---
title: "New / edit customer contract (rental contract)"
description: "This article walks through how to create a new customer contract in Sapera"
url: https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/105-new-edit-customer-contract-rental-contract
collection: "Customer contracts (rental agreements)"
updated: 2026-07-07
language: en
alternates: [da]
---

# New / edit customer contract (rental contract)

This article walks through how to create a new customer contract in Sapera

### How do I create a new customer contract?

To create a new customer contract in Sapera, you must first open an existing rental contract:

1\. Double-click an existing rental contract. This opens the editing view for the rental contract:

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2\. Navigate to the bottom of the view. Here you will find the section where you can either edit an existing customer contract or create a new one:

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3\. Click the "Create" button. When you choose to create a customer contract, a new form opens:

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4\. Fill in the fields in the form and finish with “Save”

### Description of fields

**Rental contract:** Pre-filled with the current subscription.

**Customer:** Can only be selected when creating a new customer contract. Here you select the customer the rental contract should be assigned to.

**Discount amount:** Fill this in if a specific discount amount should be given to this customer on each charge.

**Discount %:** Fill this in if a specific discount percentage should be given to this customer on each charge.

**Start date:** The start date on which this rental contract should take effect for the customer.

**Serial number item:** The [serial number item](https://www.support.sapera.io/artikel/ordbog#serienummervare) to be rented out.

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**Want to know more?**

Read more in these related articles:

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](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/103.md)[

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](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/490.md)