Payments for Marinas

Marinas bill slips monthly or seasonally, sell fuel, bait and ice at the dock, and run ship stores and service departments. Roots sets up recurring slip billing, dockside payments and the ship store.
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Payment solutions for marinas

How these solutions fit marinas

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

Square for Retail

For marinas: Connect camping supplies, recreation equipment and site merchandise to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Track ship store inventory, from line and fenders to bait and ice. Square's retail POS keeps stock in sync across locations and channels, with purchase orders, vendor profiles, barcode labels and cost-of-goods tracking. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We import your catalog, variants and barcodes
  • We set up vendors, reorder points and low-stock alerts
  • We configure scanners and label printers and train shop staff
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Square Point of Sale

For marinas: Bring campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around reservation deposits, rental balances and site fees. Ring up attended fuel-dock sales, pump-outs, bait and ice at the dock. Square Point of Sale accepts tap, dip and swipe payments, including digital wallets, with an item library, customer profiles and sales reports in one app. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We build your item library, taxes, discounts and device settings before day one
  • We recommend Square hardware for each station and configure it (you buy it from Square)
  • We train your staff and stay on call as your named contact
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Square Invoices

For marinas: Send itemized invoices for campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Send estimates for haul-outs and repairs, then invoice with deposits and e-signed work authorizations. Square Invoices sends estimates, e-signature contracts and invoices with deposits, payment schedules, recurring billing and automatic reminders. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We build invoice, estimate and contract templates in your brand
  • We set up deposit and payment-schedule rules that match your policies
  • We connect invoices to QuickBooks Online or Xero
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Square for Restaurants

For marinas: Organize campground cafe meals and recreation-site concessions with menu modifiers, kitchen routing and front-of-house checks in one restaurant workflow. Run the marina grill or tiki bar with preauthorized tabs. Square's restaurant POS handles preauthorized bar tabs, coursing, table and seat management, split checks, auto-gratuity and kitchen routing to Square KDS. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We build menus, modifiers, printers and KDS routing for each outlet
  • We set up tabs, tip rules and permissions for bartenders and servers
  • We configure Square Handheld or Register at each station and train staff
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Recurring Billing

For marinas: Schedule and manage payments for seasonal site rent and marina memberships, including renewals and customer account balances. Autopay monthly and seasonal slip rentals by card or bank account. Recurring billing charges memberships, installments and monthly fees automatically to a card or bank account on file.
  • We set up plans and migrate existing customers
  • We write clear billing terms and receipts
  • We monitor failed payments
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ACH Payments

For marinas: Offer bank-account payments for campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. Collect annual slip contracts and large service bills by ACH. ACH moves money straight from a customer's bank account, usually for far less than card fees on large invoices and recurring charges.
  • We set up authorization forms and verification
  • We connect ACH to your invoicing or billing
  • We explain return codes and timelines to your team
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Unattended Payments

For marinas: Build self-service checkout for campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals at kiosks, stations or access points that operate without a staffed counter. Take cards at self-serve fuel pumps and pump-out stations. Unattended readers and pay stations take cards on machines, kiosks and gates without staff.
  • We match hardware to each machine
  • We set up processing and reporting
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Level 2/3 Processing

For marinas: Include purchase-order references and itemized invoice data for business-card purchases of campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals. Lower interchange on commercial fleet and charter-company accounts. Passing enhanced data such as tax amounts, PO numbers and line items with corporate, purchasing and government cards can qualify transactions for lower interchange rates.
  • We review which of your customers pay with commercial cards
  • We set up data capture in your invoices or software
  • We verify the lower rates show up on statements
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Custom Payment Integration

For marinas: Connect the payment flow for campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals with your software and the operational records behind reservation deposits, rental balances and site fees. Connect payments to your marina management software. We connect payments to the industry software you already run, from reservation and ticketing systems to access control.
  • We scope, build and maintain the integration
  • We test with real workflows before go-live
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Marinas payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Square Retail POS for Marinas, Square POS for Marinas, Square Invoices for Marinas. 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 reservations, tickets, deposits and on-site checkout, then plan the changes your marinas 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 marinas workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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