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DumpYourProcessorCard processing built for contractors and field services.
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, roofing — if your team is taking payments in the field on a phone or tablet, mobile reliability and honest pricing on big-ticket jobs matter more than almost anything else in your processing setup. Most field-service businesses are still on a rate built for a retail counter, not a truck.
Where the fees hide
- Big job tickets on flat-rate pricing — A $6,000 kitchen remodel or $12,000 roof job shouldn't be taxed at the same flat percentage as a $40 service call — but on flat-rate pricing, it is.
- Deposits and progress payments — Collecting a deposit before the job, then progress payments, then a final balance means multiple transactions that all need to be priced and invoiced cleanly.
- Keyed and phone payments — Taking a card number over the phone to lock in a job is a keyed transaction, priced higher and a common place for hidden surcharges.
- Mobile reliability in the field — A reader that drops connection at a job site with weak signal costs you the sale, not just the fee.
What to look for
- Interchange-plus pricing so large jobs aren't overtaxed
- A reliable mobile card reader with offline/queued processing
- Invoicing tools for deposits, progress billing, and final balances
- No equipment lease on readers or tablets
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Common questions
Does the mobile reader work with spotty signal at job sites?
The setups we recommend are built for field use, including handling weak-signal situations far better than a basic consumer card reader.
Can we send an invoice for the balance instead of running a card on-site?
Yes — invoicing for deposits and balances-due is part of the setup, so your team isn't stuck waiting at the job site for a card to be handy.