About

Built by an operator who needed it

Anthony DePaolo built RentThisApp while running Rent This Dumpster in Brockton, MA — one system to run a rental business from quote to pickup.

Origin

Why this exists

Anthony started RentThisApp after running quotes, dispatch, customer texts, dumpster tracking, and payments across too many disconnected tools while operating Rent This Dumpster. The product came from needing one system that could run the business from quote to pickup without forcing the office and drivers to stitch everything together manually.

Rent This Dumpster has been running on RentThisApp daily — every quote, every dispatch, every dump ticket, every invoice. The platform isn't a deck; it runs a real fleet in Brockton, Massachusetts.

That's the bar for everything that ships: would Anthony rely on it tomorrow morning at his own yard? If not, it doesn't go out.

Principles

What guides every product decision

A short list — what gets built, what doesn't, and why.

Operator-first, always

Every feature has to survive a real yard's pace. If it doesn't make the office or the truck faster, it doesn't ship.

Built on real workflow

Rent This Dumpster runs on RentThisApp every day. Bugs get found by Anthony before they reach any other operator.

Honest about what's done

Roadmap stays roadmap until it's shipped. Pricing is published. Status framing matches reality.

Status

Where we are today

RentThisApp is pre-launch. Rent This Dumpster — Anthony's operating company in Brockton, MA — is the platform's first operator, running it daily across quotes, dispatch, driver app, and billing.

New operators are being onboarded in cohorts. Every new tenant gets direct setup attention while the team is still small — which today means Anthony.

The platform runs in production. The deeper RentThis.com Marketplace booking and dispatch integration is in early access (see /integrations/rentthis for that scope split). The product roadmap is published on /features.

Questions

What operators ask before signing up

Is RentThisApp really running on a real business?

Yes. Rent This Dumpster in Brockton, Massachusetts has been using RentThisApp daily for every quote, dispatch, dump ticket, and invoice. Anthony runs both. New product work has to survive a real yard's pace before it ships.

What if the founder gets hit by a bus?

Fair question — operators ask it. RentThisApp data is yours, exportable, and the architecture is conventional (PostgreSQL, REST API, standard auth). Continuity planning is part of why the platform stays on conventional infrastructure rather than anything exotic. The honest answer is: a solo founder carries risk that bigger companies don't; in exchange, you get faster iteration and a direct line to the person making product decisions.

How can a solo operation handle support at scale?

Today, scale is intentional — operators onboard in small cohorts, with direct setup attention from Anthony. Support volume drives hiring decisions, not the other way around. The platform isn't trying to onboard hundreds of operators in month one; it's trying to onboard the right ones.

Why not use Jobber or ServiceTitan?

Both are great products for general field service. RentThisApp is built specifically for rental — roll-off dumpsters first, with portable storage, restrooms, equipment, and junk removal verticals on the roadmap. The differences show up in the details: tonnage billing, exchange logic, multi-yard pricing, dump-ticket reconciliation. If those details don't matter for your business, Jobber and ServiceTitan are reasonable alternatives. If they do, this platform is built around them.

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Get early access

We’re onboarding operators in cohorts. Tell us about your business and we’ll be in touch within 1 business day.

or email support@rentthisapp.com