Call it Yelp for moving vans . Unpakt , a comparison site that lets visitors find reputable moving companies and book them online , announced Monday that it 's expanding its services , adding the ability to get free , instant price quotes through the site and a tool to help calculate the total cost of a move from various services . `` My goal in founding Unpakt was to bring transparency to the moving industry while taking the hassle out of the booking process for consumers , '' Sharone Ben-Harosh , founder and CEO of Unpakt , said in a media release . Ben-Harosh has worked in the moving industry for more than two decades and started his own company in 1991 . Part of Unpakt 's mission is to eliminate what he says is a common practice among movers -- quoting a price to customers , then adding fees for what are presented as unanticipated costs . Movers booked through the site agree to a flat rate for a job instead of providing an estimate . Unpakt takes a percentage of the fee for jobs booked through the site . Headquartered in New York City , Unpakt is currently available in 45 states and in over 280 cities . Most recently , the site has added moving companies in Denver , Colorado ; Santa Fe , New Mexico ; Raleigh , North Carolina ; Cheyenne , Wyoming and Davenport , Iowa . With the new Quick Quotes feature , users will get price quotes from Unpakt 's pre-approved companies in less than one minute . They can select an offer immediately , locking in the offered price . The Moving Cost Calculator is a widget that can be installed on other websites . It uses the user 's basic moving information , like home size and moving address , and then provides three quotes from local moving companies . Unpakt has approved more than 500 moving companies for its site .
Unpakt lets users get instant quotes from moving companies . The company is also working on a mobile app that will let people book their own move, and then pay for it with the app. Unpakt added two new tools on Monday .