Noosa Camera Hire is a new rental business based in Tewantin, Queensland, Australia. The idea came from a gap in the local market. Nobody in the Noosa area offered professional camera rentals, so the team decided to be the first.
Their camera rentals cover cameras, lenses, lighting, and accessories. Most customers are content creators, both locals and creators who are traveling through. Customers book camera rentals through the Noosa Camera Hire website, which runs on the Booqable booking page. Then they pick up their gear from the office in Tewantin. A team of two handles processing and fulfillment.
Starting from scratch meant working out how to build a booking system. “It was a big mental challenge, but knowing Booqable could handle it all influenced us in taking the leap to start this business,” the team says. Booqable became their rental management back office and rental website. Pricing templates and security deposits have done a lot of the work from day one.
Pricing that works itself out
Camera rentals rarely follow a fixed length. One customer needs a lens for a single shoot. Another wants a full kit for a week of travel content. For a new business run by two people, working out the right price for every booking by hand would have been a lot to manage.
Pricing templates automatically calculate the price of an order based on the rental duration a customer selects in the online store date picker. Noosa Camera Hire can also set up tiered pricing, so the rate drops the longer someone books.
The team names this as one of their favourite features. They point to “the automatic equations on pricing for certain rental periods” as a big help.
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Accurate prices on camera rentals of any length
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Tiered discounts that reward customers for booking longer
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No manual calculations before confirming an order
Customers see their total as soon as they pick their dates. And the team spends less time on the numbers and more time prepping gear for upcoming camera rentals.
Keeping high-value gear protected
Professional cameras and lenses aren’t cheap, and every item that leaves the office needs to come back in good condition. For a business built on camera rentals, taking and returning deposits by hand on every order would quickly turn into a second job.
Booqable automatically calculates the security deposit based on the settings Noosa Camera Hire configured in the backend. The deposit is charged upfront when customers book camera rentals on the online store. It’s then refunded through Stripe once the gear is returned.
The team says having something that automatically handles security deposits is “very handy.” They add that Booqable “just made everything very achievable, very quickly.”
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Deposits collected automatically at checkout
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Refunds processed through Stripe without extra admin
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Peace of mind on every high-value booking
Customers know exactly what’s expected before they arrive to collect their gear. And the team can hand over expensive equipment knowing it’s covered.
The future of camera rentals in Noosa
Noosa Camera Hire is just getting started, and the goal is clear. “We just hope we can become a really recognised business in our area and keep adding more and more professional photography and filmmaking gear so that all Noosa locals can enjoy it, along with travelling content creators.”
With Booqable, the team could launch camera rentals without building a booking system from scratch. Pricing templates take care of every rental period. Security deposits are handled automatically, from checkout to refund. With the back office and website covered, Noosa Camera Hire can focus on growing its range and making camera rentals easy for creators across the Sunshine Coast.
