To add an item to your party rental inventory in Papalocal, tap Add rental item on the Inventory tab. Give it a name, a description, photos, a price per rental and how many you own. Untick Customers can book it online to keep it off your booking page.
Step by step
Before you start: you need a Papalocal account and your rental company on Papalocal. Put your business on Papalocal shows how.
0:00Open Add rental item. In Rentals, on the Inventory tab, tap + Add rental item.
0:06Name it. Type the Product Name and a short Description customers will read.
0:10Add photos. Drag them into Photos, or tap the box to pick them.
0:15Set the price and how many.Customers can rent this item is already ticked. Type the Price per rental and How many do you own? No day can be booked for more than you own.
0:24Keep it off online booking if you need to. This tent needs a site visit first, so untick Customers can book it online. It stays off your booking page, and you can still book it yourself.
0:33Save it. Tap Create Product. It saves with its photo and opens again as Edit Product, so you can change it any time.
0:40Find it on Inventory. Back on the Inventory tab, it's in the list, marked Not booked online.
Good to know
More boxes in Rent this item. There's a deposit percent, the crew needed and the setup time. You can also block days before or after, for cleaning or drying.
Rentals aren't for sale. Rental items are booked by date and kept off Local Market.
Phone-only items. With online booking unticked, only bookings you enter yourself use the item. Take a booking by hand shows one.
Pinewood Party Rentals and its $595 tent are made up.
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Your rental inventory is one part of running your rental company on Papalocal.
The everything app. As simple as you want it, or as complete as you allow it to be.
Looking for event rental inventory software? Each item sits beside your bookings, payments and website.
The plan holds, in one place:
Your customer list: each lead and customer, with their quotes and jobs on one page
Quotes, jobs and schedule
Invoices and pay links
Your website, on a domain you own
Google Business Profile sync, for your first location
Reviews: links, QR codes and an embed
Time clock, team chat and training
The same account holds your own side too: music, books, messages, your money and your people. Some of it has paid upgrades.
Free to sign up, no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them.
Once you turn the plan on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee. It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Papalocal's founder, Garret Merkley, has started 7 local service businesses in 16 years. He bought one, sold one and closed some.
It's free to sign up, with no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them. The plan starts only when you turn it on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee.
How is it billed, and can I cancel?
It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Will Papalocal find me customers?
No. Papalocal gives you the tools. Finding customers is your work.
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