Get started with Rental

Start Rental, add what you rent out with its prices, set your opening hours and make your first rental order - in about fifteen minutes.

Ellibo Rental is where you rent things out: cameras, tools, vehicles, tents, furniture, costumes - anything that goes out and comes back. You make a rental order, Rental shows what is free for those dates as you type, and the schedule shows every item on a timeline, so the same thing is never promised to two customers.

1. Start Rental

Open Rental from the apps menu. The business owner starts it once; every new business gets a 14-day trial of every feature, with no card. You become the first Admin. Home then shows a short Set up Rental list with the next steps.

2. Add what you rent out

Go to Items and click New rental item. Type the name, then choose How you count it:

• By count - you only need to know how many you have, such as 50 folding chairs. Type How many you rent out.
• By unit (serial numbers) - each one has its own code, serial number or plate, such as a camera or a van. Add the units with Add one or Add many.

Already sell the item in your Ellibo books? Use Make an existing item rentable instead, so the same item is used everywhere. See Rental items and units.

3. Set prices and a deposit

On the item, click Add a price and give a price for a length of time: an hour, a day, a week or a month. Add as many as you like - Rental always picks the cheapest mix for the rent time. Set the deposit per unit if you take one. See Prices.

4. Set your opening hours

In Settings > Preferences, set the hours you are open and the days you are closed. Pickups and returns are only offered when you are open. See Opening hours and time between rentals.

5. Make your first rental order

Click New rental order (or + next to Orders). Pick the customer, the pickup and return times, and add items. Each line shows how many are free and the price. Click Save quote to keep it as a quote, or Reserve to hold the items. See Quotes and rental orders.

6. Hand it over

When the customer comes, open Pickup & return, find the order under Pickups today and click Pick up. When it comes back, click Return. See Pickup and return.

Next steps

• Take deposits and charge for late returns: Deposits, late fees and damage.
• Send quotes customers accept online: Online quotes and the customer page.
• Invite your team: Rental users and roles.