Product variants for clothing rental business

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Topic summary

  • A new Shopify store renting baby and kids clothing seeks a product setup that supports size variants (S, M, L) and also requires customers to choose and prepay a rental duration (1–3 months). The poster prefers free options.

  • One reply recommends the Supercycle app, built to handle charging for usage rather than ownership, implying it can manage rental periods and associated billing. Pricing or a free tier for the app was not discussed, and no native Shopify method or alternative apps were detailed.

  • The original poster acknowledged the suggestion and said they would pass it along. No decision, testing results, or implementation feedback was provided.

  • Status: unresolved/ongoing. Additional recommendations—especially free ways to capture rental duration alongside size variants—remain open.

Summarized with AI on December 16. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi,

A friend of mine has just launched her Shopify store where she is renting out baby & kids clothing.

In her product setup she is using the variant selector for the different sizes (S, M, L, etc.), but because it is a rental business she also want her customers to select (and pay) upfront for how long they are going to rent the clothes (1, 2 or 3 months).

Any recommendations on the product setup?

Since this is a recently started business, any free options are much appreciated.

Thanks

Olaf

2

Hi Olaf,

This is exactly why we built Supercycle, handling all of the additional complexity of charging for usage, not ownership.

3

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll pass it on.