Taking the plunge and starting a business of your own is an exciting time. However, the car wash market is highly competitive, and those who want to make the car wash business model work will need to set themselves apart. From delivering an uncompromised quality of wash with the latest car wash technology, to [...]

A car wash can be the best in its area but still miss out on potential customers due to a lack of effective promotion. With the majority of the population owning cars, almost everyone is a prospective customer, so it’s important to get the word out there. As with any business, promotional strategies are [...]

These days, most people use search engines to find the businesses and services they require. That means traditional media marketing isn’t enough anymore. Internet users want information fast, so are unlikely to spend time clicking through the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) to find what they want. Instead, they’re going to give their business [...]

Payments help the world go round. Our ability to make payments and purchases allows us to complete a host of day-to-day tasks. Without payments, simple jobs such as visiting the supermarket, buying a coffee or filling the car with fuel would not be possible. For a long time, payments have simply been considered as [...]

The pandemic has presented a plethora of challenges for business leaders and managers all over the world. Every business in every industry has needed to adapt the way it operates and sells. Car wash businesses are no exception, and the last 12 months have undoubtedly been some of the toughest the industry has faced. [...]

PSD Codax has been a leader in car wash forecourt technology since 1991.  We have been the standard for years as the best way to activate your car wash system regardless of manufacturer of the car wash equipment.  Over the years we have progressed from a simple keypad for code entry to offer a wider [...]

We discussed the unstoppable rise of mobile payment apps in a recent article ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Mobile Payment Apps’, but when it comes to technology, it is not just the world of fast and simple payments that have the power to revolutionise the customer experience and management of your car wash business. Here at [...]

Launched back in 2015, Apple Pay became the first of many apps allowing consumers to ditch the need for credit cards and cash payments. Android Pay (now referred to as Google Pay following its merge with Google Wallets) launched in 2016 and Samsung Pay followed in close pursuit in 2017, which opened up the market [...]

Once you have successfully established your business and a steady flow of vehicles are starting to roll through your carwash, it is essential that you don’t become focussed exclusively on simply adding more new customers. It is a fundamental error in business to overlook the customers you already have and not to acknowledge the loyalty [...]

People of all ages are increasingly turning to cashless options when paying for goods and services, appreciating the convenience and flexibility that these alternatives offer. The Payments Council predicts that most consumer purchases in the U.K. this year will be cashless, a phenomenon that is being principally driven by millennial consumers who are less reliant [...]