> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.spacebring.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rental applications or immediate sign-ups

> Understand and set up applications or immediate sign-ups for long-term resource rentals

Spacebring provides a comprehensive system to organize long-term rentals of your offices, dedicated desks, and other resources.

* Sign contracts with tenants
* Automate rental payments
* Auto-update resource availability — helping you track occupancy and plan sales.

You can configure each resource to either collect rental applications or allow immediate sign-ups, depending on your business needs.

## Prerequisites

1. In the [settings](/docs/resource-management/set-up-pricing) of each resource available for long-term rentals, enable the **Plans** switch and configure tiers.
2. In each tier, set the sign-up **Type**:
   * **Request** — if you need to verify tenants, sign contracts, or perform other checks before confirming a rental.
   * **Immediate** — if you want to let customers sign up for office rental and pay immediately without verification.
3. If choosing **Request**, [enable the **Support** page](/docs/support/tickets) and set it to **Public** visibility. Applications arrive and are processed as support tickets.
4. [Integrate the necessary pages into your marketing site](/docs/guides/integrate-with-marketing-website) so potential tenants can browse and apply or sign up instantly.

## How applications for resources work

If a resource has the **Request** sign-up type:

1. Customers browse available resources on the **Rooms, Desks, Offices, Parking,** and **Equipment** pages.
2. Open a resource they’re interested in and click **Subscribe**, or **Book or subscribe** when the resource also has an hourly or daily price.
3. Choose the **Start** date, the **Renewal** switch, and the tier. A resource that can be rented in parts also offers the **Entire resource** switch and a **Seats** or **Quantity** field. To rent as a business rather than as an individual member, they turn on **I'm purchasing as a company**.
4. Describe what they need in the **Comment** field, then click **Apply**.

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5. Each application appears as a new ticket in **Support** > **Tickets**, with their comment in it.

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6. Administrators manage the request through the support ticket:
   * Communicate with the applicant via ticket comments
   * Answer questions, share additional photos
   * Arrange a tour
7. If rental is confirmed:
   * Click the user's name in the ticket and press **Invite as member** to add them.
   * If the tenant is a company, [create a company](/docs/customer-management/companies) > [add this user and other company members](/docs/customer-management/companies#add-company-members-and-managers), or ask the user to invite their colleagues.
   * [Issue a contract](/docs/billing/contracts) if necessary. If you enable the **Create subscription from contract** switch, a subscription will be created automatically. If a contract isn't required, simply [create a subscription](/docs/billing/subscriptions) for the customer.
     * The customer will automatically receive and [pay invoices](/docs/billing/invoices/payments) for the rental.
     * The entire resource (e.g., an entire office) or a selected number of seats (e.g., a dedicated desk) is assigned to the customer.

<Tip>
  To avoid missing applications, [enable notifications](/docs/account/notifications) for new support tickets.
</Tip>

## How immediate sign-ups work

If a resource has the **Immediate** sign-up type:

1. Customers browse available resources on the **Rooms, Desks, Offices, Parking,** and **Equipment** pages, and click **Subscribe**, or **Book or subscribe** when the resource also has an hourly or daily price.
2. [Complete the sign-up](/docs/billing/plans/immediate-sign-ups) and make the first rental payment.

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3. Administrators receive a [notification](/docs/account/notifications) about each new sign-up.
4. A subscription is automatically created for the customer.
   * The customer will receive and [pay invoices](/docs/billing/invoices/payments) for rental.
   * The entire resource (e.g., an entire office) or a selected number of seats (e.g., a dedicated desk) is assigned to the customer.

Existing customers can sign up for a rental too, even if they already have a membership plan or another rental. Each rental sign-up creates a separate subscription with its own invoices and assignment.

## FAQs

<Accordion title="How can I reserve a resource for a customer for a week or longer period of time?">
  [Create a subscription](/docs/billing/subscriptions) for the customer with the required dates and add this resource as a product. This will automatically assign the resource to the customer for the selected time period and update its availability.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="How do customers pay for rentals?">
  Customers pay for rentals through a [recurring subscription](/docs/billing/subscriptions) with automatically issued invoices.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="How do I allow interested customers to apply for already occupied offices?">
  A rented office stays visible to all customers on the **Offices** page with the **Fully assigned** label. Interested customers get a **Join waitlist** button on it.

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    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/spacebring/ts2DRafyYfF3eE1d/images/resource-management-rentals-rental-applications-or-immediate-sign-ups-fully-assigned.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=ts2DRafyYfF3eE1d&q=85&s=9cd05fe56374a0ffca4018833f996528" alt="Offices page with the Fully assigned label on rented offices" width="2816" height="1518" data-path="images/resource-management-rentals-rental-applications-or-immediate-sign-ups-fully-assigned.png" />
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  1. The customer clicks **Join waitlist** and describes what they need.
  2. Their request arrives as a new ticket in **Support** > **Tickets**, where you answer them and offer the office when it frees up.

  [Enable the **Support** page](/docs/support/tickets) for this button to appear. Without it, add your sales team's email address or a link to your waitlist form to the office description instead.

  Desks, parking lots, and equipment rented entirely by one customer work the same way.

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