CDK Drive Payment Integration: Pay From the RO, Not a Side Terminal
A CDK Drive payment integration should mean one thing: click Pay on the repair order and the terminal takes it from there. Ours pushes the amount straight from the RO to your Ingenico terminal, no separate order to create, no re-keying. The payment posts back to CDK Drive the moment it is approved.
Push Beats Pull, Every Time
Most processors bolt a terminal onto CDK Drive. Ours pushes straight from the RO to the terminal.
Here is what a pull workflow actually costs an advisor: create the order in CDK, walk to a separate device, key the amount in by hand, then reconcile the two systems by hand at close. Every one of those steps is a place to lose a minute, or lose the number entirely.
A true CDK Drive payment integration skips all of that. Click Pay on the RO, and the Ingenico terminal activates instantly with the amount already on it. No walk to a separate device, no re-keying, no second order sitting in another system waiting to be pulled.
| The pull workflow (other processors) | The push workflow (built for CDK Drive) |
|---|---|
| Create the order in CDK | Click Pay on the RO |
| Walk to a separate device | The terminal activates instantly, right at the counter |
| Re-key the amount by hand | Amount pushed automatically from the RO |
| Reconcile by hand at close | Payment auto-posts back to the RO in real time |
One Click, Start to Finish
No middle screens. No second order to create in a separate system. One click in CDK Drive is the whole transaction, from the RO to the terminal and back. Error risk stays near zero, because there is only one place to enter a number.
The Terminal and the RO, Side by Side
Press the terminal below. Watch the repair order react in real time, the same way it does on the shop floor.
The left side is the terminal your advisors already use to run a card: an Ingenico Lane 5000, tap or dip, the same hardware that is live in the service drive today. The right side is the actual RO screen inside CDK Drive: labor, parts, and a card payment line that updates the instant the terminal approves.
Tap the terminal and the payment auto-posts to the repair order in CDK Drive. No pull, no re-key, no manual reconciliation.
Reconciled means done, not pending review. The moment that status flips, the advisor at the counter, the front office, and the controller are all looking at the same closed line item. Nothing to batch at close, nothing to match up later against a stack of terminal receipts.
One Post, Not Two Systems
Other processors settle to their own system, then the dealership matches that against the RO by hand. Ours posts to the RO the moment the terminal approves.
For the controller, that difference shows up hardest at month end. Every payment already carries a timestamp tied to its own RO line item, so closing the books means confirming totals already on record, not tracing which terminal receipt belongs to which repair order three weeks later. Ours skips the batch entirely. The payment already lives on the RO, because it posted there in real time the moment the customer tapped their card.
| Feature | DealerPayments | Other Processors |
|---|---|---|
| Payment initiation | Click “Pay” in CDK | Separate terminal/app |
| Amount entry | Automatic from RO | Manual re-key |
| Reconciliation | Real-time auto-post | Manual batch at end of day |
| Error risk | Near zero | High (double-entry) |
| Systems to learn | One (CDK) | Multiple |
| Service lane mobility | Yes (iPad/tablet) | Limited |
The same real-time post is what carries the surcharge prompt: credit cards prompt the 3% fee at the terminal, debit passes straight through with no fee at all. See how the surcharge program runs inside this exact flow.
Every Counter That Takes a Card
The same push connection runs anywhere CDK Drive opens an RO or a deal.
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Service Drive
Advisors carry an iPad or tablet to the vehicle instead of walking back to a fixed station.
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Parts Counter
A parts ticket closes the same way as a repair order: click Pay, tap the card, done.
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F&I Office
Deal add-ons and protection products post through the same push connection as a service RO.
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Cashier
The front desk keeps a fixed terminal for walk-up payments. Same integration underneath.
Every one of those terminals is the same Ingenico Lane 5000, P2PE-encrypted at the point of sale. It is included at $0 hardware cost under the flat $99/mo fee. See how the encryption works, or check the full price list.
Straight Answers on the Integration
When you click “Pay” in CDK Drive, the transaction amount is pushed directly to your Ingenico terminal. The customer completes payment, and it auto-posts back to the RO and your accounting. No re-keying, no manual reconciliation.
No. The Ingenico Lane 5000 terminal is included: $0 hardware, $0 setup. It is the same terminal that runs across the whole store, so there is nothing extra to buy just to get the CDK connection working.
Install takes an afternoon. You are live in CDK Drive within two weeks, and your team is trained the same day the terminals go in, with no contract to sign.
Push, not pull. The amount never leaves CDK Drive to sit in a second system waiting to be grabbed. That is the piece that usually creates double-entry and reconciliation gaps on other setups.
Yes. The terminal auto-detects the card type: credit prompts the 3% surcharge, debit never does. It rides the same push connection described above; see the surcharge program for the full mechanics.
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