Clover feature · Automotive
A practical walk-through of work-order invoicing on Clover for mobile detailing services: what happens, who does what and what to set up first.
✓ Installed by our team and supported by phone. Rates and equipment are quoted to your business.
Merchant Fund Express configures this Clover capability with your devices, menu and team, so it is working from the first shift.
For a mobile detailing service, a work order carries the scope, the parts and the approvals into the final invoice.
For a mobile detailing service, the detail that matters is this: packages by vehicle size with travel and add-on modifiers, often quoted by phone and booked by text.
the day's addresses are mapped and the van is loaded.
the detail is done in the driveway, and the owner approves it.
the invoice is paid on the handheld before leaving.
mileage and totals by route are reviewed.
Disputes on a repair bill usually come from surprises. A work order that records changes as they happen means the invoice is the sum of things the customer already agreed to.
In a mobile detailing service, disputes come from surprises. A work order that logs changes means the invoice is no surprise.
Collecting cash and forgetting to log it makes weekly totals impossible; record every sale in the system.
We configure your account and hardware before anything ships, then come to you to install, load your items, connect the extras and walk your staff through the first rush, with a phone number for anything that comes up afterward.
Adding work without noting the approval.
It matters more in a mobile detailing service because mobile detailers work from a van at the customer's home or office, so there is no counter and every payment happens on a driveway.
Packages by vehicle type with a travel fee item. Water and power add-ons can be modifiers.
Usually one or two people; each has a login to separate business from personal.
Mobile detailing sells convenience at the driveway, so scheduling and travel are the real costs. Grouping appointments by area, charging a clear service-area fee and collecting payment on the handheld before leaving keeps cash flow tight, and photos of the finished work attached to the job are the best advertising a van can have.
As explained by Merchant Fund Express. Updated 2026.
Deposits can be recorded as partial payments and applied to the final invoice.
Yes. An invoice includes a payment link.
A handheld with cellular connectivity takes tap, chip and swipe payments anywhere, and digital receipts go by text or email.
There is no price list on purpose. Your quote is built from your monthly card sales, your average ticket and the devices you need, so call (305) 384-8391 and we will price your actual setup.
Yes. Send or read us a recent statement and we will walk through what you pay today, with no obligation.
A cellular handheld takes payment on site and sends the receipt by text or email.
A travel fee can be a separate item so the invoice shows it clearly.
Call Merchant Fund Express. We install it, train your staff and stay on the line after launch. Ask for a free rate review while you are at it.
