Quick Pitch: Rentcycle helps rental businesses better serve their customers and better run their own operations through an online inventory and reservation management system.
Genius Idea: The rental industry that Rentcycle targets is for companies that rent heavy-equipment, camera gear, scuba-tanks, and masks -- the kind of stuff that is often beneficial for consumers to rent rather than buy, but that is also rarely available to reservation or viewing online. What Rentcycle does is allow businesses to track their inventory online and take and manage reservations and payments over the web.
I like to go snow skiing, but I don't do it enough to warrant owning my own equipment only to keep it in storage for most of the year. If I could rent my skis or snowboard equipment at the website for the ski lodge I'm visiting in advance of my visit, that would add convenience for me and ensure additional revenue for the lodge.
Some rental operations have their systems online, but a lot don't. I like that Rentcycle is targeting an area that could really benefit from online integration but that usually gets relegated to phone calls or in-person reservations.
What do you think about the prospect of renting equipment online? Let us know!
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