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Rental Bundles for WooCommerce: Hire out complete kits as one bookable product
If you run a rental store on WooCommerce, you already know the problem. Customers rarely want to rent just one item. They need complete setups, which is where WooCommerce rental bundles make all the difference. The photographer needs a camera, a lens, a tripod, and a bag. The event planner needs tables, chairs, and a…
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Splash Popup 2.0: Completely Rebuilt for Modern WooCommerce Stores
We’ve been working on something big. Splash Popup 2.0 is a complete rewrite – not an incremental update, but a ground-up rebuild of everything from the admin experience to the frontend rendering engine. The original plugin did one thing: let you assign a WordPress page as a popup, with a separate page for logged-in and…
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Order Delivery for WooCommerce v4 Is Here 🚀
Over the past year, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to significantly improve our Order Delivery for WooCommerce extension. We’ve now launched Version 4 – bringing more flexibility, clearer settings, and better performance. 🚚 Separate Delivery & Pickup Scheduling Previously, delivery scheduling controlled both deliveries and local pickups using the “Enable for local pickup”…
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Booqable alternative: why WooCommerce store owners choose Rental Products instead
If you’re running a rental business on WooCommerce and researching Booqable, you’ve probably noticed it’s a completely separate platform. That means migrating your entire operation away from WooCommerce, or running two disconnected systems. For the 15,000+ stores already using Kestrel plugins, that’s a non-starter. Here’s why Rental Products for WooCommerce makes more sense for existing…
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How to handle rental quotes with WooCommerce Rentals
WooCommerce rental quotes let you review orders before accepting payment with Rental Products for WooCommerce. Customers submit requests, you evaluate them, and stock only gets reserved when you approve. This workflow makes sense for rental businesses that need to verify availability before committing inventory, adjust pricing for specific requests, or control which orders get fulfilled…
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WooCommerce rental inventory: the complete guide
Rental Products for WooCommerce powers camera gear rentals, bouncy castle empires, wedding dress try-ons, ski equipment shops, party supply warehouses, tool libraries, costume rental businesses, and at least one company that rents out tiny houses on wheels. If you’re renting something we haven’t seen yet, we’d genuinely love to hear about it. But the plugin…
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WooCommerce membership store credit: a better perk than discounts
Most membership programs offer the same tired perks: a percentage discount, early access to sales, free shipping. These work, but they’re passive. Your members receive them whether they engage or not. Membership store credit changes this dynamic. When actual money lands in a member’s wallet every month, you create a reason to come back, browse,…
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Setting up video content restriction for paying members with WooCommerce
Whether you’re running an online course, a coaching program, or a private community, embedded restricted video helps you connect more deeply and keep people engaged. But there’s a common problem with video content restriction in WooCommerce: once a video is embedded on your site, anyone with the link can share it elsewhere. Constellation is Kestrel’s…
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$20K in 48 Hours: Building a WooCommerce Reservation System That Actually Works
Imagine 250 homeowners vying for 21 prime lake buoys, with a reservation system held together by spreadsheets and good intentions. That was the reality for one homeowners’ association (HOA) until Brian Anderson of Tahoe Web Company stepped in to help with a custom built WooCommerce reservation system. This case study covers how Brian helped a…
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Order Delivery Dates for Smarter WooCommerce Stores
Order Delivery for WooCommerce (3.0+) is now the most flexible, production-ready delivery plugin, with built-in support for: time slots, custom cutoffs, local pickup workflows, and even WooCommerce Subscriptions. And in 3.0+, support for the WooCommerce block checkout. Whether you deliver fresh flowers on weekends, ship subscription boxes monthly, or handle pickups on a specific day…
