Development - Laravel
Quantock Horsebox Hire were new to the horse box hire market and saw a gap in the market for instant online booking that wasn’t just an off the shelf plugin hacked about to do the job. We started from scratch with a bespoke Laravel application that allowed for availability searches, custom pricing and online payments much like other market-leading car and van rental websites.
Using Stripe and Laravel we built a bespoke booking flow that captured the data required for a rental booking including drivers details, DVLA check codes and full payment for the booking upfront which reduced the number of no-shows and lost bookings.

By implementing Stripe’s preauthorisations API we were able to reduce the cost of security deposits from 1% to 0%, saving the business considerable money on every hire. By reducing the commission charged on security deposits Quantock Horsebox Hire were able to preauthorise the full insurance excess therefore reducing their risk of large losses should the worst happen.

We produced all content for social media and search engine listings which meant that organic traffic to the website created enough leads to keep them fully booked, as well as increasing turnover year on year.
We have since been able to offer the same platform to other horsebox hiring businesses across the UK to help them reduce time spent on administrative tasks and to ensure quick and easy payment.
