To import products from other websites, like your old one, press Import from a website on your Papalocal Inventory tab. It reads each item's name, description, price and photo. You choose what comes in. Items arrive as drafts customers can't see, until you make them bookable.
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 the import. In Rentals, open Inventory and press Import from a website.
0:09Read your old website. Type its address and press Read the website. Reading can take up to a minute.
0:15See what it found. It finds each item's name, description, price and photo in your website's own store. They're grouped the way your website groups them.
0:24Choose what comes in. Untick anything you don't rent. Set How many of each do you own?, and choose First photo or All photos.
0:31Confirm and import. Tick to say the photos and words are yours to use, then press Import.
0:36Let it run. Items come in as drafts, so customers can't see them yet. Photos copy in the background, and you can close this and keep working.
0:44Make them bookable. Check them over in Inventory. When they're right, press Make all 25 bookable. The number is how many drafts you have.
Good to know
Drafts until you say. Imported items come in as drafts, 1 of each unless you set how many. Making them bookable switches on the drafts that have a price.
What it can read. In the video, it reads the old website's WooCommerce store: each item's name, description, price and photo, in the store's own groups.
Checked again every Monday. For a store like the one in the video, Papalocal reads your old website again each week. It lists new prices, items that are gone and new items, and changes nothing until you choose.
Pinewood Party Rentals, its old website and its items are made up.
Written with AI from this video's script and screens.
Importing your catalog 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 software that starts from the items you already list? Here's what else the plan holds.
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.
No. They come in as drafts. Check them in Inventory, then make them bookable. Only drafts with a price are switched on.
Does it bring in my photos?
Yes. Choose First photo, or All photos for up to 6 per item. Photos copy in the background, so you can close the window and keep working.
What does it leave unticked?
Items with no price, and groups that are rarely rentals, like fees, services, delivery, staff, deposits, DJs or gift cards. Tick any you want.
What is the box I have to tick?
It says you own the photos and descriptions, or have their owner's permission, and you're responsible for how they're used. Import won't start without it.
Can I import from a partner's website?
Yes. The import screen says it reads your own website, or a partner you rent from. Its example is a tent and table company.
What does it cost?
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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