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Auto Dealers

From deposit to service drive, get paid without the card risk.

Pulse lets auto dealers take vehicle deposits by text, collect service-department payments by phone and text, and bill commercial and fleet accounts — with card data never keyed by your sales or service staff.

The challenge

What’s slowing collection down.

Remote and phone deposits on vehicles mean staff reading card numbers aloud — a PCI and fraud risk.

The service drive stacks up while customers pay at a single counter.

Fleet and commercial accounts need recurring, account-based billing.

How Pulse helps

Built for auto dealers, on one secure platform.

Deposits by text

Text a secure link to hold a vehicle; the customer pays a deposit from their phone, even remotely.

Service-drive text-to-pay

Text the repair-order total when the vehicle’s ready; customers pay before pickup, so the drive keeps moving.

Secure phone payments

Take deposits and service payments over the phone by keypad — staff never see or key the card.

Fleet & commercial accounts

Set up recurring and consolidated account billing for fleet and commercial service customers.

AI service follow-up

An AI agent confirms appointments, notifies when vehicles are ready, and collects balances automatically.

No card on the lot or drive

PCI DSS Level 1 and tokenized — card data never lands in your DMS or on paper.

See pay-by-phone & text-to-pay, the payments product, or the PCI DSS Level 1 security model.

FAQ

Auto Dealers payments, answered.

How can a dealership take a vehicle deposit by text?

Pulse texts the customer a secure link to place a deposit and hold the vehicle. They pay from their phone on a tokenized page — even remotely — so staff never handle the card.

Can the service department take payment by text?

Yes. When the repair order is complete, Pulse texts the total; the customer pays before pickup, keeping the service drive moving and card data off the counter.

Can we take deposits and payments over the phone securely?

Yes. Customers enter card details by keypad straight into the gateway; sales and service staff never see or key the number, keeping card data out of your PCI scope.

Does it handle fleet and commercial accounts?

Yes. Set up recurring and consolidated account billing for fleet and commercial customers alongside one-time deposits and service payments.

Is card data secure?

Payments run on PCI DSS Level 1 rails with tokenized vaulting, so raw card numbers never touch your staff, DMS, or systems.

Get started

See it on your auto dealers workflow.

Book a walkthrough and we’ll show text, phone, and portal payments on your setup.