Cut Dealer Processing Costs by 75% — Without Risking Compliance
Most dealers don’t realize they need to stop hidden credit card fees and their losses — because a silent thief is cutting into their profits every single month.
This isn’t employee theft or vendor fraud—it’s your credit card processor.
The Hidden Profit Drain Most Auto Dealers Overlook
Every time a card is swiped, you’re being overcharged. With rising processing fees, hidden markups, and a lack of transparency, dealerships are unknowingly losing thousands of dollars per month—money that should be boosting your bottom line.
Why Credit Card Fees Are Silently Killing Dealership Profits
These fees are constantly changing and increasing… and because there is no transparency, your processor typically doesn’t even tell you about it. They simply debit the fees straight from your bank account at the end of the month and get away with it using the fine print buried deep in their terms of service. This is done completely by design.
The average dealership pays anywhere from $5,000 – $15,000 per month, per rooftop, just to accept credit card payments — a massive expense that highlights why dealers must stop hidden credit card fee losses before they bleed even more. With nearly 90% of consumers paying with Credit Cards in this day and age, the problem is only getting bigger. According to the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), rising operational costs like these are among the biggest threats to dealership profitability.
How Most Dealers Are (Wrongly) Handling Rising Processing Costs
Dealerships like yours typically respond in one of two ways:
- By passing the processing fees to your Customers, which if done incorrectly, can put you out of compliance and open you up to potential legal issues. Dealerships must stay compliant with FTC credit card regulations to avoid legal exposure when implementing surcharges or fee-passing strategies.
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By absorbing the costs because your trusted advisors are unintentionally giving you BAD advice because they don’t understand your business.
Either way, you lose.
The Dealer-Exclusive Payment Solution That Protects Your Profits
I founded Dealer Merchant Services to help auto dealers stop hidden credit card fee losses and save up to 75% of their Credit Card processing fees, without disrupting CSI.
Our team brings over 350 years of combined automotive experience. We help dealers fight dishonest practices and reclaim profits.
Unlike the other options available to dealers, our team is comprised of individuals who live and breathe the automotive industry. Specializing EXCLUSIVELY in Processing Payments for Dealerships. As of December 2024, we’ve helped dealers save well over $45 Million Dollars and counting.
Why Surcharge Compliance Matters More Than Ever for Auto Dealers
The world of surcharge isn’t going away. In fact, it’s expanding. The scary part is that many dealerships are not in compliance with their current practices because their existing processor doesn’t specialize in the automotive industry and may not even be aware that they have left the door wide open for potential litigation of their dealership, and the audits are coming! Beyond compliance, dealers should also follow PCI Security Standards to ensure their payment systems meet required security protocols.
Surcharging and cash discounting is gaining increased popularity, but there is a right way and a wrong way to implement a program like this. Dealer Merchant Services will help clear the confusion in the best way to roll this out by keeping disruption to a minimum. Dealers need to understand the difference between surcharging and cash discounting and why a compliant surcharge is the right choice for the complexities of automotive.
Get Your Free Profit Protection Report and Start Saving Now
We’ll show you how to save 75% on fees — and give you a FREE Profit Protection Report, no strings attached.
Want to Stop the Profit Bleed?
We’ll show:
- Exactly how much you’re overpaying
- How to fix it — with or without switching providers
- A path to saving up to 75% of your fees
What we need:
- Your last 3 months of processing statements
- 48 hours to return your custom analysis
Visit us at www.DealerMerchantServices.com to set up a quick call OR text me directly at 214-683-4088.
Let’s expose the thief and put that money back where it belongs—in your dealership’s profits.
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