Import & configure a rental product
Every rental product in Rentshelf is a link to a product that already exists in Shopify. Rentshelf adds rental rules, availability, pricing and booking metadata around that Shopify product.
1. Open Products
Section titled “1. Open Products”From Shopify admin, open Apps → Rentshelf - Product Rentals → Products.
The Rental products page shows products that are already linked to Rentshelf.
Use Search rental products to find linked rental products by:
- product name
- product handle
- Shopify product ID
This is especially useful for larger catalogs where scrolling through every rental product would be slow.
2. Link a Shopify product
Section titled “2. Link a Shopify product”Click Link product.
In the popup, search Shopify products by name, handle or product ID. You can also filter by Shopify collection when the merchant already has a collection such as Rentals, Hire bikes, Costumes for rent or Seasonal rentals.
Select the products you want to add to Rentshelf and confirm the link action.
3. Configure rental pricing
Section titled “3. Configure rental pricing”Open the linked rental product and choose the pricing model that matches the product:
- Flexible date range — customers choose pickup and return dates.
- Fixed day durations — customers choose packages such as 1 day, weekend, 1 week or custom durations.
- Rent by hours — customers choose a date and hourly slot length.
- Variant durations — Shopify variants represent different rental packages.
If the store is on Starter or Growth, add Seasonal pricing rules for holidays, peak season, weekends, school breaks or low-season discounts.
4. Configure availability and stock
Section titled “4. Configure availability and stock”Set:
- total rentable units;
- minimum and maximum rental duration;
- booking window;
- weekday availability;
- buffer days before or after bookings;
- product-specific blackouts when needed.
Rentshelf tracks rental availability separately from Shopify’s native inventory so stock can return automatically after rental dates end.
5. Add deposits, add-ons and customer inputs
Section titled “5. Add deposits, add-ons and customer inputs”Depending on the workflow, enable:
- booking deposits;
- refundable security deposits;
- optional or required add-ons;
- delivery or collection options;
- customer notes, terms consent or custom fields.
These details are carried into the Shopify cart and order as rental line-item properties.
6. Bulk unlink products
Section titled “6. Bulk unlink products”Use the checkboxes in the Rental products table to select products and unlink them in bulk.
Unlinking removes Rentshelf rental settings from those products. It does not delete the Shopify products, and existing bookings remain available for operations history.