A new article in the February 2006 issue of Professional Carwashing & Detailing® magazine titled, "More ways to pay, more ways to profit," explains why offering cashless payment options at your carwash can increase your customer base and profits.
According to author Ryan Carlson, the project manager of WashCard Systems, a company providing credit and debit-card technology to the carwash industry, there are a total of 1.2 billion credit and retail cards in North America, and according to credit analysts, the average household has more than five.
Carlson states that carwash owners have reported that non-cash sales represent anywhere from 25 to 60 percent of their overall profits and have shown dramatic increases in their average dollar-per-ticket at their wash.
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