Launching a new warehousing service near Branson MO

When I began decorating and outfitting vacation rentals, I immediately identified a challenge in this industry: During the design phase, when you’re buying and collecting all the things that will go into the property, you need a place to store all these materials until they are ready to be installed. Years later, I’ve finally designed a solution – and I’m sharing it with the entire Branson business community.

Growing pains come with every business

I began Branson Upstaging from my home. I initially focused my interior design service on staging for realtors in Greater Branson, Missouri (hence the name Branson Upstaging). As a certified Expert Psychological Stager™, I enjoyed using the science of visual perception, furniture placement, and color psychology to influence an emotional attachment.

But there was one recurring challenge: Where do I get all the stuff to temporarily furnish an entire house? Larger cities have special staging warehouses where stagers can rent everything they need – but Branson doesn’t. I was working out of my house, and it didn’t make financial sense to buy all those furnishings myself and rent my own storage facility.

I then transitioned to focusing specifically on interior design for vacation rental properties. This alleviated the need for me to have large amounts of inventory and storage space. But I found that my clients, the property investors, didn’t have a safe place to put their furnishings and building materials either.

Special challenges faced by vacation rental property investors

When you’re building or flipping a house, you may not always be on-site to receive shipments such as appliances, fixtures, and furniture. And sometimes items arrive at an inconvenient time. Even if you are on-site, you may not have space inside the building to store all your materials until they are ready to use. That means your valuable merchandise could be left outside – exposed to the weather and vulnerable to thieves.

I eventually rented an office space with enough room to store smaller decorative items but not larger items such as furniture and appliances (as well as bulky building materials such as flooring and bathtubs).

I realized this was a huge obstacle for out-of-state investors who couldn't be present to receive deliveries. I told my husband, "Someone needs to open a receiving warehouse here in Branson!"

Finally, a local warehouse for the home decor & builder industries (& beyond)

I recently moved into a new office space with an attached warehouse and a loading dock. I decided not to keep this great resource all to myself. I’m opening it up to the entire Branson-area business community under the name Branson Warehousing.

Our new warehousing service lets you shop online and ship products to us. We will store them for you until you’re ready to pick them up.

Branson Warehousing provides a safe place to receive packages and shipments. We collect the items from delivery drivers, document them into our inventory, and hold them in our secure facility until you are ready to retrieve them.

If you are an out-of-town investor preparing a short-term rental in the Branson area, we can be your “boots on the ground” business partner, gathering all the pieces until your crew is ready to furnish the unit.

My first client is a realtor friend who is building a new vacation rental. He had no idea where to ship all his building materials and furnishings. He said this new warehousing solution is “so amazing.”

Warehousing solutions for other Branson-area businesses

You don’t have to be in the home-building business to use this warehousing service.

If you operate a small brick-and-mortar or home-based business that is bursting at the seams, you can store your extra inventory in our secure warehouse until you need it. There is no need to rent a larger commercial space. Simply partner with us and get the space you need, when you need it. You can rent a small space or a large section of our warehouse. We offer month-to-month, no-contract assistance to your growing business.

About Branson Warehousing: Branson Warehousing is a package receiving and warehousing service near Branson, Missouri. It is conveniently located about three miles south of the Branson Strip, at 162 Industrial Park Dr # A, Hollister, MO 65672. The phone number is (417) 527-0373. The website is https://bransonwarehousing.com.

About Branson Upstaging: Holly Jones with Branson Upstaging specializes in residential interior design and vacation rental interior design. She works with local clients in the greater Springfield-Branson MO area as well as remote clients around the United States.