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Inline payment

Take the payment from the same page you closed the job on.

When the job is done, the payment used to be a separate tool, a separate workflow, often a separate person. Pitlane collapses it. Same page as the RO, same page as the inspection, same page as the SMS thread. Cash, check, card in shop, or text-to-pay — pick one, capture it, move on. Receipts go out by email automatically. Money lands in your Stripe.

Four payment methods, one drawer.

On any RO, tap Take payment. The drawer that opens covers every payment method a typical independent shop uses: cash with change calculation, check with check number on the receipt, card-in-shop via your Stripe terminal, or text-to-pay via a tokenized link sent to the customer's phone. The drawer remembers the grand total, prefills the amount, and records the payment against the RO the second it lands.

Partial payments and split-tender are supported. Pay $200 cash and $185 by card on the same RO and both rows appear under payments, the grand total reduces by the sum.

Text-to-pay that actually closes the loop.

Type the amount, tap send. The customer gets a text with a link to Stripe Checkout for that exact amount. They pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or a card. The payment.succeeded webhook fires, Pitlane records the payment row, the RO marks itself paid, the receipt sends. From the advisor's end the whole flow is two taps.

Text-to-pay tokens never live in the database — only their hashes. Same security model as the SMS-auth links.

Your Stripe. 0% platform fee.

Pitlane is on Stripe Connect. Your shop connects its own Stripe account (four minutes, no paperwork). Customers pay you directly. Stripe takes its standard processing rate. Pitlane takes zero percent on top. The subscription is the whole cost.

If you're switching from a processor that takes a percentage on top, you typically save more on payment processing in a year than Pitlane costs.

Receipts that look like your shop sent them.

Every receipt is rendered with your shop name in the header, your phone number in the footer, and the line-by-line breakdown the customer just paid. No Pitlane branding on the customer-facing email. They look like a receipt from your shop because, for the customer, they are.

How it works.

01

Close the RO

Tech finishes, advisor marks the RO complete. The Take payment button is right there on the header.

02

Pick the payment method

Cash, check, card in shop, or text-to-pay. Drawer remembers the total, prefills the amount.

03

Receipt sends, money lands

Receipt fires from your shop's name via email. Stripe payouts deposit to your bank on Stripe's regular schedule.

This runs for your shop on a 30-day free trial.

Every feature on this page is included in the trial. No credit card. Live in under 10 minutes.

Questions about inline payment.

What's the Pitlane fee on payments?

Zero. Pitlane takes 0% platform fee on payments processed through Stripe Connect. Stripe itself charges its standard rate (2.9% + 30¢ for cards as of 2026). The subscription is the only thing Pitlane charges for.

Do I need a Stripe account already?

If you have one, you connect it from Settings → Payments and you're done in four minutes. If you don't, Pitlane links you to Stripe's signup as part of the connect flow — most shops finish onboarding in 10 to 15 minutes.

Can I take cash and check too?

Yes. The Take payment drawer supports cash with change calculation, check with check-number capture for the receipt, card in shop, and text-to-pay. Split tender is supported on the same RO.

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