Creating and editing a fleet item
Covers what is a buffer window? (Buffer Between Rentals), item variants: color, size, and other options, common questions: creating and editing a fleet item.
Common questions
- What is a buffer window? (Buffer Between Rentals)The gap Renta enforces after a rental returns before the same item can go out again, for cleaning or resetting.
- Item variants: color, size, and other optionsTrack different versions of the same item, like sizes or colors, and how many of each you have, either by assigning a version to each unit or by typing counts.
- Common questions: creating and editing a fleet itemQuick answers on adding and editing a rental item, from photos, SKU, tags, rates, packages, discounts, deposit and waivers to Live or Draft, Save as Template, clone and delete.
- Requiring an inspection before a rental goes outTurn on a checklist your team must complete before handing this item to a renter.
- Add-ons on one itemAdd-ons are paid extras (helmet, fuel, insurance) that can be offered with an item as required, optional or hidden. Attach them through the item editor's Add-ons card, or delegate to a connected AI assistant.
- Multi-day and multi-hour discounts on one itemAutomatic discounts that kick in when a rental spans more days or hours than a threshold you set.
- Naming and describing a rental itemThe item's name, photos, SKU, category, and public description — the first tab when you create or edit an item.
- Maintenance schedules on one itemTurn maintenance tracking on for an item, see its recurring service tasks, and find where to change them.
- Flat rates vs. Packages: choosing how an item is pricedChoose between simple flat rates (full day, half day, hourly) or named pricing tiers like "Standard" and "Premium."
- Temporarily hiding an item for servicePut a unit into maintenance and choose whether to hide it from your storefront for a date range, without deleting the item.
- Post-ride (return) inspection checklistA checklist your team must complete when a machine comes back, which blocks the Finish rental button until every box is checked.
- Publishing an item to your storefrontThe final review step, what blocks publishing, and how to archive or delete an item.
- Waivers, age minimums, and requirements on one itemChoose which waiver applies to one item, and set its minimum age and minimum skill level.