Generator & Battery Payments & Square Setup

Generator and home battery installers sell big-ticket equipment, often financed, then sell annual maintenance. Roots sets up deposits, financing and maintenance autopay.
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Payment solutions for standby generator & home battery installers

How these solutions fit standby generator & home battery installers

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

Square Invoices

For standby generator & home battery installers: Send itemized invoices for installation deposits, energy projects and equipment and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Most generator and battery installers quote standby generator and battery installs before the work starts, and Square Invoices keeps the estimate, deposit and final payment on one record. Square Invoices sends estimates and invoices by email, SMS or a shareable link and tracks what's paid, unpaid or overdue. Roots configures the templates, payment schedules and reminders around how you bill.
  • Build your service catalog, tax settings and branded invoice and estimate templates
  • Set up deposit and milestone schedules that match your contracts and any state limits you operate under
  • Connect Square to QuickBooks Online or Xero so paid invoices reconcile automatically
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Square Contracts

For standby generator & home battery installers: Document the scope, payment schedule and customer approval for installation deposits, energy projects and equipment before work begins. A signed scope protects generator and battery installers when a customer disputes a charge later. Square Contracts builds contracts with e-signature that attach to Square estimates, invoices and appointments, free of charge.
  • Adapt Square's templates to your scope, change-order and warranty language
  • Attach contracts to estimates and bookings automatically
  • Coordinate with your attorney on state-specific terms
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Consumer Financing

For standby generator & home battery installers: Present financing options for installation deposits, energy projects and equipment alongside the purchase or service estimate. Roots connects your business with buy-now-pay-later options for customer purchases.
  • Discuss your business goals on a free consultation
  • Coordinate your provider introduction and setup
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Recurring Billing

For standby generator & home battery installers: Schedule and manage payments for maintenance plans and phased installation charges, including renewals and customer account balances. Auto-renew annual maintenance plans. Recurring billing charges a saved card or bank account on a schedule, with retries when a payment fails.
  • Design plan structures and billing dates
  • Set up clear authorization and cancellation terms
  • Import existing autopay customers where permitted
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ACH Payments

For standby generator & home battery installers: Offer bank-account payments for installation deposits, energy projects and equipment, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. Typical tickets for generator and battery installers run $8,000 to $25,000. 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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Merchant Account

For standby generator & home battery installers: Arrange a processing account for installation deposits, energy projects and equipment, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. Typical tickets for generator and battery installers run $8,000 to $25,000, 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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Standby Generator & Home Battery Installers payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Square Invoices for Generator & Battery, Square Contracts for Generator & Battery, Customer Financing for Generator & Battery. 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 standby generator & home battery installers 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 standby generator & home battery installers workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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