Castleford Hire Centre.
HireHop catalogue, prices + bookings
- i.
Problem.
A tool-hire business was running a WordPress site that could tell a customer what the business does but couldn't tell them whether the tool they need is actually available next Thursday. All enquiries went through phone calls. The stock catalogue lived entirely inside HireHop - their internal rental management system - invisible to anyone outside the business.
- ii.
Approach.
A full-stack Next.js rebuild that treats HireHop as the source of truth. The catalogue and day rates come from HireHop's own webshop feed, refreshed hourly, so browsing never touches the API rate limit. The live API is kept for what needs it: checking the chosen dates when a booking is submitted, spotting account customers, and creating the job. A custom pricing engine mirrors the business's day/weekly/weekend rate structure and handles the 15% insurance surcharge (waived for account customers detected via the HireHop address book). The enquiry form creates jobs directly in HireHop at status 'Enquiry' so staff see them alongside existing bookings. Staff never leave HireHop - each web enquiry arrives there as a job, with an email to the shop linking straight to it.
- iii.
Outcome.
Customers get a price for their exact dates before they pick up the phone, and those dates are checked against HireHop's bookings when they submit. Staff keep one system - HireHop - as the authoritative record, and new enquiries land there automatically. The public site became a real sales channel instead of a brochure.
Pick a tool, pick a duration, get a price - the idea behind the real site.
Total for the period:
£18.00inc. 15% insurance
On the real site the catalogue comes from HireHop, refreshed hourly, and your dates are checked against its bookings when you submit. This demo uses made-up tools and prices.
- HireHop Catalogue & Pricing
- Hire Calendar
- Custom Pricing Engine
- HireHop Integration
- Delivery Quotes
- JSON-LD SEO