The renter experience
Search by dates first, not by product, so nobody falls in love with a unit that is out all week. Live availability calendar per unit, pricing by hour, day, week or month with automatic long-hire discounts, delivery or yard pickup, and the security deposit shown on the same screen as the rate. Add-ons — helmets, tripods, generators, an extra driver — are booked against their own stock.
The owner and supplier console
Owners list units individually with serial or plate numbers, because two identical drills are not interchangeable when one is broken. Blackout dates, maintenance blocks, buffer time between hires for cleaning and checks, rate cards by season, and minimum hire periods. Extension requests arrive as an approve or decline decision with the next booking's conflict already flagged.
Renter verification and risk
Government ID and, for vehicles, a driver's licence checked against the booking name and expiry date. Selfie match, a second ID or a proof of billing for high-value units, and a deposit scaled to replacement cost. An internal blacklist and an incident log follow a renter across every owner on the platform, which is the whole point of renting through a marketplace instead of a Facebook group.
Handover, return and condition evidence
A guided checklist at pickup: photos of every panel or surface, odometer or hour-meter reading, fuel level, accessories counted, and a signature captured on the phone. The identical checklist at return, side by side with the pickup photos. Disputes stop being one person's word against another's, which is what makes deposit deductions collectable.
Deposits, damage and late fees
Deposits held on card or paid by GCash and refunded on clean return. Damage claims open from the return checklist with the photo pair attached, an itemised cost, and an owner-renter response window before you decide. Late returns bill automatically at your published hourly or daily rate, and the next renter is warned and offered a substitute unit before they arrive to an empty slot.
How the platform earns: commission, listing or subscription
A 10-20% commission per rental is standard and works because you take the payment. A listing or subscription fee suits established rental companies with their own customers who want distribution, not a percentage. A deposit-handling or damage-waiver fee is a real third line — renters pay for the certainty. Delivery margin is a fourth if you run the trucks. We build the mix you choose.
Double-booking prevention
Availability is held the moment checkout starts and released if payment fails, so two renters cannot pay for the same unit in the same minute. Calendars sync in both directions where an owner already runs their own system. Every unit shows one honest availability state, which sounds obvious until you have refunded a Saturday wedding for a camera that was already out.