Article Type: Administration Last Modified: Jan 14, 2026
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Zapier Integration & How It Works
This will explain what Zapier is, how you create Zaps, and how it integrates with Essentials.
Article Type: Administration Last Modified: Jul 15, 2025
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Subrentals
If you re-rent from other vendors or companies, this article will show you how to keep track of those re-rentals.
Article Type: Administration, Counter features Last Modified: Jun 9, 2025
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ACH in Essentials (Stripe Payments) (US ONLY)
This guide provides steps for configuring credit card and ACH payment processing. It covers launching the Credit Card Processing menu, configuring payment processors like Stripe, and setting up store-specific ACH configurations. Each location requires its own configuration, and ACH payments are only available for account customers on the Storefront or eSign/ePay platforms. Additionally, ACH payments must be entered manually each time, as recurring billing is not yet supported.
Article Type: Administration Last Modified: Apr 25, 2025
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User Roles
This article will show you each user role that Essentials has and what capabilities each user role does or does not have access to.
Article Type: Administration Last Modified: Mar 25, 2025
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New Customer
This article will show you how to create or add a new customer when creating a new rental transaction.
Article Type: Administration, Counter features Last Modified: Dec 5, 2024
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Barcoding Inventory
This article is intended to discuss all of the different ways that Rental Essentials uses barcodes, both 1D and 2D. It will also discuss hardware options, limitations, and specifics. Rental Essentials uses barcodes in many ways. For a traditional rental store, the most common functions are for stock management, retail, and driver’s licenses. Rental Essentials supports putting a custom value on items and individual pieces of stock. It also supports scanning those barcodes from the POS and the mobile app.
Article Type: Administration Last Modified: Nov 18, 2024
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My User Account
This article will show you what you can do within your Essentials user account.
Article Type: Administration, Counter features Last Modified: Jun 13, 2024
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Adding New Categories
This article will show you how to add new categories via the item or category configuration screen.
Article Type: Administration, Inventory Last Modified: Mar 25, 2024
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Automatic Delivery Fees
This article will show you how to set up automatic delivery fees by postal code.
Article Type: Administration Last Modified: Jan 22, 2024