Product Rentals Pro
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  • User Guide
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Getting Started
    • Installation
    • Setting up your Products in Shopify
  • Quickstart Guide
    • Rental Duration Options
    • Import & Configure a Rental Product
    • Theme Components Install & Config Guide
    • Checking the Rental Product
  • Settings
    • Store Settings
      • Verifying your Support Email
    • Rental Settings
    • Options & Variants Settings
    • Notification Settings
    • Add-Ons - Insurance
    • Add-Ons - Deposits
  • Managing Products
    • Importing Products
    • Products List
    • Configuring Products
    • Setting up a Product for Rental OR Sale
  • Managing Rentals
    • Overview
    • Rentals List
    • Viewing & Editing a Rental
    • Rental Buffers
    • Rental Statuses
    • Blackouts
      • Blackout Form Fields & Options
    • Find All Rentals for a Product
    • Rental Calendar for a Product
    • Creating a Rental Manually
      • Shopify Order Creation
    • Linking/Unlinking from a Shopify Order
  • Fulfillments and Returns
    • Fulfillments
      • Automated Rental Status Updates
    • Returns
  • Rental Widget
    • Rental Widget - Configuration Options
    • Rental Widget - Unavailable and Blocked Dates
    • Rental Widget - Custom Styling
    • Rental Widget - Advanced Customization
  • Other PRP Components
    • PRP Cart Manager
    • cart-quantity-validation Function
  • Selling & Payment Options
    • Intro to Selling & Payment Options
    • Part-Payments / Down-payments
    • Refundable Security Deposits
    • Damage Fees, Late Fees & Non-return Fees (Security Authorisation)
  • Plans & Billing
    • Overview and Comparison of Plans
    • SMS Usage Pricing
  • Troubleshooting
    • General Troubleshooting
    • Overbookings
  • Other
    • Improving the Cart & Checkout Experience
      • Preventing Quantity Updates on your Cart page
      • Blocking Checkout Shipping/Pick-up options based on the option selected on the Product page
      • Updating the price on the default Shopify Price theme block when the variant is changed
    • Supported Languages
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  1. Quickstart Guide

Theme Components Install & Config Guide

How to install & set up the PRP Cart Manager and PRP Rental Widget

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There are two theme components that must be installed to use Product Rentals Pro. The are:

  1. The PRP Cart Manager (App Embed) Sits in the background and assists with:

    1. managing how long items can sit in the Cart

    2. removing orphaned insurance and security deposit products from the Cart, if the customer removes the connected rental product.

  2. The PRP Rental Widget (App Block) A visible element that takes up a position on the product page, providing customers with:

    1. A variant picker, rental availability calendar and date selection features

    2. If configured, the insurance upsell option and security deposit notice.

If you've answered the questions in step 3 of the , you will have been given a recommendation on whether to add the components to your current/live theme, or whether you should create a duplicate copy of your current theme first.

PRP Cart Manager

If you're using the Quickstart guide that loads on the homepage when you first install Product Rentals Pro, the Launch Theme Customizer button control will automatically launch the selected theme, jump to your App Embeds list and enable the PRP Cart Manager.

Like so:

All you need to do is click Save at the top right of screen.

If you've already completed the Quickstart and/or dismissed the onboarding screen, you can still enable the PRP Cart Manager manually. Instructions are available on this page: PRP Cart Manager

PRP Rental Widget

  1. If it's been recommended you add the widget to a new product page template, first follow the instructions for Creating a New Product Page Template (otherwise - jump sraight to #2 below).

  1. Add the PRP Rental Widget to the default product page template, or your newly created product page template:

If you've answered the questions in step 3 of the , you will have been given a recommendation on whether to add the PRP Rental Widget to your default product page template, or whether to create a new product page template for rentals. An example is below:

Quickstart Guide
Creating a New Product Page Template
Rental Widget
Quickstart Guide