u/ChrisHenryWilson

Built a Rental Management SaaS for Equipment, Dress, Camera & Vehicle Rental Businesses – Looking for Feedback 🚀

Hey everyone 👋

I’m a full-stack developer from India and recently built a multi-tenant rental management SaaS called Easy Rental.

The idea came after seeing many local rental businesses still managing bookings, invoices, and payments through notebooks and WhatsApp chats.

So I built a system that helps rental businesses manage:

✅ Bookings & rentals

✅ Hourly / Daily / Weekly pricing

✅ Auto rental calculation

✅ GST invoices

✅ QR payment support

✅ Booking conflict prevention

✅ Equipment & inventory tracking

✅ Separate dashboards for each shop owner

✅ Trial & subscription management

It currently supports businesses like:

JCB / equipment rentals

Vehicle rentals

Dress & boutique rentals

Camera rentals

Event & tool rentals

What features would you expect in a rental management platform like this? 🚀

#saas #startup #php #webdevelopment #smallbusiness #software

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u/ChrisHenryWilson — 1 day ago
▲ 12 r/Notion

How I stopped clients from ghosting me halfway through projects

I used to have a huge problem with clients disappearing halfway through a project. I’d do 50% of the work, they’d stop replying, and I’d be out weeks of time.

I fixed it with a simple addition to my freelance contract:
"If the client cancels the project halfway, the initial 50% deposit is non-refundable as compensation for lost time."

Since adding that, I haven’t been ghosted once. It sets the expectation that my time has value from the start.

Before that, my freelance process was chaotic:

  • Proposals sent in Word
  • Logos requested over WhatsApp
  • Rarely asking for reviews because it felt awkward

Eventually, I built a structured system in Notion to streamline everything:

  • A discovery questionnaire to qualify clients before proposals
  • A proposal template focused on ROI, not just features
  • A plain-English contract with kill fees, revision limits, and IP transfer
  • Scripts for professionally requesting 5-star reviews

It completely changed how I manage projects and clients, making freelance life more predictable and less stressful.

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u/ChrisHenryWilson — 6 days ago