Quick Lube Payments & Square Setup

Quick lube shops need fast checkout, repeat visits and consistent pricing across locations. Square features Costa Oil, a 50-location operator that tracks car counts, average tickets and loyalty oil changes in Square.
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Payment solutions for quick lube & oil change shops

How these solutions fit quick lube & oil change shops

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

Square Point of Sale

For quick lube & oil change shops: Bring vehicle repairs, service visits and parts into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around repair orders, labor charges and parts stock. Check drivers out in the lane on Square Handheld or Terminal. 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 Loyalty

For quick lube & oil change shops: Create a rewards program around vehicle repairs, service visits and parts, with earning rules tied to how customers shop. Reward repeat visits; Costa Oil uses Square customer profiles to track free oil changes earned through loyalty. Square Loyalty lets customers earn points by visit, spend or item and redeem at your POS or online.
  • Design a reward structure that fits how often customers return
  • Set up enrollment at checkout and on invoices
  • Pair loyalty with Square Marketing reminder campaigns
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Square Marketing

For quick lube & oil change shops: Build opt-in campaigns for vehicle repairs, service visits and parts, from new offerings to reminders for returning customers. Send reminders when the next change is due. Square Marketing sends email and text campaigns to customers in your Square Customer Directory.
  • Build seasonal and service-interval reminder campaigns
  • Segment customers by service history
  • Set up SMS opt-in at checkout and booking
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Square Gift Cards

For quick lube & oil change shops: Offer gift cards redeemable toward vehicle repairs, service visits and parts and track purchased and redeemed balances. Gift cards turn oil changes and quick services into gifts and bring in new customers. Square Gift Cards covers physical and eGift cards that redeem at your POS or online.
  • Set up eGift cards on your website and POS
  • Plan holiday and Father's Day gift card promos
  • Configure reporting on outstanding balances
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Square Staff

For quick lube & oil change shops: Set roles, permissions and schedules for mechanics and service advisers, with a clearer view of staffing across shifts. Keep team hours, permissions and labor costs in the same system as your payments. Square's staff tools schedule shifts, track attendance and control what each team member can do in Square.
  • Set roles and permissions for techs, dispatchers and office staff
  • Configure timecards and overtime rules
  • Sync hours to payroll
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Custom Development on Square

For quick lube & oil change shops: Build a Square-based payment workflow around vehicle repairs, service visits and parts, with custom software for your operating process. Build multi-location dashboards or connect lane software to Square. Roots builds custom apps and integrations on Square's public APIs. This is Roots' work, not a Square product.
  • Scope and build the integration between Square and your lane management software
  • Two-way sync of jobs, invoices and customers
  • Dashboards and automations Square doesn't offer natively
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Fleet Card Acceptance

For quick lube & oil change shops: Plan fleet-account checkout for eligible vehicle repairs, service visits and parts, capturing vehicle or driver references for each transaction. Fleet managers route vehicles to quick lube shops that accept their fleet cards. Fleet cards require extra prompts and data at checkout. Roots sets up acceptance so fleet managers can send vehicles your way.
  • Enable fleet networks on your account
  • Configure terminal prompts
  • Help you market to local fleets
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Merchant Account

For quick lube & oil change shops: Arrange a processing account for vehicle repairs, service visits and parts, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. Typical tickets for quick lube shops run $50 to $150, 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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Quick Lube & Oil Change Shops payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Square POS for Quick Lube, Square Loyalty for Quick Lube, Square Marketing for Quick Lube. 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 quick lube & oil change shops 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 quick lube & oil change shops workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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