# The Dress Rental App

> Shopify app for dress hire and fashion rental businesses. Merchants rent dresses by date with a booking calendar on product pages, automatic date blocking, bonds, cleaning fees, insurance and add-ons, returns and late fees, try-on appointments, Shopify POS rentals and a per-dress profit tracker.

- Install: https://apps.shopify.com/dress-rental-app
- Website: https://thedressrentalapp.com/
- Developer: Dress Hire Websites, Fern Bay NSW, Australia (https://www.dresshirewebsites.com.au)
- Support: dresshirewebsites@gmail.com · Instagram @dresshirewebsites · YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@DressHireWebsites
- Pricing (USD per month, billed through Shopify): Free $0 (15 bookings/month), Starter $8.99 (30), Growth $24.99 (100), Big Business $54.99 (unlimited). Email notifications and the profit tracker are on every plan. Search by Date, Request a Dress and Vacation Capsule need Starter or above.
- Works with: Shopify Checkout, Customer accounts, Shopify POS, Shopify Admin
- Requires a Shopify store. It does not work on Wix, Squarespace, WooCommerce or other platforms. Merchants without Shopify can start a free Shopify trial (https://shopify.pxf.io/c/7392749/1061744/13624) or order the done-for-you website package (https://thedressrentalapp.com/website-package).
- Full documentation in one file: https://thedressrentalapp.com/llms-full.txt

## Getting started

- [Before you start: disable other rental apps](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/disable-other-apps.md): Before using The Dress Rental App, disable or uninstall any other rental apps. Two rental apps on one store will conflict on your product pages and at checkout.
- [Quick setup wizard](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/quick-setup.md): The fastest way to set up the app: answer nine questions about your shop and it configures your rental rules for you.
- [Setup checklist](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/checklist.md): Set up the app manually by following these steps in order. Set your defaults before adding products so every dress you import picks them up.
- [Add the rental calendar to your products](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/widget.md): Place the rental booking calendar on your Shopify product pages so customers can pick their dates.

## Settings

- [General settings](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/general.md): Your store profile details are pulled from your Shopify store by default. You can change them here.
- [Rental settings](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/rental.md): Your store-wide rental rules. They apply to new rental products unless you override them on an individual product.
- [Delivery methods & booking dates](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/delivery.md): Delivery settings control the delivery method names on the product page and how dates are blocked on the storefront calendar.
- [Checkout delivery lock, shipping charges & weekly cut-offs](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/delivery-checkout.md): Keeps the delivery option at checkout the same as the method chosen on the product page.
- [Booking settings](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/booking-settings.md): Control how staff create and edit bookings, and set up late fees, customer disputes and bond refunds.
- [Notifications & email templates](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/notifications.md): Choose who receives automatic rental and try-on emails, edit each email template, and send overdue reminders.
- [Data tools](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/data-tab.md): Imports, exports and maintenance tools for your rental data.
- [Collection automation](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/automation.md): Automatically create Shopify collections and menu links for brands, sizes, colours and styles, so customers can browse your range.

## Rental products

- [Import rental products](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/import.md): Choose which of your Shopify products become rentals.
- [Bulk import by product type](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/bulk-import.md): Import every Shopify product of one product type at once, for example all products with the type Dress Hire.
- [Automatic rental product import](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/auto-import.md): New Shopify products with a chosen Product Type are added to Rental Products automatically, so you don't have to import each new dress.
- [Edit a rental product](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/edit-product.md): In Rental Products, click the pencil icon to open Edit Product. Each section can override your store defaults for this dress only.
- [Archive products & bulk edit fees](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/archive.md): Stop renting a dress without losing its history, bring archived dresses back, and update bonds or cleaning fees on many products at once.
- [Duration-based rentals](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/duration.md): With the Fixed durations model, customers pick a rental length from a list, and each length is priced by its Shopify variant.
- [Next business day rentals](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/next-business-day.md): With next business day rentals, customers only pick a start date and the return date is set to the next weekday automatically.
- [Rental inventory CSV import](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/inventory-csv.md): Set product-level or variant-level rental quantities for many products at once.

## Bookings

- [Bookings page & statuses](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/bookings.md): Every rental order placed through your storefront, POS or a manual booking appears in Bookings.
- [Inside a booking](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/booking-details.md): Each booking has tabs for the product, customer, delivery, payments, history, disputes and staff notes. Click View booking to open it.
- [Add a manual booking](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/manual-booking.md): Record bookings taken over the phone, by DM or in person, so they block the calendar.
- [Tracking & fulfilment](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/tracking.md): Add tracking numbers to a booking and the app updates the Shopify order and fulfils it for you.
- [Late fees, bond refunds & costs](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/late-fees-bonds.md): Refund bonds, charge late fees and record cleaning and repair costs from each booking's Payments tab.
- [Customer disputes & damage claims](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/disputes.md): Turn on Enable customer disputes in Settings → Bookings. Each booking then has a Customer Disputes tab.
- [Move from another rental app](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/import-orders.md): Import your current bookings so their dates are blocked from day one.
- [Manually block out dates](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/block-dates.md): Booked dates are blocked automatically. Use manual blocking to make a dress unavailable on other dates, for example when it's away for repairs.
- [Holiday mode](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/holiday.md): Stop all new bookings across your store for one or more date ranges, for example over Christmas or while you're away.
- [Terms and conditions checkbox](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/terms.md): Require customers to accept your rental terms before completing their booking.

## Try-ons & in store

- [Set up try-on appointments](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/try-on.md): Let customers book in-store try-ons from your product pages.
- [Manage try-on appointments](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/try-on-appointments.md): Book try-on appointments for customers yourself, and reschedule, cancel or review appointments from the Try-ons page.
- [Try-on Calendar block](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/try-on-block.md): Add the Try-on Calendar app block to your product pages so customers can book try-on appointments, then style it to match your theme.
- [Google Calendar sync](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/google-calendar.md): Automatically create, reschedule and remove Google Calendar events for try-on appointments.
- [Shopify POS rentals](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/pos.md): Create rental bookings in store and take payment through Shopify POS, using the same availability as your website.

## Storefront & add-ons

- [Customise the rental widget](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/widget-customise.md): Change the rental widget's wording, colours and layout, both in the app and in your Shopify theme editor.
- [Booking form fields](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/booking-fields.md): Collect extra details from customers when they book. Go to Booking Fields & Add Ons → Booking Form Fields.
- [Insurance, custom add-ons, upsells & accessories](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/fees.md): Earn more from each rental with optional insurance, custom add-ons, upsell products and date-aware accessories.
- [Search by Date widget](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/search-widget.md): A storefront search where customers choose their date, duration, delivery method and size, then see only the dresses available.
- [Quote requests: Request a Dress, Vacation Capsule & Price Match](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/quote-requests.md): Take enquiries from customers and reply with a quote. Everything lands in Quote Requests, sorted into tabs.

## Reports & plans

- [Dashboard](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/dashboard.md): An overview of your rental business. Change the date range at the top (the default is the last 30 days) and everything updates.
- [Profit tracker](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/profit.md): See how profitable each dress really is. The summary shows Total revenue, Total costs, Net profit and Total Rental Bookings.
- [Plans & booking limits](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/plans.md): The Dress Rental App has a free plan and three paid plans, priced by how many rental bookings you take each month.

## Help

- [Troubleshooting](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/troubleshooting.md): Fixes for the most common problems: the calendar not showing, dates customers can't book, delivery options, product imports, emails and booking limits.
- [FAQ](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/faq.md): Quick answers to common questions about The Dress Rental App for Shopify.
- [Data & privacy](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/data.md): The app never sells customer data or uses it for advertising or profiling. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
- [Contact support](https://thedressrentalapp.com/docs/support.md): Inside the app, open Support & Tutorials for help guides and videos, or use the floating chat widget for live help.

## Optional

- [Complete website package](https://thedressrentalapp.com/website-package): Dress Hire Websites builds a full dress rental Shopify website with The Dress Rental App set up, for $550 AUD one-off, built in 20 days. Optional Priority fast turnaround: 5 business days for +$149 AUD (revision time not included).
- [Privacy policy](https://thedressrentalapp.com/privacy)