Setting up your products in Shopify

Create the underlying product in Shopify admin → Products before linking it in Rentshelf.

1. Set the title, description and product images.
2. Make the product available to the Online Store when it is ready to test.
3. Use variants for the real choices customers need, such as size or model. Create duration variants only if you intentionally use variant-based rental durations; fixed packages can instead be configured in Rentshelf.
4. Record the product handle and choose the correct theme template.
5. Review Shopify inventory and fulfillment settings against the intended rental workflow.

Rentshelf maintains date-based rental capacity. Shopify inventory is a separate system: do not automatically disable tracking across an existing catalog, particularly for products also sold outright or used with location-based fulfillment. Test that Shopify stock eligibility and rental capacity both allow the intended checkout.

Link and configure

Open Rentshelf → Products → Link products, select the product and configure its rental pricing, duration and stock. Review the values saved in Rentshelf rather than assuming every Shopify price edit changes every rental pricing rule.

A product URL alone does not install the picker. Add the Rental Calendar Widget to the product template or use compatible embed placement, then test the linked product.

See Configure a rental product and Variant stock.