Remember, you only make money when your rental fleet is rented so you need to focus on items that appeal to the masses.
All inflatables used for your inflatable rental business need to be made for for Commercial The main categories of inflatables are:
- Bounce Houses
- Bounce Houses with Slides (often called combo units)
- Inflatable Slides
- Water Slides
- Obstacle Courses (both toddler and adult size)
- Inflatable Sports Games (ranging from basketball to batting cages)
Since budgets are unique to the individual business, I will not begin to touch upon this subject. I will instead walk you through the priority process for adding inflatables.
From our experience, bounce houses rent the most frequently followed by combo units, water slides and slides, inflatable games and then obstacle courses. For example, if you are in Texas, water slides carry a lot more weight as far as rental value That say said, I will use two examples, a three unit start up and a five unit start up.
Three Unit Company
- Bounce House
- Bounce House
- Combo Unit
- Bounce House
- Bounce House
- Combo Unit
- Combo Unit
- Water Slide
These two assortments will give you flexibility while catering to the masses. Remember, you will never appeal to every one.
Traditional themes such as castles, fun houses, sports, Disney Like that we have tackled the assortment, it is on to as equally important. , and Mickey Mouse themed inflatables have a much higher rental rate then say pink castles, lions, and birthday cake inflatables. While all inflatables rent, we are only concerned with purchasing the most widely rented units while you. Just because I am advising you to stay away from more niche specific units to begin with does not mean you need to to once you are ready to expand.
Good luck and you need not to treat it as a business and not make emotional decisions. Good luck and do not you make purchase, need to be done with the business in mind. Happy Bouncing!
