All plans
Sizes as variants, each with its own stock
Turn on stock by variant so every size is booked separately. Fixed hire periods, such as a 3-day party hire, set the return date for the customer.
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Costume hire website on Shopify
Turn your Shopify store into a costume hire website. Customers pick a costume, a size and their party dates, add wigs or props, and pay the hire and bond through Shopify checkout.
The hard part
What makes costume hire hard to run on a normal store
Adult and child sizes of the same costume
A pirate costume might come in five sizes, each with only one or two pieces. Customers need to see which size is free for their date before they fall in love with it.
Halloween and World Book Day sell out at once
Demand piles into a few weeks of the year. Popular sizes are gone early, and the prices for those weeks should not match a quiet February weekend.
Make-up, tears and missing pieces
Costumes come back stained or without the hat, sword or tail. You need a bond and a list of what went out, not a debate at the counter.
How Rentshelf handles it
Built into your Shopify product pages and admin
Each answer below uses a feature that exists in Rentshelf today. The label shows which plans include it.
Add-ons on all plans · bundles on Starter & Growth
Accessories as add-ons or bundles
Offer wigs, masks and props as add-ons priced per booking or per day. On Starter and Growth, build a full outfit as a bundle from component products so each piece's stock is used.
Seasonal on Starter & Growth · waitlist on Growth
Peak-season pricing and a waitlist
Set seasonal rates for date ranges such as Halloween week on Starter and Growth. On Growth, add weekend rates and a waitlist that alerts a verified customer when a sold-out size opens up.
Try it as a customer
Demo store
There is no costume in the demo store yet. These products show the same fixed hire periods, add-ons and bond.
- Open the demo and enter the store password.
- Pick your dates and any extras on the product page.
- Add to cart to see the total and what is due today.
Plans
Start free, upgrade when the calendar fills
Paid plans include a 7-day free trial and are billed through Shopify.
Free
$0forever
3 rental products · bookings up to 15 days ahead
Starter
$9.99/month
25 rental products · bookings up to 90 days ahead
Growth
$19.99/month
Unlimited rental products · bookings up to 365 days ahead
FAQ
Costume hire questions
Can customers choose a costume size?
Yes. Use Shopify variants for sizes and turn on stock by variant. Each size has its own rentable quantity, so a booked child's medium does not block the adult large.
How do I charge more for Halloween or World Book Day?
Add seasonal pricing for the date range on Starter or Growth. Rentshelf does not know these holidays itself, so you enter the dates each year.
Can I rent wigs and props with a costume?
Yes. Add them as add-ons with a per-booking or per-day price; Free allows 3 add-ons per product and paid plans are unlimited. If an accessory has limited stock of its own, a bundle built from component products on Starter or Growth keeps its count accurate.
How do I handle damage and missing pieces?
Use the security deposit model to add a refundable bond at checkout. Rentshelf does not refund it automatically: you check the costume on return and refund through your normal Shopify order process.
What happens when a popular size is fully booked?
On Growth, the rental waitlist records the customer's dates and size without reserving stock and alerts them once if suitable capacity opens.
Can customers book Halloween costumes weeks in advance?
The booking window is 15 days on Free, 90 days on Starter and 365 days on Growth, so early peak-season bookings usually need a paid plan.
Keep reading
Guides, docs and tools for costume hire
Give each size its own count with variant stock, and build complete outfits with rental bundles with shared stock.
Still weighing up apps? See our guide to the best Shopify rental apps for prices, free plans and booking limits side by side.
- GuideVariant stock for sizes and colours
- GuideSeasonal rental pricing on Shopify
- GuideTurning cancellations into waitlist offers
- GuideEvidence to keep before refunding a deposit
- DocsRental waitlist ↗
- ToolRental add-on revenue leak calculator
- CompareRentshelf vs The Dress Rental App
- IndustryDress hire for events and formals
Launch costume hire on your Shopify store
Install Rentshelf free, set up your first three rental products and take a test booking before you go live.