Lower costs on commercial card payments

Commercial customers of tire shops often pay with purchasing or fleet cards, where enhanced data matters. When business customers pay with commercial cards, passing detailed invoice data can qualify for lower interchange. Visa's Commercial Enhanced Data Program changed the rules in 2025–2026.
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Payment solutions for tire shops

How each solution supports tire shops

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

Square for Retail

For tire shops: Connect vehicle parts, oils and automotive accessories to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Organize tires by size, brand and load rating with barcode scanning. 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 tire shops: Track vehicle parts, oils and automotive accessories with item-level stock records and replenishment workflows. Get low-stock alerts on your fastest-moving sizes. 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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Square Point of Sale

For tire 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. Bundle mount, balance and disposal fees with each tire sale. 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 Appointments

For tire shops: Schedule repair estimates and service appointments, collect appointment payments and keep staff calendars aligned. Let drivers and fleets book online, 24/7, with automatic reminders that cut no-shows and phone tag. Square Appointments gives customers a booking site and sends confirmations and reminders automatically. Roots maps your services, crews and policies into it.
  • Map services, durations, buffers and travel time into Square Appointments
  • Set deposit, prepayment and cancellation policies
  • Add booking to your website and Google Business Profile
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Square Online (websites)

For tire shops: Give customers an online storefront for vehicle repairs, service visits and parts, with ordering and fulfillment choices suited to your business. Let customers shop tires and book installs online. Square's website builder (formerly Square Online) creates a site that shares your Square catalog, customers and payments.
  • Build a service or product site connected to your Square catalog
  • Connect booking, payment links and eGift cards
  • Set up your domain and on-page SEO basics
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Fleet Card Acceptance

For tire 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 tire 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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Level 2/3 Processing

For tire shops: Include purchase-order references and itemized invoice data for business-card purchases of vehicle repairs, service visits and parts. Commercial customers of tire shops often pay with purchasing or fleet cards, where enhanced data matters. When business customers pay with commercial cards, passing detailed invoice data can qualify for lower interchange. Visa's Commercial Enhanced Data Program changed the rules in 2025–2026.
  • Review your commercial card mix to see whether enhanced data pays
  • Configure line-item data from invoices
  • Monitor Visa data-quality results

Cash Discount Program

For tire shops: Design a clearly presented cash-price program for vehicle repairs, service visits and parts, with checkout wording and receipts aligned. Tire shops that take a lot of cash or check payments can use a cash discount to offset card costs. With a cash discount program, the posted price is the card price and customers who pay cash get a disclosed discount.
  • Program setup and terminal configuration
  • Compliant signage and receipt language
  • Staff training on how to explain pricing to customers
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Merchant Account

For tire shops: Arrange a processing account for vehicle repairs, service visits and parts, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. Typical tickets for tire shops run $100 to $1,500, 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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Level 2/3 Processing questions

Questions auto shop owners ask about payments.
Business card payments can include additional invoice and line-item information. Roots reviews your transaction data and processing setup to plan the required fields.
No. We review the actual card mix and processing results with your processing partner, then compare the effect on your statement.
Bring your business-card mix, invoice fields and transaction line-item data. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for tire shops and prepare a clear setup scope.
Request a quote for your business and the setup you need. We review the scope and costs with you before you proceed. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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