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Supercycle runs inside your Shopify admin. Setting it up takes five stages: install the app, import the products you want to rent or resell, add the physical items you hold, turn on a method for each product, and add Supercycle to your theme. Each stage below links to the page that covers it in full.

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Install Supercycle

Install Supercycle from the Shopify App Store. The app is free on development stores and comes with a 14-day free trial on live stores.
The Supercycle listing on the Shopify App Store with the Install button

Select Install on the Supercycle listing

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Import products

Supercycle works with products that already exist in Shopify. Create them under Products first, then include them in Supercycle.
1

Select the products

On Products, tick the products you want to import.
2

Include them in Supercycle

Open the bulk actions menu and, under Apps, select Include in Supercycle.
3

Confirm the import

Review the products on the next page and confirm. Supercycle takes over inventory for each imported product.
See Import products for what happens to inventory tracking after import.

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Add items

Items are the physical units you rent out, each with its own serial. Create them from the product in Supercycle, not from the Shopify product.
1

Open the product

Go to Products and open the product.
2

Add inventory

In the variants table, open the quantity dropdown for the variant and select Add inventory.
3

Enter serials and review

Enter one serial per line, or select Add without serials and enter a quantity. Select Review, then Add inventory.
The full flow, including the Scanner and bulk routes, is in Create items.

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Add a method

A method is how customers access a product: calendar rental, subscription, membership, or resale. Turn one on for each product.
1

Open the product's methods

Go to Products, open the product, and select a method in the Methods card.
2

Turn the method on

Select Turn on.
3

Set the pricing and save

Add rental periods, pricing groups, or options depending on the method, then select Save.
Pricing differs by method. See Methods setup for the setup page of each one.

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Set up your theme

Supercycle adds its storefront features through the Supercycle Engine app embed and app blocks. Turn on the app embed first.
1

Open the theme editor

On Themes, select Customize on the theme you want to add Supercycle to.
Shopify's Online Store themes page with the current theme and its Customize button

Customize on the current theme opens the theme editor

2

Turn on the app embed

In the left sidebar, select App embeds, then turn on Supercycle Engine.
The theme editor's App embeds panel with the Supercycle Engine toggle turned on

App embeds in the theme editor sidebar, with Supercycle Engine turned on

3

Save

Select Save before leaving the theme editor.
Then add the Methods app block to your product template. See Theme setup for the block and its style settings.

Checkout rules

Stop customers adding items that aren’t available for the dates or method they picked.

Customer accounts

Let customers manage rentals, returns, and memberships from their Shopify account.

Admin setup

Show Supercycle cycles and inventory on Shopify’s customer, order, and product pages.

POS overview

Create cycles at the counter with Shopify POS.