Uber, but for laundry

Never do
laundry again.

UniHamper connects you with local laundromats and pros who wash, fold, and deliver — often before you'd have finished a single load yourself.

$0until your wash starts
$9.99flat pickup & delivery
Livetracking, chat & call
The flow · 6 steps

From hamper to folded, in six taps.

No quarters, no waiting on a machine, no lugging baskets. Here's the whole thing.

01

Sign up

Just your phone number. In school? Add your dorm details so pickup happens right on campus.

02

Make a request

Wash & fold or dry clean. Estimate your load or weight — the laundromat confirms once they weigh it.

03

Pick your pro

Broadcast to everyone nearby and take the first to accept, or send it straight to a laundromat you trust.

04

Authorize, don't pay

We place a hold on the estimate. You're only charged when your laundry actually starts — cancel free before then.

05

Track it live

Pickup and drop-off alerts, real-time status, and a direct chat or call line to your provider.

06

Get it back fresh

Folded and delivered to your door, or ready for pickup. Delivery is a flat $9.99 straight to your driver.

Why UniHamper

The convenience is the point. The fairness is the difference.

Most laundry apps set the prices and squeeze the shops. We don't. You choose the pro, they keep their rate, and nobody touches your card until the wash begins.

Made with ❤️ in NYC.

You pick the pro

See each provider's price up front and choose who handles your clothes. We connect — you decide.

No charge until it starts

We hold the estimate; the charge only lands when your wash begins. Actual comes in lower? You just pay less.

Real, insured pros

Established laundromats who fold for a living — plus vetted independent providers in select pilot areas.

Fair to the shops

Laundromats keep their full price — we take zero commission from them. Our small convenience fee is on the customer side.

Every step, in real time

Notified on pickup, progress, and delivery. Chat or call your provider directly from the order screen.

No surprise pricing

A drop lands cheaper for free. Any increase is sent to you to approve or reject — never auto-charged.

Straight talk on pricing

What you'll actually pay.

Hold
The estimate is authorized, not charged — until the wash starts.
$9.99
Flat pickup & delivery, paid straight to your driver.
Priority
Some pros add a same-day / next-day surcharge, shown on their card.
You approve
Any increase over the hold needs your OK. Lower needs nothing.
For laundromats & providers

Fill idle machines. Keep every dollar you charge.

Zero commission on your prices

Set pricing by load, by weight, or per item for dry clean. Charge $12 a load plus $5 priority, you're paid the full $17.

Paid out through Stripe

Deposited straight to your account twice a month, free. Need it sooner? Daily payout for a $0.99 admin fee.

Broadcast or direct

Take the first-come broadcast jobs, or let regulars send orders straight to your shop.

Run your day from one Operations page

Today, tomorrow, the next ten days, overdues, and completed jobs — with taxes and fees broken out for you.

Example payout · one order

You quoted it. You keep it.

No cut taken from your rates. Here's how a single wash-and-fold settles.

1 load @ your rate$12.00
Priority (next-day)$5.00
Platform commission$0.00
Your net settlement$17.00
List your laundromat
For students

Run UniHamper on your campus. Get paid for it.

Earn 30% of UniHamper's commission

On every order from your campus — not a one-off bounty. It keeps paying for as long as your campus keeps ordering.

Two ways to grow it

Get students onto the app, and sign up local laundromats near campus. Both feed the same campus you earn on.

Built around your classes

Remote-friendly, no set hours, and no quota to start. Run it from your phone between lectures.

Bring in other ambassadors

Invite another student with your own referral link. They start with a limited-time commission bonus, and they show up in your dashboard.

How the commission works

You earn on the platform's cut — not the shop's.

Your local laundromat never loses a cent to pay you. Here's where your share actually comes from.

Laundromat sets its own pricekeeps 100%
UniHamper's commissionadded on top
Pickup & delivery$9.99 to the driver
You earn 30% of UniHamper's commissionevery campus order

Already have an invite link from another ambassador? Use that one instead — it starts you with a limited-time commission bonus.

Become an ambassador
Questions, answered

The stuff people ask before their first order.

Who actually does my laundry?
Professional, insured laundromats near you — the people who do this for a living. In some areas we're also piloting vetted independent providers. Got a special requirement? Add it to the notes when you place the order.
Do I have to be a student?
No. Students are who we built UniHamper around, but it's open to anyone with laundry and better things to do. You only need a phone number and your zip to sign up — the university and dorm fields are optional and you can skip them. Everything works exactly the same either way.
When am I charged?
Only when your laundry actually starts. Placing an order puts a hold on your card for the estimate — no money moves. You can cancel free anytime before the wash begins.
Why is my price different from the provider's rate?
You choose how to book. Go direct to a shop and you pay their listed price plus our convenience fee. Broadcast it and you get an averaged estimate that's confirmed once a provider accepts. The provider is paid their own rate; the difference is the platform's small fee for connecting you.
What does pickup and delivery cost?
A flat $9.99, and it goes directly to the driver. For pickup and delivery orders you'll give a one-to-two-hour window, and we'll alert you when your provider is on the way and when they arrive.
What's a priority fee?
Some providers offer same-day or next-day turnaround for a surcharge. When they do, it's shown right on their card as you choose a service — no hidden add-ons.
What if something goes wrong with my order?
Every laundromat is insured and professional. Because we connect you directly, issues are worked out between you and your provider first — and if you can't reach an agreement, reach out and we'll help where we can.
Do I need to tip?
Never required — always appreciated. A tip and a rating are a great way to thank a provider who took good care of your clothes.

Still stuck? Send us a message — a real person answers.

I own a laundromat. How do I join?
Download UniHamper HQ, sign up with your phone number and store zip, and follow the setup wizard: your hours, your services, your prices, then connect Stripe so we can pay you. It takes about fifteen minutes. You keep your full rate — we take no commission from your prices.
Can I use this with my own customers, not just students?

Yes — that's deliberate. Students are who we market to, but nothing stops anyone else signing up and ordering. A customer needs a phone number and a zip; the university and dorm fields are optional.

So you can bring your existing regulars onto UniHamper and give them online ordering, live status, card payment, and a receipt — without building an app of your own. The simplest way: create an offer code on the Promos page and hand it to your customers. When they enter it, the order locks to your shop and comes straight to you instead of going out to other providers.

Think of it as digitising the business you already have, with the student demand on top rather than instead.

How do I change a price after I've weighed the order?

Every order starts as the customer's estimate. Once it's on your counter and you know the real number, you correct it — the customer approves, and you're paid on the corrected amount.

  1. Open Dispatch (or Operations) and find the order.
  2. Tap Adjust Price on the order card.
  3. Enter what you actually have:
    • By load — type the real number of loads in Actual Load Count.
    • By weight — type the real pounds in Actual Weight (lbs).
    • Dry clean — set your price per garment (shirts, pants, jackets, suits, dresses, coats). The app adds up the subtotal for you.
  4. Add a short Note to customer — optional, but it saves phone calls. For example: "Comforter was oversized, added a load."
  5. Tap Confirm & Update Price.

The customer gets a text and a notification, taps Approve, and the order carries on exactly where it left off. If they take a while, tap Resend on the order card. One limit: $999 per order — split anything bigger into two.

When does the money actually hit my bank?
Your earnings clear into your payout balance as orders complete, and go out on your payout schedule. Once we release a payout, Stripe settles it to your bank in 2 to 3 business days in most cases — a little longer over weekends and bank holidays. You can watch every stage on the Deposits page.
What does a payout cost me?

Standard is free. We pay out on the 1st and the 15th of every month at no charge.

Want your money sooner? Switch to Daily in Account → Payout Schedule and settled funds go out every day for a $0.99 admin fee per payout. Most shops stay on Standard and keep the fee.

What should I charge?

Whatever works for your shop — you set your own prices and you keep them in full. Rates vary a lot by neighbourhood, so price for yours.

As a starting point: an average load is about 10 lbs, and a lot of shops land near $9.99 per load or $0.99 per pound. Look at what's charged around you, start there, and adjust — you can change your rates any time in Account.

How does promo billing work?
Promos put your shop in front of customers browsing nearby. Every time your promo is displayed, viewed, or used, your impression count goes up. We keep a running tab, and each time it reaches $9.99 we charge the card you saved when you launched the promo. Pause or end a campaign any time from the Promos page — you're only ever billed for impressions already served.
Who handles sales tax?

You do. You're an independent business — you set your tax rate in the app, we collect it from the customer for you, and you remit it to your state. We don't file anything on your behalf.

To get your numbers: open Deposits, tap the round Uncle Sam icon at the top of the page, and you'll get a Tax & Settlement report — gross revenue, service fees, tax collected, delivery and priority fees, order by order. Filter it by Month to Date, Last Month, or Year to Date, then Download PDF and send it to your accountant.

How do I reach a real person?
Tap Support in UniHamper HQ for a direct line to our team, email hello@unihamper.com, or send us a message here and pick "Provider support". We answer during business hours, and faster than that if an order is stuck.

Need a hand with something else? Message provider support.

Get the app

Two apps. Pick your side.

Point your phone camera at the code, or tap straight through to the store. Both apps are free to download.

UniHamper app icon
For customers

UniHamper

Hand off the hamper and get it back washed, folded, and delivered. You pick the pro and see the price before anything is charged.

  • $0 until your wash actually starts
  • $9.99 flat pickup & delivery
  • Live tracking, chat & call
QR code to download UniHamper for iPhone from the App Store
iPhone
App Store
QR code to download UniHamper for Android from Google Play
Android
Google Play

Scanning from a laptop? Open your phone camera and hold it over the code.

UniHamper HQ app icon
For laundromats & pros

UniHamper HQ

Fill idle machines with steady pickup volume. You set your own rates and run the whole day from one Operations page.

  • Zero commission on your prices
  • Paid out through Stripe
  • Broadcast or direct orders
QR code to download UniHamper HQ for iPhone from the App Store
iPhone
App Store
QR code to download UniHamper HQ for Android from Google Play
Android
Google Play

Scanning from a laptop? Open your phone camera and hold it over the code.

Talk to us

Questions, applications, or a shop to sign up.

Fill this in and it lands in our inbox. We read everything and reply to a real address — usually the same business day.

The more detail you give us, the faster we can fix it.
We only use your details to answer you. Nothing else.

Prefer email? hello@unihamper.com reaches the same inbox.

Your weekend just got longer.

Hand off the hamper and get back to everything that isn't laundry. First pickup takes about two minutes to set up.