Rental marketplace

Rentonemi 

A complete rental marketplace built for a client who wanted a real product, not a template. Customers browse by category, pick a rental period and check out with a security deposit, while a separate admin portal manages listings, bookings and renters.

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  • React
  • Vite
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • MongoDB
  • Cloudinary
  • JWT
Year
2026
Role
Full stack development
Team
Client project — solo build
Rentonemi — Homepage
Rentonemi — mobile

(01)The challenge

Rental sites are usually clunky: pricing is unclear, availability is hidden and checkout doesn't feel trustworthy. The client needed clear day, week and month pricing and a booking flow people would actually finish.

(02)The solution

A category-driven storefront with transparent per-duration pricing, a date-range picker, cart and Cash-on-Delivery checkout with deposits — backed by a Node/Express API and a companion admin app.

(03)Features

What it does.

01

Category & filter browsing

Category and subcategory navigation with condition and price-per-day filters.

02

Flexible rental plans

Day, week and month rates with a start date and duration picker on every listing.

03

Deposits built in

Per-listing security deposits with refund status tracked through the booking.

04

Admin portal

A separate app to manage listings, bookings and renters.

(04)Screens

A closer look.

Rentonemi — Category browsing
Category browsing
Rentonemi — Rental detail with plans
Rental detail with plans
Rentonemi — Admin portal
Admin portal

(05)Process

How it came together.

01

Discover

Understanding the goal: rental sites are usually clunky: pricing is unclear, availability is hidden and checkout doesn't feel trustworthy.

02

Design

Structure, key screens and the look agreed before any code was written.

03

Build

Developed with React, Vite, Node.js — fast, responsive and maintainable.

04

Launch

Tested on real phones and desktops, then deployed to production.

05

Improve

Fixes, refinements and new features based on how people actually use it.

(06)Under the hood

Highlights

  • ✦Commissioned by a client and built end to end by one developer
  • ✦No card data collected — Cash-on-Delivery checkout
  • ✦Category tree supports any depth of subcategories without UI changes

Architecture

  1. 01React + Vite storefront
  2. 02Node / Express API
  3. 03MongoDB
  4. 04Cloudinary media

Services used

Website development →E-commerce →API & backend →

Tech stack

  • React
  • Vite
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • MongoDB
  • Cloudinary
  • JWT

(07)Keep exploring

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