How To Improve Your Cashflow With Integrated Card Payments

Car dealerships and garages can benefit from faster transactions with online card payments, improving their cashflow and reducing administration work by speeding up the entire payment process for staff and customers.

When card payments providers’ services are integrated with your car dealer management system or garage software, your business can send payment links to customers that allow them to pay their invoices online from anywhere at the earliest convenience, meaning you will no longer have to wait for customers to arrive on-site to pay.

Sending secure website URLs that are generated in your dealer management system to car buyers and service customers for payment means that your bills can even be settled from a mobile phone, as all that is required is an internet connection.

Whether your customer is paying a deposit or reservation fee towards a new car or for additional work while their vehicle is already in the garage, the transaction can take place instantly from anywhere.

Once invoices are being paid regularly online, dealerships and garages will notice the handover process becomes much smoother when customers come to collect their vehicles, or when you drop them off if you operate a collection and delivery service.

With many customers traditionally picking up or receiving their vehicles at the end of the working day, switching to online card payments will replace this busy period with a quick and easy key exchange, ensuring your staff can instead focus on more productive tasks as the invoice has already been settled.

Integrated card payments in your DMS can also enable interested buyers to reserve vehicles they desire on your car dealer website, allowing them to commit to a car on the forecourt by leaving a deposit, even outside of your normal opening hours.

The ability to reserve vehicles 24/7 on your website means that customers can be taken out of the used car market as soon as they see a vehicle of interest, as it’s likely they won’t be looking at a competitor’s stock once a reservation fee has been paid to your business having made a financial commitment, boosting your chances of converting the lead to a sale.

Garages and service centres can also benefit from online card payment integrations by enabling customers to leave a deposit for their service bookings, which is a proven way of reducing no-shows, ensuring your staff are kept productive and efficiencies are maintained.

Online card payments are integrated with the DragonDMS dealer management system, so car dealers and garages can produce unique URLs within their DMS that can be sent directly to customers by email or text, allowing them to safely pay their bills in their internet browser.

Car dealer websites that are powered by Dragon2000 also have the ability to take deposits from customers at any time of the day or night, which means you can receive vehicle deposits outside of working hours and bring money into your business 24/7.

A secure payment screen with your branding on display will greet customers who are about to leave a deposit on your car dealer website, reassuring them that the process is legitimate and that it’s safe to enter their card details.

The card payment integration in the DragonDMS has the additional benefit of integrating with Sage, which means there’s no need to risk making costly errors from manually typing any transaction details into your dealer management system or directly in Sage. All the information will be pulled from your system automatically.

If your dealership or garage is interested in how card payments in the DragonDMS can help your business, please contact our sales team on 01327 222 333 or email us at sales@dragon2000.co.uk.

Dragon2000 have been helping dealers and garages drive their businesses forward since 1995. Contact our sales team today to find out how our dealer management system and car dealer websites can help your business increase profits and reduce costs. Our mobile apps for sales teams and workshops can also help save valuable time and maximise efficiencies.