RentshelfHire wedding gowns, bridesmaid dresses and veils from your Shopify store. Brides reserve the wedding date months ahead, pay a booking deposit now and settle the balance before collection, while alteration and cleaning days stay blocked.
A gown is often reserved a season before the wedding. You need the date held now, part of the payment taken, and the rest collected closer to the day.
A bride usually tries the gown on and has it taken in or hemmed before the wedding. Those days come before the hire starts, not after it.
If a gown is double-booked or not cleaned in time, there is no quick substitute on the morning of a wedding. Some brides ask to hold a backup size as well.
Each answer below uses a feature that exists in Rentshelf today. The label shows which plans include it.
Use the booking deposit model so the bride pays a percentage or fixed amount at checkout. Rentshelf records the remaining balance and, with Shopify draft order permission, can send a payment link for it. Add a separate refundable bond with the security deposit model.
Buffer days before a hire cover fittings and alterations; buffer days after it cover cleaning and repairs. Customers cannot book the gown on those days.
Growth lets brides book up to 365 days ahead and sign a rental agreement through their private booking link, covering care, alterations and damage.
This product shows a Rent / Buy choice on one formalwear product, which bridal shops use when a gown can be hired or bought.
There is no bridal gown in the demo store yet. These formalwear products use the same date, size and deposit setup.
Paid plans include a 7-day free trial and are billed through Shopify.
3 rental products · bookings up to 15 days ahead
25 rental products · bookings up to 90 days ahead
Unlimited rental products · bookings up to 365 days ahead
15 days ahead on Free, 90 days on Starter and 365 days on Growth. Most bridal hire businesses that take bookings a season ahead will need Growth.
Yes. Choose the booking deposit model so only part of the hire is paid at checkout. The remaining balance is tracked on the booking, and if you approve Shopify draft order permission Rentshelf can create a payment-link invoice for it.
Rentshelf can sell a separate timed product with appointment time slots, where the quantity is how many fittings you can run at once. It does not link that fitting to a specific gown booking automatically, and staff calendars and stylists are outside its scope.
Yes, by booking the second size as its own line item. With stock by variant, each size has its own rentable count, so the backup is genuinely reserved. Rentshelf does not pair or auto-release the backup; you refund or cancel it under your own policy.
On Starter and Growth, set buffer days before the hire for fittings and alterations and buffer days after it for cleaning. You can also add calendar blackouts on any plan when a gown is out for repair.
The dress hire page covers short event hires with postage and quick turnarounds. Bridal hire is about long-lead reservations, part payments, fittings and alterations for a single date that cannot move.
Set up booking and security deposits, then add appointment time slots if you sell fittings as a separate timed product.
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Install Rentshelf free, set up your first three rental products and take a test booking before you go live.