My brother was starting a Shopify store renting out moving equipment: boxes, containers, that kind of thing. Shopify is built for selling products, not lending them, and he had no simple way to track rental inventory, bookings, and returns inside the admin he already used.
RentalFlow turns your Shopify store into a rental business. Manage inventory, track bookings, and handle availability, all from the Shopify admin you already know.
Built for businesses that rent products and need a simple way to manage it without leaving Shopify.
Install the app
Add RentalFlow to your Shopify store from the Shopify App Store. Setup takes minutes.
Set up your rentals
Mark products as rentable, set pricing periods, and configure availability rules.
Manage bookings
Track active rentals, upcoming returns, and inventory availability from one dashboard.
Build for one real customer, then list it
RentalFlow was built as a one-off for my brother's store. Once it worked for him, listing it on the Shopify App Store cost nothing extra and answered a question: does anyone else want this? That's the cheapest market research there is.
The Shopify App Store review took three to four weeks. After shipping seven apps through Apple's review, that wait was a lesson in how different every platform's gatekeeping really is.
Seven stores have installed it. One started a paid plan, then cancelled with the feedback "not the correct app for my store." That stung, but it's a real signal about positioning: the listing attracts rental businesses whose workflows the app doesn't fit yet. I check it every day, and it stays a low-priority bet unless demand shows up.
RentalFlow is available on the Shopify App Store.