At a glance
- Client
- Rider Event Rentals
- Industry
- Event rental company
- Location
- Covington, Louisiana
- Live site
- ridereventrentals.com
- Launched
- October 2026
- What GatorByte built
- Custom website design and build
- Live availability calendar for every rental item
- Online reservation requests, approved before a deposit
- Delivery pricing and sales tax by ZIP code
- Staff console for items, photos, prices, payments, and bookings
- Local SEO setup and managed hosting on Netlify
The challenge
What the business actually needed.
A family-owned rental company needed customers to see what was free on their date and send a complete booking request online, instead of checking every date and delivery by phone and text.
Our approach
How we thought about the build.
Before the site, every booking ran through texts: whether there were enough chairs for a date, how far away the delivery was, and whether a deposit had come in. Customers could not see what was available.
We built a catalogue customers can book from. Every item has its own availability calendar, and the days on either side of a booking are held for delivery and cleaning, so a turnaround day is never double-booked. Delivery is priced from the customer's ZIP code using the owner's own rate sheet, and an address outside the normal range becomes a quote request instead of a wrong price.
Customers send a reservation request and agree to the rental terms. The owner approves it before any money changes hands, and a 50% deposit then locks in the date. Behind the site, a staff console manages items, photos, prices, tablecloth colors, tax rates, and bookings, records cash, check, and Venmo payments, and puts every booking on the owner's Google Calendar.
Technical stack
The stack, and why.
Next.js for the public site and the staff console
Netlify Blobs for inventory, bookings, and photos
Resend for booking emails, plus a calendar feed for Google Calendar
Tailwind CSS for the design system, hosted on Netlify
Key features
What actually shipped.
Live Availability
Customers pick a date and see how many of each piece are free, down to the last chair.
Delivery by ZIP Code
Delivery and sales tax are worked out from the customer's ZIP code as the order is built.
Request, Approve, Deposit
The owner approves each request before a deposit is taken, so no date is promised by accident.
Staff Console
Items, photos, prices, colors, payments, and bookings are managed without a developer.
What's next
Ready to build something this considered?
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