The options a dress rental boutique or wardrobe house actually chooses between, what each is known for, and the questions to ask before you commit.
Track every size as its own unit, block cleaning turnaround automatically, show dates-then-sizes on your own website, hold deposits on the card, and handle a stylist pull as one order. Most general rental platforms do some of this; few do all of it without workarounds.
The list below is what boutiques and wardrobe houses compare. Share Marketplace is on it because we build it; the notes on the others are general and dated, so check their current plans.
Best for: Boutiques and wardrobe houses that rent by size and do stylist pulls. Pricing model: Per transaction, 1% to 3%. Per-size units with tags and barcodes, buffer days, showcase billing settled from scans, showings inside a booking, embeds with size chips, marketplace listing, QuickBooks sync.
Best for: General rental businesses that want a website builder included. Pricing model: Monthly subscription by plan. Broad rental platform with shop plugins and tracked items; check how sizes, turnaround and pulls are handled for your catalogue.
Best for: Retail-style rental with a storefront-first setup. Pricing model: Monthly subscription by plan. Storefront and checkout focus; check per-size units and buffer days.
Best for: Stores already on Shopify that rent a small number of pieces. Pricing model: Shopify plan plus an app fee. Rental is added to a retail store; per-size availability by date and turnaround depend on the app you choose.
Best for: A first season with a few dozen pieces. Pricing model: Free. Works until two customers want the same size on the same weekend. Plan the move before the second season.
Per-size availability by date. If the system cannot tell a customer that the size 8 is free on the 14th, everything else is secondary.
Not on day one, but they pay for themselves quickly: scanning out and in matches the exact garment to the booking and starts the cleaning buffer from the real return time.
Share Marketplace is priced per transaction, from 1% to 3% depending on the plan, rather than a monthly licence per user. Current plans and what each one includes are on the pricing page.