takepayments provide credit/debit card processing services both online and using in-person terminals. MotorDesk integrates with takepayments to enable you to accept vehicle reservations and invoice card payments online and in-person.
Visit takepayments.com to sign-up with takepayments.
Once you've signed-up and your takepayments account is ready you will receive your API keys via email, you can also retrieve them from your takepayments portal account.
If you can not locate your API keys please contact takepayments support.
Once you've located your API keys please log-in to your MotorDesk account and go to the Business -> Connect Services -> Payments section, then copy and paste your keys into the relevant fields and select the 'Save Changes' button.
For online e-commerce payments enter your 'E-Commerce Merchant ID' and 'E-Commerce Signature Key', or for terminal payments enter your 'Terminal Client ID' and 'Terminal Client Secret'.
You can enable e-commerce and terminal payments integration individually if you do not intend to use both.
If you are using the terminal integration you should now see a 'Manage Terminals' button, select this button and then select the 'Pair Terminal' button.
Select your terminal type and then enter your terminal ID which is usually found on the bottom or back of your terminal, then select 'Pair Terminal'.
You will now be provided with an IP address to configure your terminal, please keep these details ready and follow the relevant set-up instructions below to complete the pairing.
A920 - Touchscreen Terminal
Move 5000 - Traditional Terminal
That's it! Your takepayments integration is now ready! We recommend making a test payment which you can then refund, this can be done by reserving a vehicle or creating an invoice.
To enable online vehicle reservations log-in to your MotorDesk account and go to the Website -> Settings section, then enable the 'Reserve Online' option.
When reserving a vehicle from the Reserve Vehicle section of a vehicle simply select the 'Deposit Method' as 'Card Payment', enter the 'Deposit Amount' and a 'Send to Payment Terminal' button will appear - select this button and follow the instructions to complete the payment on your terminal.
When recording invoice payments via the Payments section of an invoice simply enter the payment amount and select the 'Method' as 'Card Payment', a 'Send to Terminal' button will appear - select this button and follow the instructions to complete the payment on your terminal.
MotorDesk's integration with takepayments supports the following terminals: