M-Pesa POS for car washes: every payment matched to its car
At most washes, checking M-Pesa means scrolling through SMS messages and trusting a screenshot. Suds puts each payment on the car it paid for, shows who took it, and sends the customer a receipt on WhatsApp.
The problem with M-Pesa at the counter
When a customer pays by M-Pesa, someone has to confirm the money arrived and decide which car it was for. On a busy Saturday that means a phone passed around, messages read in a hurry and payments that are hard to trace later. Cash has the same problem in a different form: the drawer is counted, but nobody can say which car is missing.
How Suds handles M-Pesa: STK Push, till and paybill
With M-Pesa set up for your business, the cashier sends an STK Push prompt straight to the customer's phone for the amount on their car. The customer enters their M-Pesa PIN and the car is marked paid as soon as Safaricom confirms. Nobody types a code or checks a message.
You keep the till or paybill your customers already know. Payments made to it show up in Suds within seconds, with the payer's name and amount, and the cashier puts each one on the car it paid for with one tap. Anything not yet on a car stays in a list, so no payment disappears.
Cash, counted every shift
Cash payments are recorded on the car with the name of the person who took them. At the end of the shift the drawer is counted, and Suds shows the expected amount, the counted amount and whether it is short or over.
Every discount, cancellation, refund and correction is saved with who did it and when, and the owner can see the list from their own phone.
Receipts the customer actually keeps
When a car is paid, the customer can get a receipt on WhatsApp from your business's own number, or by SMS from the counter phone's SIM. They also get a message when their car is checked in and when it is ready.
Works offline, catches up later
Cash sales keep going when the internet drops. Suds saves them on the phone and sends them when the connection returns, so a bad network day never means a gap in your records. See everything else in the car wash management system.
Questions
Do I need a new till number?
No. Suds works with the till or paybill you already have once M-Pesa is set up for your business.
What if a customer pays the wrong amount?
The payment still lands on the car, and the car shows what is still owed or what was overpaid.
Can staff delete a payment?
No payment disappears. A wrong cash entry can be voided with a reason, and the void is saved with who did it and when.
Does the customer need an app?
No. They pay with M-Pesa as usual and get their receipt on WhatsApp or by SMS.
What does it cost?
Your first month is on us, so you can test Suds before you commit. After that, send a request or a WhatsApp and we tell you the price for a business your size.
Get Suds at your business
Your first month is on us, so you can test Suds before you commit. Leave your details: we reply the same day and set it up with you. Every feature on this page is in the app today.
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