Salvage Yards Payments & Square Setup

Salvage yards sell used parts and buy vehicles and scrap. Several states restrict cash for scrap purchases, especially catalytic converters, and require check or electronic payment. Roots sets up the parts counter and electronic payouts for purchases.
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Payment solutions for salvage yards & auto recyclers

How these solutions fit salvage yards & auto recyclers

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square Point of Sale

For salvage yards & auto recyclers: Bring vehicle parts, accessories and trade orders into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around part numbers, fitment details and wholesale invoices. Run admission and parts sales at the counter. Square Point of Sale is Square's POS app for taking payments in person, online or in the field. Roots sets up your items, services, taxes, permissions and devices so checkout is quick.
  • Choose the Square plan and hardware that fit your counter, trucks or bays
  • Import your catalog and customer list and set team permissions
  • Configure taxes, discounts, receipts and (if you use them) tips
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Square for Retail

For salvage yards & auto recyclers: Connect vehicle parts, accessories and trade orders to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Run the retail counter for salvage yards and auto recyclers with barcode scanning and live stock counts. Square's retail features handle large catalogs, barcode scanning, vendors and customer accounts, synced with online sales.
  • Import your catalog, variants and vendors
  • Set up barcode labels, scanners and receipt printers
  • Configure house accounts for repeat business customers
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Square Inventory

For salvage yards & auto recyclers: Track vehicle parts, accessories and trade orders with item-level stock records and replenishment workflows. Track the parts and materials salvage yards and auto recyclers sell so you reorder before you run out. Square's item library tracks stock as items are sold at the POS or added to invoices, with real-time reports and low-stock alerts.
  • Import SKUs, vendors and costs
  • Set reorder points and low-stock alerts
  • Configure barcode labels and scanners
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Payouts

For salvage yards & auto recyclers: Distribute amounts owed to parts suppliers and marketplace sellers, with payment references matched to part numbers, fitment details and wholesale invoices. Pay vehicle and scrap sellers electronically to accounts in their name. Roots Payouts sends bank payments to subcontractors, crews and vendors. Provided through our licensed banking and money-transmission partners. Roots Payments is not a bank or money transmitter.
  • Set up payee onboarding
  • Connect payouts to job completion or approvals
  • Reconciliation reporting
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Merchant Account

For salvage yards & auto recyclers: Arrange a processing account for vehicle parts, accessories and trade orders, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. Typical tickets for salvage yards and auto recyclers run $10 parts to $5,000 vehicle purchases, and a merchant account's limits and pricing can be set for that range. A dedicated merchant account gives you custom pricing and processing limits set during underwriting. Roots uses it when Square isn't the right fit.
  • Statement review and a pricing quote
  • Underwriting and application support
  • A named support contact after go-live
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ACH Payments

For salvage yards & auto recyclers: Offer bank-account payments for vehicle parts, accessories and trade orders, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. Typical tickets for salvage yards and auto recyclers run $10 parts to $5,000 vehicle purchases. On the larger ones, ACH costs far less than a card. ACH moves money straight from the customer's bank account, which usually costs far less than a card on a large invoice.
  • Set up ACH on invoices and payment pages
  • Write authorization language
  • Explain return and settlement timing
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Salvage Yards & Auto Recyclers payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Square POS for Salvage Yards, Square for Retail for Salvage Yards, Square Inventory for Salvage Yards. Roots helps compare the setup, software and processing requirements around how you operate.
Yes. Bring your current POS, checkout or billing tools and recent processing statements. We review job estimates, deposits, field payments and final invoices, then plan the changes your salvage yards & auto recyclers business needs.
Request a quote for your business. The review covers your payment mix, locations, software, hardware recommendations and implementation work. Consultations and payment reviews are free.
Bring recent payment statements, the systems you use and a record of how a customer places an order, receives a service or pays a bill. Tell us which salvage yards & auto recyclers workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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