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Automotive POS Systems for Dealerships & Repair Shops

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Your automotive POS system should handle fast service tickets, high-ticket sales, parts, and eCommerce. Payment Nerds integrates in-person, online, and mobile payments, with PCI DSS, tokenization, and fraud prevention, ensuring smooth transactions in your car dealership or auto repair shop.

Why Automotive Shops Need Specialised Payment Solutions

The automotive industry isn’t like any other—it’s fast-moving, transaction-heavy, and filled with high-ticket sales that demand more than just a basic payment processor. From a quick oil change to a multi-thousand-dollar vehicle purchase, your business needs a payment system that’s fast, secure, and built for the way you work.

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Why Automotive Shops Need Specialised Payment Solutions

Dealers and repair shops live on speed, accuracy, and clean handoffs, from the service bay to the parts counter to the back office. The right automotive point of sales system should shorten approvals, lower payment costs on big jobs, work anywhere your team works, and sync cleanly with your Dealer Management System (DMS) or shop software so closeout is simple and funding is predictable.

Approvals & Card-on-File That Close ROs Faster
Send estimate-to-pay links, capture e-sign approvals, and store cards on file with consent so add-on work is green-lit without phone tag. Attach approvals to the Repair Order (RO) automatically to reduce “work not authorized” disputes and keep bays moving.
Use EMV/contactless for counter sales and ACH with instant bank verification for $2K–$40K repairs, deposits, and warranties to cut fees. Enable predictable next-day funding and automated schedules for service plans so cash flow stays steady.
Equip techs with handheld tap-to-pay and pay-by-link for after-hours pickup. Offline buffering and cellular backup keep tickets closing during Wi-Fi outages, then auto-settle when connectivity returns so customers aren’t waiting.
Whether selling parts in-store or shipping them nationwide, your payment processing must work smoothly across all sales channels.
Post payments to deals/ROs in your DMS or shop system, sync taxes and line items, and push deposits to accounting without re-keying. Role-based permissions and audit trails keep approvals tight and end-of-day close fast and accurate.

The Automotive Industry Runs on Speed. Your Payments Should Too.

Dealerships and shops need payments as fast as the lane, and they need to stay up when busy. Payment Nerds outfits counters and bays with the latest terminal hardware like tap-to-pay handhelds and mobile checkout, so your customers settle up on the spot. PCI-compliant encryption, fraud screening, and secure hosted pages ensure lightning-quick approvals while reducing chargebacks or exposure of sensitive data.

Automotive is often labeled “high-risk,” leading to freezes or inflated fees with generic processors. We customize based on how you operate, financing flows, Buy Here Pay Here, deposits, and high-volume parts. Built-in safeguards keep you processing through rushes and month-end crunches without sweating the terminal.

Everything’s connected to your stack. We’ll integrate into your POS, DMS, and shop software to auto-post payments to deals/ROs with line items reconciled smoothly on the back end. When connected to CRMs, you’ll easily view payment history, auto-follow up, provide loyalty benefits and financing offers. Tickets get closed faster today, customers come back sooner tomorrow, and managers have accurate metrics without after-hours re-keying.

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Auto Businesses That Benefit

Car Dealerships

Sync your sales and service departments with a modern POS system for car dealerships. Handle payments, issue receipts, and integrate with various lenders for financing options. Easily manage parts and vehicle inventory and organize service orders from one convenient dashboard.

Auto Repair Shops

Optimize high-ticket repairs with lower fees on larger invoices using ACH and instant bank verification. Handle deposits and warranties with automated schedules and enable next-day funding with a repair shop POS that maintains steady cash flow during busy periods.

Auto Parts Stores

Streamline checkout and inventory with a POS system built for auto parts stores. Manage SKUs across multiple locations, track supplier orders in real time, and offer flexible payment options for wholesale and retail customers.

Integrations with Leading Automotive POS Systems

Integrations with Leading Bar POS Systems

Seamlessly connect your existing bar point-of-sale systems without any interruptions or retraining. Our solution operates in the background, ensuring your team continues serving customers without downtime or a steep learning curve.

Seamlessly connect your existing dealership and shop systems without interruptions or retraining. Our solution runs in the background, so advisors, techs, and parts staff keep working without downtime or a steep learning curve. Integrate with other third-party applications for:
  • Dealer & DMS Platforms: Post payments to deals/ROs and sync fees and taxes with systems like Dealertrack, Reynolds & Reynolds, CDK Global, Autosoft, and Auto/Mate.
  • CRM & Sales Tools: Attach receipts and payment history to customer records and trigger follow-ups in VinSolutions and DealerSocket.
  • Shop Management Systems: Convert estimates to paid invoices, sync parts usage, and reconcile automatically with Tekmetric, Shop-Ware, Mitchell 1, and Shopmonkey.
  • POS, eCommerce & Mobile Wallets: Run counter and web on one platform, support BOPIS, and accept Apple Pay/Google Pay via Clover, Lightspeed, Shopify, and WooCommerce.
  • Accounting Software: Push deposits and invoices automatically to QuickBooks, Xero, and Sage for clean books without re-keying.
In a fast-moving service lane, adding tools can’t slow you down. Payment Nerds is built to work with your current stack, so you can focus on closing ROs and serving customers, not wrestling with software.
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Let’s Get Your Payments on the Fast Track

Payment Nerds offers quick approvals, low invoice fees, and predictable funding. Users can pay via tap-to-pay, handheld device, or pay links for after-hours pickups. The automotive POS system integrates with shop software, handles merchant account adjustments, security, and disputes, and maintains existing workflows.

Automotive Payment Processing FAQs

What are the fees for automotive merchant services?
Fees depend on the mix (counter, MOTO, eCommerce), average ticket, and volume. We price on interchange-plus with options to lower costs on big jobs using ACH and, where allowed, compliant surcharge/cash-discount programs. You’ll get a written quote with effective rate estimates for your exact workflow.
We use PCI DSS-compliant gateways, point-to-point encryption, and tokenization to protect card data. For web parts, we add AVS/CVV and 3-D Secure; in-store, we enable role-based permissions and audit trails. Fraud filters and velocity rules reduce friendly fraud and duplicate tickets before they settle.

In most cases, yes. We support leading dealer and shop platforms and will confirm if your system is processor-agnostic or payments-locked. When it’s open, we post payments to deals/ROs and sync taxes, line items, and receipts; when it’s locked, we’ll recommend a path that preserves workflows.

Yes! Use billing solutions like cards or ACH for warranties, service plans, memberships, and BHPH schedules. We support instant bank verification, automated retries/dunning, and clear ledgering so plans stay current without manual chasing.

EMV chip, contactless/tap-to-pay, mobile wallets (Apple Pay/Google Pay), keyed/MOTO for deposits, ACH for high-ticket invoices, and hosted checkout/pay-by-link for online parts and after-hours pickup.

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