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. Record cash or check, or text a secure card link. Pick one, capture it, move on. Receipts go out by email automatically. Money lands in your Stripe.
Sandra Pruitt · 2019 F-150
Balance
$592.000% Pitlane fee · your Stripe, your money
0%
Pitlane platform fee
3 ways
Cash, check, or texted card link
Split-tender
Multiple payments per RO
Three ways to get paid, one drawer.
Tap Take payment on any RO.
- Cash, recorded in the drawer
- Check, with check-number capture for the receipt
- Text-to-pay: a tokenized Stripe link to the customer's phone (Apple Pay / Google Pay / card)
- No in-counter card reader yet, so in-person card runs through the texted link
Text-to-pay that actually closes the loop.
Type the amount, tap send.
Your Stripe. 0% platform fee.
Pitlane is on Stripe Connect.
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.
How it works.
Close the RO
Tech finishes, advisor marks the RO complete. The Take payment button is right there on the header.
Pick the payment method
Cash, check, or a texted card link. Drawer remembers the total, prefills the amount.
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 on a 30-day free trial.
Every feature on this page is in the trial. No credit card, live in under 10 minutes.
Questions about inline payment.
What's the Pitlane fee on payments?
Do I need a Stripe account already?
Can I take cash and check too?
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