Industry | Auto Dealer Platform

The Auto Dealer Platform is a trademarked set of features and software options developed and marketed to support new car dealers.

Long before other processor’s copied us, we diagnosed the needs of the new car auto dealer and built innovative merchant processing software combinations that specifically target an auto dealer’s needs.

The Auto Dealer Platform includes many innovative and helpful features:

Invoice Prompt provides the accounting department an easier way to balance their books, along with special software that helps dealers obtain lower discount rates for Business Cards presented by their customers
Next day deposit
End-of-Month billing
Service writer terminals
Cardpointe access and training
Gift and loyalty cards (see samples below)
Online parts store
Computer swipe stations for service advisors
Cashier training
Wireless terminals
Onsite installation
PIN debit
F&I terminals
EOM courtesies
Our payment system integrates with most DMS providers

All these and other features that are now considered “standard” were original and exclusive to the Auto Dealer Platform when first introduced.
Ensuring successful installation and training for all selected features, onsite installation in most cases, plus personalized attention as described above illustrates why we have hundreds of automobile dealers in our portfolio.

Two More Reasons To Choose Auto Dealer Platform

1. We make sure you get the best possible service and support

At Auto Dealer Platform, we work hard to ensure you are getting the best possible service and support – seven days a week – 24 hours a day.

No Hassle Installation and Setup

As a merchant, once you are approved you will have access to the gateway: Cardpointe. Cardpointe is a dedicated merchant website that allows business owners to access their merchant account information online 24/7 and to reach customer service. Using the website, merchants can also reconcile their deposits, retrieve their deposit information, view detailed reports of their chargeback and retrieval histories, and receive prompt answers to questions they submit via e-mail.

However, Cardpointe is not always intuitive. Auto Dealer Platform conducts personalized training using online collaborative programs, such as GoToMeeting®, to help you learn how to effectively navigate Cardpointe and take advantage of all its features.

Problem Solving

With over 11 years’ experience in the merchant account/credit card processing business, we are, quite frankly, experts at handling any customer problem. If you have any problem or concern, you only need to call us and we will quickly determine the source of the problem, discern the most effective remedy, and take action to resolve it efficiently and with the least amount of hassle for you.

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…Build Your Dealership’s Brand

“Your gift cards have allowed us to be more flexible in our dealership’s marketing campaigns – a huge benefit that we weren’t able to offer with a traditional paper gift certificate program.”

…Increase Your Service & Parts Department Sales

“By providing a gift card for our service department or parts department with each new car purchase – we have afforded the customer a chance to try-us-out with other purchases, allowing us to realize incremental revenue through a non-traditional advertising method!”

…Improve Customer Service

“Gift cards have been a big hit with our customers. They work seamlessly across our retail and Internet sales channels and provide our customers with a convenient way to give the automotive gift of choice from our retail parts showroom.”

…Manage Your Finances

“Right from the start, the gift cards were easier and faster to process at the point-of-sale. The electronic gift card also does not require the necessary paperwork needed for using paper gift certificates.”

2. Raising The Bar on Security: Multi-layered, Payment Card Data Security with TransArmor®

Auto Dealer Platform ensures all your terminals are enabled for TransArmor. TransArmor combines the flexibility of software- or hardware-based data encryption with random number tokenization. This provides a one-two punch that protects payment card data at every transaction stage—in transit, in use, and at rest—while reducing the challenge and expense of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance.

As is well documented in the media, data breaches are on the rise and criminal focus has recently shifted. Criminals are no longer targeting large corporations and institutions attempting to steal millions of accounts containing credit card and other identity information. The trend now is to attack smaller businesses and organizations. This yields smaller numbers of cards, but small business usually cannot afford enterprise level protection. With TransArmor, you now have world-class protection for your clients’ credit card data.

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How the TransArmor solution works:

The consumer provides their card number for the auto dealer’s point-of-sale terminal
The card data is then encrypted and transmitted to our processor’s front-end
The front-end decrypts the data payload
Card data is sent to the issuing bank for authorization and, in parallel, tokenized
The token is paired with the authorization response and sent back to the auto dealer
The utility stores the token instead of the card data in their environment and uses the token for subsequent business processes.

When you consider a Merchant Account Provider what factors do you consider?

- Background? Auto Dealer Platform is owned and operated by a Service‐Connected Disabled Veteran who served his country and returned to establish a business with salespeople who also value their country and the opportunies that trustworthy‐selling practices provide.

- Price? Life teaches us you usually get what you pay for… nonetheless, we do provide competitive pricing and actively monitor any processing industry changes that can affect our portfolio of Auto Dealer Platform merchants.

- Integrity? Most people would say merchant processing and the word integrity are an oxymoron. Our customers will tell you we have integrity and consistency for 10+ years as a merchant account acquirer.

- Personal Service? Many merchant processor sales people just sign you up and then move on, often never to be seen again. Our sales people manage their own merchant portfolio and are always your first line of service. Yes, we also have a 24/7 corporate service department; however, our salespeople navigate the corporate morass for you, saving you the time and the hassle of doing it yourself.