Gas Station.
At-the-pump and in-store payments with c-store-grade inventory.
Built For You, Configured By Us.
EMV at the pump, fast in-store lanes, and unified reporting across fuel and merchandise.
We handle the compliance deadlines so you don't have to track them.
- ★Invoicing & card-on-file billingSend invoices with pay links, store cards on file for repeat accounts, and automate recurring billing — so your A/R stops being a part-time job.
- ★Mobile payments in the fieldTap-to-pay on a phone, Bluetooth readers, and text-to-pay get you paid on-site instead of invoicing after the fact and waiting weeks to collect.
- ★Appointment & dispatch friendlyPayment tools that fit how service businesses actually run — deposits at booking, balances at completion, and card-on-file for standing appointments.
- ★Next-day or same day fundingFast funding smooths the cash-flow gap between doing the work and getting paid, so payroll and materials never wait on a slow settlement.
What It’s Really Like To Run A Gas Station.
Your day runs on margins measured in cents. Fuel might clear a dime a gallon on a good week, so the real money is inside the store — drinks, smokes, lottery, the roller grill. You’re reconciling pump totals against the POS every shift, watching for drive-offs, keeping the ATM stocked, and dealing with a fuel jobber who drafts your account the moment the tanker leaves. Every decision, from pump pricing to the candy planogram, fights for pennies per transaction.
At the pump, card fees can eat most of your fuel margin outright — on a $60 fill-up, processing can take more than you clear on the gasoline itself. Outdoor EMV came with steep upgrade costs, and unattended pumps are a magnet for skimmers and card-testing fraud that turns into chargebacks. Inside, small-ticket transactions get hammered by flat per-item fees. You post two prices on the sign, cash and credit, and you need the processing behind them to actually match.
On a $60 fill-up, card processing can take more than the station clears on the fuel itself — which is exactly why cash/credit split pricing exists at the pump.
Where Payments Hurt
- ★Pump card fees rival or exceed your entire per-gallon fuel margin.
- ★Outdoor EMV upgrades cost thousands per dispenser, with fraud liability if you wait.
- ★Skimmers and card-testing at unattended pumps turn into chargeback losses.
- ★Small in-store tickets get crushed by flat per-transaction fees.
How Lone Star Fixes It
- ★Dual pricing programmed correctly at pump and register — cash and card prices that match your street sign. See Texas rules.
- ★PAX or Dejavoo countertop terminals inside, with small-ticket-friendly pricing for the c-store.
- ★Tokenization and P2PE to blunt skimmer exposure — explained in this guide — plus chargeback alerts.
- ★A free statement review that translates your current statement into cents-per-gallon, plus up to $5,000 toward a POS upgrade.
Gas Station Owners Ask Us
Can I charge different prices for cash and card at the pump in Texas?
Yes — the familiar cash/credit split on the price sign is dual pricing, and it’s permitted in Texas when both prices are clearly posted. The key is making sure your pump controllers and processing program actually implement it correctly, which we configure as a Dallas-based team.
What does outdoor EMV mean for my liability?
Since the fuel EMV liability shift, counterfeit card fraud at non-chip pumps falls on the station, not the card issuer. If your dispensers still swipe, you’re absorbing that fraud — we can walk the upgrade math with you honestly, including what qualifies for our POS upgrade program.
Why are my fees so high on small in-store sales?
Flat per-transaction fees hit a $3 energy drink much harder than a $60 fill-up, percentage-wise. A pricing structure tuned for small tickets — and a statement review to find junk fees — usually moves the needle more than any single rate change.
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Ready To See It In Action?
Call (214) 838-1818 and a specialist will walk you through the right setup for your business — and ask about up to $5,000 to upgrade your POS.
