Bluesky Interactive to use RMS Payment Gateway for Car Dealer Sites

Milton Keynes, UK (11th of December 2020) – One of the UK’s most renowned automotive digital marketing agencies, Bluesky Interactive, have chosen Retail Merchant Services to be a provider of online payment gateways for their customers.



Also known by their group name ‘MBBluesky’, Bluesky Interactive specialise in creating e-commerce websites for car dealerships looking to sell cars and other motoring services online. The RMS payment gateway will allow dealers to take payments securely and quickly through their websites and can typically save merchants up to 30% on payment processing fees.

Benefits of Accepting Online Payments with Retail Merchant Services

The Retail Merchant Services payment gateway accepts online payments from all major debit and credit cards and digital wallets, such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, in over 140 different currencies. There’s a host of tools and features to help car dealerships thrive online and grow their business 24 hours a day, every day.

• Flexible integration options to suit your needs

  You can choose between two main integration methods for your gateway:
  
  

  1. Hosted Payment Page
     

     This is a secure, pre-packaged payment page where all your online payments and necessary processing is managed by Retail Merchant Services. It is a good choice for newly launched websites or e-commerce stores that need simple, fast transactions.
     
     

  2. Fully Customised Integration
     

     Seamlessly weaved directly into your website through an API, a full integration gives you control of the payment form; including the styling, branding, and user interface.

• Set up Recurring Payments and get money faster

  Providing you obtain consent from your customers, you can schedule daily, weekly, monthly and even annual automatic payments from their nominated card. This feature can be useful for implementing regular service fees and car subscriptions because you will not have to chase for payment or continually resubmit information.
  
  The funds from any online payments you receive can be delivered to your bank account the next working day when sign up to our Next Day Settlement service (for an additional fee). The speed of a pay-out and healthy cash flow can be important to car dealers, especially if you are waiting on a sale to fund your next stock purchase.
  
  
  
  

• Instant reporting tools for multiple users

  With every gateway you will get access for multiple users (and the ability to set different permission levels) to our merchant gateway portal. Here you can oversee and manage all your transactions in real-time, including voiding, settling, and releasing payments.
  
  
  
  

• Security at the forefront

  Keep your customers and your reputation safe, with a range of security measures that can identify fraudulent transactions before they cost your business. Encryption, tokenisation and 3D Secure 2.0 authentication will protect you from security breaches. Additionally, using our payment gateway can help to reduce the labour of maintaining PCI Compliance, by removing sensitive card information from the online payment environment.
  
  

Chris Masters, Head of ISV Sales at Retail Merchant Services said: “It’s an honour to partner with Bluesky Interactive, who have been leaders in their space for a long time now. Buying cars and other motor services online is becoming more commonplace and to stay competitive, dealerships need to have an online presence that’s working hard for them. Taking payments is an important aspect of that and RMS are confident in providing a payment gateway that suits the needs of any business or website, at extremely competitive rates.”

About Bluesky Interactive

Bluesky Interactive are one of the UK's leading automotive digital marketing agencies and have worked in the motor trade exclusively since they were established in 2002. They credit their continued growth and success to a deep understanding of the automotive industry and extensive expertise in contemporary digital marketing practices.

In 2008, a merger with MB Advertising, one of the largest marketing agencies in the North of England, saw the two companies form the MBBluesky group, employing over 140 employees and developing intelligent, forward-thinking technology and solutions. The group is able to offer a fully integrated range of services, from web design through to campaign management and currently supports more than 1,000 dealer locations.

 

About Retail Merchant Services

Retail Merchant Services provide thousands of small to medium-sized businesses across the UK and Ireland with reliable, secure, and tech-driven payment solutions to help them accept card payments, grow their businesses, and retain more customers. Founded in 2007, the company was acquired in 2017 by TCV, one of the largest growth equity investors in the technology industry.

Retail Merchant Services supply a host of products and services to help small business owners, including credit and debit card machines with Same Day Settlement, EPOS systems, Merchant Cash Advance, Online Payment Gateways, Pay by Link & Virtual Terminals.