Canadian dealerships can now accelerate checkout and boost revenue with secure, text-to-pay links directly from Lightspeed DMS
Salt Lake City, UT & SAN FRANCISCO – [July 7, 2025] – Lightspeed DMS, a leading dealership platform, and Skipify, a leading fintech company redefining the checkout experience, today announced the expansion of their partnership, making Lightspeed Click-to-Pay, powered by Skipify, available to Lightspeed Canadian dealers. This launch builds on proven US results, enabling Canadian businesses to leverage Skipify’s advanced payment technology to accelerate checkout, boost revenue, and enhance the customer experience.
The launch allows Canadian Lightspeed dealers to now accept payments in Canadian dollars (CAD) through secure, PCI-compliant payment links sent via text or email. This provides a modern, identity-centric solution that seamlessly integrates within the Lightspeed platform, offering a frictionless checkout experience for customers, regardless of their location.
“Bringing Lightspeed Click-to-Pay to our Canadian dealers marks a significant milestone in our commitment to providing innovative and efficient payment solutions,” said Troy Thibodeau, Chief Marketing & Product Officer, Lightspeed. “This expansion supports our shared mission with Skipify to deliver a faster, more secure payment experience, ultimately helping our dealers thrive by improving conversion rates and accelerating cash flow.”
The Lightspeed and Skipify partnership has already demonstrated strong results for U.S.-based dealers, including on average:
- +6.4% uplift in checkout conversion
- +8% incremental Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) growth
- 99%+ authorization success rate
“We’re excited to extend the benefits of our Commerce Identity Cloud to Canadian Lightspeed dealers,” said Erythean Martin, CEO, Skipify. “The proven success in the U.S. market underscores the power of our solution to transform the payment experience. Existing Lightspeed dealers in Canada can now immediately and seamlessly take advantage of Skipify’s “Click to Pay” Paylinks solution and start realizing these tangible benefits.”
Interested in Lightspeed Click-to-Pay?
Lightspeed Click-to-Pay is designed to help dealers accelerate checkout, reduce fraud, and increase cash flow directly from Lightspeed DMS. This collaboration aims to empower Canadian Lightspeed dealers to unlock new revenue streams and deliver a world-class customer experience. Learn more.
Canadian Lightspeed dealers interested in enabling Click-to-Pay can learn more by contacting Lightspeed directly.
About Lightspeed
Lightspeed is a leading provider of cloud-based software for dealerships and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”), serving the RV, Marine, Trailer, Powersports, Outdoor Power Equipment (OPE), and Golf Car industries. Uniquely designed by dealers—for dealers—Lightspeed streamlines operations through ease of use and provides critical information to better serve customers.
Lightspeed’s Dealer Management Solution (DMS) enables dealerships to optimize their end-to-end business operations, including sales, parts, service, rental, accounting, and CRM. From small, independent dealerships to large, multi-store dealer groups—and everyone in between—Lightspeed offers scalable solutions to fit every business.
For over 40 years, Lightspeed has empowered 4,500+ dealers across North America with the tools and technology they need to grow their business and increase profitability by selling more units, service, and parts—all while creating a more streamlined customer experience. For more information, visit www.lightspeeddms.com.
About Skipify
Skipify is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California whose mission is to connect people to the merchants and financial products they trust and love through innovative, reliable, and secure digital experiences that feel more like magic than software. Built in partnership with the world’s largest financial institutions, acquirers and card networks, Skipify’s Commerce Identity Cloud helps merchants significantly boost approval and conversion rates by minimizing friction and abandonment at checkout.
Skipify has been recognized as a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, Top 100 Financial Technology Company, “The Future of Payment Infrastructure” by Money20/20, and a CB Insights Retail Tech 100 honoree.
Skipify is backed by some of the world’s leading fintech and commerce enablement investors, including Samsung NEXT, Amex Ventures, Synchrony Ventures, Okta Ventures, Point72, Flourish Ventures, Infinity Ventures, PayPal Ventures, Vinyl, Worldpay, and BDT & MSD Partners. For more information visit https://www.skipify.com/.
Lightspeed
Lightspeed is a leading provider of cloud-based software for dealerships and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”), serving the Powersport, Marine, RV, Trailer, Outdoor Power Equipment, and Golf Car industries. Lightspeed’s Dealer Management Solution (DMS) enables dealerships to optimize their end-to-end business operations, including sales, parts, service, rental, accounting, and CRM. When implemented into their daily operations, Lightspeed helps dealers increase their profitability by selling more units, service, and parts, all while creating a more streamlined experience for customers. For nearly 40 years, Lightspeed has been empowering 3,800+ dealers across North America with the tools and technology they need to manage their dealerships. For more information, visit www.lightspeeddms.com.
