, with its own proof.
Use the address you work from
Google expects a location with staff during its hours, or else a service area with no address shown. A mailbox passed off as a branch risks the listing, and anyone who drives past to check will see it too.
Write the routes you really run
A page on moves between Omaha and Denver helps if you run that lane often, with real details on timing and pickup windows. Copied city-to-city pages are what Google's doorway policy warns about.
Ask for the review after unpacking
Moving day is chaos. Send your review link a day or two later, when they've found the coffee maker and still remember the crew's names.
How to sell one
Movers carry a trust problem most of them didn't create. Federal warnings about rogue movers and stories of furniture held hostage mean an honest local company meets the same suspicion as a fake broker, and many pay lead sites for people who've already had several calls.
If they cross state lines, look up their USDOT number in the federal search before you send anything, and add it to the demo. The Transportation Department's inspector general lists a site with no local address and no registration details as a warning sign, so show them theirs answers it. In Radar, search Moving companies.
- “My leads come from the big quote sites.”
- Those leads usually go to several movers, and the customer has five calls by lunch. Someone who finds your own site is looking at you alone.
- “People just want the lowest price.”
- Until they've read one horror story. Your numbers, your address and a written estimate are what the careful ones look for, and they're less likely to haggle once they trust you.
- “We only do local moves. Federal stuff doesn't apply.”
- Then say so, and show what does apply: your state's license where it requires one, your insurance, your address and your crew. A customer afraid of scams won't know the difference until you explain it.
- “Google reviews are enough.”
- They help. People also know reviews can be faked in this trade. Reviews beside a number they can check and a place they can drive past are much harder to fake.
Common questions
Can't find your answer? Read Shingle Help or email [email protected].
Your legal name, street address, USDOT and MC numbers if you cross state lines, local and long-distance pages, how you do estimates, your coverage options, photos of your own trucks and a form for the move's date, addresses and size. All of that helps a careful customer verify you.
Federal registration applies to movers that cross state lines. A company that stays within one state follows that state's rules, which vary, and some require a license or permit of their own. Show whichever numbers you hold, and say plainly if you only do local moves.
Be careful. Federal guidance warns about estimates given without seeing the goods, and interstate movers must put estimates in writing. A form can collect the date, addresses, home size and stairs, then you follow with a survey and a written estimate. Say that's how it works, and people will read it as care.
In plain words. Interstate movers must offer full value protection and released value, and released value pays by weight, whatever an item is worth. Describe both, say which costs more, and link to the federal booklet on customers' rights. Have someone check your wording against your own paperwork.
They can ask for one. A form collects what you need for an estimate and sends it to you. A booking page suits an in-home or video survey better than the move itself, since you'll want to see the goods first. Shingle takes no payments or deposits.
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