BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY and 360 Payments bring "Text to Pay" to automotive repair businesses

April 18, 2019
Service allows shops to complete transactions with customers paying their bill via text message.

BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY and 360 Payments have introduced a feature for automotive repair shops: shop owners can now offer customers the ability to pay repair bills from their mobile phones.

Text to Pay is a new service that combines the software of BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY with the payment processing of 360 Payments. The new feature is available to all new and existing BOLT ON customers using the company's PRO Pack suite of products with the addition of a plug-in.

Text to Pay benefits include:

Added convenience - customer pays from their phone

Get paid faster - shops will not have to wait until the end of the day for customers to pay in person

Streamlined checkout - no more long lines for vehicle pick-ups at the end of the day

Saves employee time - service advisors no longer chase customers for payments

Security - shows shop's commitment to the very highest payment security standards

Tech savvy - shows shops are on the cutting edge

Seamless integration - shop management software marks ROs as paid automatically

"We are thrilled to offer this exciting feature to new and existing customers," said Michael Risich, founder and CEO of BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY. "Our customers have been requesting this capability for a while, and when we had the opportunity to partner with 360 Payments, the leading payments processor in the automotive industry, we jumped at the chance to work together. This represents the last mile solution for our auto repair shops. We can now offer customers end-to-end job processing and transacting capabilities that seamlessly improve customer experience and boost profits."

"Our mission is to make payments an afterthought," said Steve Ciabattoni, co-CEO of 360 Payments. "We are the only payment processing provider bringing the Text to Pay feature to the automotive aftermarket. When we talked with Mike and the BOLT ON team at various trade shows over the past year, we recognized there was an unmet need in the market, and our respective areas of expertise could bring about a win-win solution for shops and customers. We couldn't be more excited to introduce Text to Pay and look forward to elevating the business of repair shops nationwide."

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