Know what is out, what is free and who has your deposit money, for chairs, cameras, tools, dresses or motorbikes.
SageBizet is free, browser-based rental software that checks every booking against what is free, prices by the day or hour, holds deposits apart from takings, charges late days and damage on return, and sends the customer a link to their rental on WhatsApp.
Two weddings on the same Saturday both get the 100 chairs, because the bookings sit in a notebook that nobody added up.
Deposits go into the same drawer as rent paid, so at the end of the day the takings look bigger than they are, and giving a deposit back comes out of the day’s cash.
A drill comes back two days late, but nobody is sure when it went out or what was agreed, so the late days are never charged.
A customer returns 80 chairs and promises the other 20 tomorrow. Without a record, the 20 are forgotten until someone needs them.
08:00
Open the cash drawer. The Today screen shows what goes out today, what is due back and any rental that is overdue.
09:00
A customer collects 50 chairs and 5 tables for the weekend. Take the deposit in cash or keep their ID number instead, and send the rental link on WhatsApp.
11:00
A caller wants a camera kit for Friday to Sunday. The new rental shows how many are free for those dates before you promise anything.
14:00
The drill comes back. Late days are suggested from the clock, damage is noted with a charge, the balance is paid at the till and the deposit is given back.
17:00
Eighty of a hundred chairs come back. The rental stays out for the other twenty and moves to returned when the last ones arrive.
19:00
The day close shows takings by payment method, the drawer to count, what is out, what is overdue, the deposits still held and what goes out tomorrow.
The balance of a rental opens at the till with the rental linked, paid by cash, card or mobile money with a receipt link.
A cash deposit goes into the drawer as cash in, not as a sale, so the drawer balances and takings stay honest.
Every customer is on file with their past rentals, and a deposit held is kept against their name until it is settled.
Staff hand out and take back rentals on their own sign-in, while prices and settings stay with the owner.
Repairs, cleaning, transport and storage recorded as expenses show what the rentals really earn.
Setup starts from a kind of rental business (event gear, cameras and tools, clothing, cars and motorbikes, or something else) with example items to change. Each item has a quantity, a price per day, an optional price per hour and an optional deposit per piece, with a photo and a category.
Every booking is checked against what is free: the most pieces out at any one moment over the dates can never be more than you have, and a piece that is overdue still counts as out until it comes back. A two-week view shows the free pieces of each item, day by day.
| Rule | How it works |
|---|---|
| By the day or by the hour | By the hour only for items with an hourly price; otherwise by the day |
| Started days count | A started day or hour counts as a whole one: 25 hours is 2 days |
| Late return | Late days or hours suggested from the clock after a grace time, at the same price; staff can change or waive them |
| Damage | A note and a charge on the item that was damaged |
The deposit is taken when the items go out, not when they are booked: in cash, by mobile money or card, or by keeping an ID number instead. A deposit is held for the customer and is not counted as takings. When the rental is settled, the deposit is given back, or part of it is kept with a reason, and only the part kept becomes a sale.
Free during early access: POS, inventory, booking, an online store and reports included. No credit card, no per-user fees, set up in minutes in your browser.
