Author: Ian Misner
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Using the Rental Products calendar with your team
Your delivery driver checks one app, the warehouse uses another, and you’re stuck fielding “what’s going out today?” calls. The iCal feed in Rental Products for WooCommerce exports bookings to Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar—giving everyone visibility without WooCommerce access. Enabling the calendar feed Once enabled, a Feed button appears on the Rentals →…
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Creating rental bundles for WooCommerce
Renting a camera, lens, and tripod separately means three bookings, three availability checks, and confused customers. Rental bundles solve this by packaging multiple products into a single rentable unit with unified pricing and automatic availability tracking. Rental Products for WooCommerce handles the complexity behind the scenes. Creating a bundle Each bundled item must already be…
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Setting up rental pricing with WooCommerce
Charging $50/day but customers only see a confusing total? Rental pricing controls how costs are calculated and displayed. Rental Products for WooCommerce offers three distinct pricing models—choose based on how your rental business operates. Pricing types Type How it works Best for Period Base price × number of periods Equipment rentals charged per day/week Period…
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Security deposits for WooCommerce rentals
Lost a $2,000 lens to a careless renter? Security deposits give you recourse. Security deposits protect your inventory by collecting a refundable amount at checkout. If equipment comes back damaged, you have funds to cover repairs. If it returns in good condition, you refund the deposit. Enabling deposits Deposits are configured per product: The deposit…
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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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How to set up recurring store credit with Constellation
This guide shows you how to automatically deposit store credit into members’ wallets each time their membership renews. When a member pays their monthly (or annual) fee through Constellation, Account Funds will automatically credit their account with the amount you specify. Use case: You run a $25/month membership. Each month when the payment processes, the…
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How to install and update WooCommerce extensions
A WooCommerce extension is a WordPress plugin that adds functionality to WooCommerce. Extensions are distributed as .zip files and installed through WordPress like any other plugin. This guide covers every installation method, update procedures, and solutions to common errors. These instructions apply to extensions from Kestrel, WooCommerce.com, and any third-party vendor. Requirements Before installing any…
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Store credit WooCommerce shortcodes: Display customer balances
Account Funds provides shortcodes to display store credit WooCommerce information anywhere on your site. Use them in pages, posts, widgets, or theme templates to show customers their balance outside of the standard checkout and My Account areas. Available shortcodes [Store_credit_balance] Displays the store credit balance for a customer. Basic usage: Shows the current user’s balance…
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WooCommerce wallet: Managing customer balances in Account Funds
The Account Funds WooCommerce wallet plugin gives you full control over customer balances from the WordPress admin. You can view balances at a glance, adjust them manually with documented reasons, and track all transaction history. This guide covers everyday admin tasks for managing your WooCommerce wallet system. Viewing customer wallet balances Users list Account Funds…
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WooCommerce partial payment: Combine store credit with other gateways
WooCommerce partial payment lets customers use their store credit balance toward an order, then pay the remaining amount with another payment method. A customer with $30 in credit buying a $75 item pays $45 with their card, and the experience is seamless and flexible. This guide covers enabling partial payments, how the checkout experience works,…