Software & Operations
4 posts filed under Software & Operations, written for people who run a wash site rather than a marketing department. Each one is a working playbook: what to change at the pay station or in the CRM, in what order, and how to tell within a month whether it moved membership, retention or lane volume. Every cited figure links to its source, and any number used as an illustration is labelled as one on the page.
- September 26, 2026
DRB and Patheon Alternatives for Small Tunnel Car Washes (2026): What to Run When the Enterprise POS Is Too Much
DRB's Patheon is built for high-volume chains. If you run one to three tunnels, here are the real alternatives in 2026, what each reportedly costs, the migration traps, and the retention layer you actually need.
- August 29, 2026
Car Wash Member Portal: How San Diego Unlimited-Wash Clubs Cut Front-Counter Load and Churn (2026)
San Diego wash clubs lose members who can't pause, change, or update a plan without calling the counter. How to build a self-service member portal that cuts churn and labor.
- August 18, 2026
Connect Your Car Wash POS to GoHighLevel: A Houston Operator's Integration Playbook (2026)
Running a tunnel POS that does not talk to your CRM? The Houston operator playbook for syncing wash software with GoHighLevel so every event fires a workflow.
- August 11, 2026
Custom Car Wash Software: When Charlotte Multi-Site Operators Outgrow Off-the-Shelf Tools (2026)
Running two or three Charlotte car washes on disconnected POS, membership and CRM tools? When off-the-shelf software stops working and custom actually pays.