Different Types (Styles) of Products You Can Upload to RentalSetup

Why Do Different Types of Products Matter?

Mainly because of the way you price them. For small items you might want to use a price discount table with tiered pricing. For larger items, you may only have one of them.

RentalSetup.com offers several pricing styles so you can customize how you price individual products.

Pricing Styles Available

• Simple Pricing
• Price Table
• Variants with Price Table
• Variant Select
• Sales Item

Simple Pricing

Simple pricing is good for large items, items that you may not have a lot of. For example you may have:

• Unique large bounce houses/jumpers
• Large unique party tents
• Special unique props

For simple pricing the front end will show an add to cart button — customers won't select variants or other items on the main page. The customer will be able to checkout all items on the page.

Price Table

Price table is good for small items or items you have large quantities of. For example:

• Silverware, china, tables
• Chairs and seating
• Linens and napkins

You can offer a discount based on the quantity the customer entered. This is tiered pricing — the more they order, the better the per-unit price.

With large quantity items you can take advantage of the inventory system and prevent booking if the system detects the customer books too many items. You can set the auto detection on or off.

Learn more: See our detailed guide on setting up price discount tables for silverware rentals. If you rent out silverware like forks, you can use RentalSetup to get rental jobs for fine dining events.

Variants with Price Table

This is good for if you have different variants and also large quantities of a variant. Examples include:

• Table clothes in different colors or styles
• Chair covers in multiple fabrics
• Napkins in various colors

You can show a different color or style table clothes and customer can select how much of the variant they want. This pricing style also allows tiered pricing.

Variant Select

This is like price table variant but with a quantity text input field.

One great example: Let's say you have multiples of the same model of a bounce house. If some have wear and tear, you can show the exact one the rentee will get and price it based on the wear and tear.

Use this option if you want to give your customers a specific option of a product. For example if you rent out treadmills, you can display the exact treadmill the user will choose. This way the customer won't be surprised. Each variant of the product will have an internal ID for you to recognize it.

Sales Items

Sales items are items that are sold and not transferred back to you towards the end of the rental. These are like add-ons. Examples include:

• Drinks and beverages
• Plastic plates and disposable items
• Food items
• Flowers and decorations
• Plastic forks or sodas

For example, if someone is renting party equipment from you, they can add on plastic forks or sodas to the order. These are not meant for you to pick up when you pick up the order from the rental job.

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Summary

Selecting a product type will create a product that displays their unique characteristics. For example, Large Quantity items will be shown a price discount table for larger quantity orders. Variant-style products will show different variants of a product a customer can choose from the product page.