Skip to content

Essentials Update: More and Better!

June: It’s a great month for cookouts, championship series, and another Rental Essentials update.

So what’s new?

More integration! Your customers can now log in to the customer storefront via Facebook as well, eliminating the need to create a username and password (and try to remember it). You’ll be able to map out addresses with Google Maps directly in the software. Just click on the icon next to the address.

More app functionality! You can now mark damage, maintenance, and losses within the Rental Essentials app.

More subrenting options! Before this update, you could only subrent unserialized items. Now you can also subrent serialized items, making it possible to subrent anything now.

Better user experience! When you enter a customer’s information into the system to begin a system, their recent contracts will appear in a list before you create a new one. You’ll also be able to modify tax rates in one click from the tax configuration menu.

Better guidance! Sometimes people collect payments before issuing an invoice. Now, when you’re attempting to issue an invoice, Essentials notices when you’ve accepted a payment and asks you if you want to create the invoice for the payment that’s already been made.

We’ve also added help videos throughout the application. Find them by using the Help buttons in the top right hand corner of screens within the software.

Try these and Essentials’ other features free for 14 days with our pre-loaded demo site (no credit card required). If you like what you see, join Essentials and we’ll give you another 14 days to get your site running the way you want it, on the house.

Share:

More Posts

Collin Pike, Matt Gaffin, and Brian Beaudry in video chat boxes.

Welcoming the Future of AI in Rental Management

Point of Rental has launched its first-ever AI feature designed to supercharge product descriptions for customer-facing websites. Starting with Essentials, and soon to expand to Elite and Syrinx 365, this AI-driven capability enhances how rental businesses interact with their customers.   We sat down with two key figures in this

Brad Kniep in the American Rental warehouse stands next to a stack of tables that are pre-staged to go on the next truck.

6+ Efficiency Tips & Tricks from a Rental Expert

6+ Efficiency Tips & Tricks from a Rental Expert   Everyone in the rental industry could use a little more time.   Few of them take as many opportunities to make more of it as Brad Kniep from American Rental. The company’s headquarters in Morton, Ill. is full of thoughtful

Grease-covered bins of tool parts, including what looks like a repurposed red lunch meat container thrown in on top.

Stop Stocking So Many Parts!

We’ve all done it.   When I worked in the event industry, there was one year where people started asking about gold flatware. We jumped to stay ahead of the trend, purchasing over 1,000 pieces of gold place settings to match our existing gold-band plates. The fad never fully materialized,

Get your tailored demo today

Let’s find a solution for your business!