Industries
Payment solutions for
the outdoor economy.
Every outdoor business operates differently. From retail and rentals to reservations, memberships, events and guided experiences, Fizel delivers payment solutions designed around the way outdoor businesses actually work.
Who we serve
Eight corners of one economy.
Different seasons, different counters, different customers. The common thread is that none of them take money the way a generic merchant does.
Retail & Service
Shops and service benches that move gear all season.
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Guides & Outfitters
Trips booked months out, balances settled in the field.
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Resorts & Destinations
Many departments, one guest, one ledger.
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Campgrounds & Accommodations
Deposits at booking, balance on arrival, store on the way out.
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Marine & Marinas
Slips, fuel, service and storage on different clocks.
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Rentals
Gear out the door, deposits held, gear back in one piece.
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Events & Recreation
Registrations ahead of time, everything else on the day.
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Powersports
High-ticket sales, parts, service and a rental fleet.
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01 — Retail & Service
A sales floor and a workshop, running at the same time.
Outdoor retail is really two businesses sharing a roof. The floor moves product on the busiest weekends of the year, while the bench quotes, holds and closes out service work on its own timeline. Both need to take money cleanly, and both need to reconcile to the same place at close.
- Bike shops
- Ski and snowboard shops
- Outdoor retailers
- Fly shops
- Surf shops
- Sporting goods stores
- Repair and service departments
Common workflows
- In-store sales
- Repairs and service
- Equipment deposits
- Ecommerce
- Gift cards
- Seasonal demand
How Fizel helps
- POS integrations
- Countertop and wireless terminals
- Payment links for special orders
- Ecommerce and hosted checkout
02 — Guides & Outfitters
The office is a trailhead, a boat ramp, a gravel pullout.
Guided businesses collect money long before the trip and again once everyone is standing at the put-in. Deposits hold the date, groups split the balance a dozen ways, and weather rewrites the schedule. Payments have to work with a phone and one bar of signal.
- Fishing guides
- Rafting operators
- Hiking guides
- Climbing guides
- Hunting outfitters
- Wildlife tours
- Adventure tour operators
Common workflows
- Deposits
- Online reservations
- Mobile payments
- Final balances
- Group bookings
- Seasonal operations
How Fizel helps
- Tap to pay on a phone
- Hosted payment pages for deposits
- Payment links for balances
- Seasonal merchant accounts
03 — Resorts & Destinations
Six businesses a guest experiences as one place.
A destination sells a ticket, a lesson, a rental, a room, a sandwich and a hoodie to the same person in a single day. Each department has its own system and its own peak hour. The finance office still needs one clear picture of the day when the lifts stop turning.
- Ski resorts
- Nordic centres
- Mountain resorts
- Lodges
- Adventure parks
- Destination recreation businesses
Common workflows
- Tickets and passes
- Rentals
- Lessons
- Lodging
- Retail
- Food and beverage
- Memberships
How Fizel helps
- Multi-location POS integrations
- Recurring billing for passes
- Online checkout
- Consolidated reporting
04 — Campgrounds & Accommodations
Booked in February, paid across the whole season.
Sites sell out months ahead and get paid for in pieces — a deposit to hold, a balance at check-in, a seasonal contract billed monthly. Add the camp store and a few late-night arrivals, and the office needs payments that keep up without a second terminal.
- Campgrounds
- RV parks
- Glamping operators
- Cabins
- Wilderness lodges
Common workflows
- Reservations
- Deposits
- Seasonal sites
- Recurring payments
- Campground retail
- Online bookings
How Fizel helps
- Online booking checkout
- Recurring payments for seasonal sites
- Virtual terminal for phone bookings
- Camp store POS
05 — Marine & Marinas
Contracts that last a season, sales that last a minute.
A marina bills slip contracts and storage on a schedule, sells fuel in ninety seconds at the dock, and invoices service work weeks after the boat came out of the water. Three very different rhythms, one operation, one set of books.
- Marinas
- Yacht and boat clubs
- Boat rentals
- Charters
- Marine service businesses
- Storage operators
Common workflows
- Slip rentals
- Memberships
- Fuel
- Service and repairs
- Storage
- Rentals
- Recurring billing
How Fizel helps
- Recurring billing for slips and storage
- Weatherproof dock terminals
- Invoicing for service work
- Membership management
06 — Rentals
Every transaction has a second half.
Rental payments open before the customer leaves and close when the gear comes back. Holds have to be large enough to cover damage and small enough not to spook a family of four, and the line at 8am on a Saturday does not wait for paperwork.
- Bike rentals
- Ski and snowboard rentals
- Kayak and canoe rentals
- Paddleboard rentals
- Camping equipment rentals
- Recreational equipment rentals
Common workflows
- Reservations
- Deposits
- Damage deposits
- In-person checkout
- Online booking
- Mobile payments
How Fizel helps
- Pre-authorizations and damage holds
- Online reservation checkout
- Fast counter terminals
- Tap to pay in the field
07 — Events & Recreation
Months of planning, settled in one weekend.
Registration revenue arrives over months; admissions, merch, food and day-of entries arrive in a six-hour window with volunteers running the tent. Clubs and gyms sit on the other end of it, billing members quietly every month of the year.
- Race organizers
- Outdoor festivals
- Recreation centres
- Climbing gyms
- Golf courses
- Sports clubs
- Outdoor venues
- Tournament operators
Common workflows
- Registration
- Admissions
- Memberships
- Vendor payments
- Merchandise
- Food and beverage
- Mobile and event payments
How Fizel helps
- Online registration checkout
- Wireless and mobile terminals
- Recurring membership billing
- Clean refunds and cancellations
08 — Powersports
A five-figure sale and a ten-dollar part, same counter.
Powersports operations run a showroom, a parts desk, a service bay and often a rental fleet at once. Deposits hold units, service work closes out weeks later, and the ticket sizes swing by three orders of magnitude through a single day.
- ATV businesses
- Snowmobile businesses
- Motorcycle and powersports dealers
- Rental operators
- Service departments
- Adventure parks
Common workflows
- Vehicle and equipment sales
- Deposits
- Parts and accessories
- Repairs and service
- Rentals
- Online payments
How Fizel helps
- High-ticket processing and deposits
- Parts and service POS
- Invoicing for repair orders
- Rental holds and online payments
Why specialization matters
Most outdoor businesses are four businesses at once.
A bike shop sells product, books service, holds deposits and rents a fleet. A marina bills contracts monthly and pumps fuel by the minute. A resort runs tickets, lessons, lodging and retail before lunch. Almost none of them fit the single payment model a general processor is built around.
We start from the workflows instead of the product catalogue. That means the deposit, the balance, the recurring contract and the Saturday counter rush all live in one account, with reporting that matches how you actually think about your season.
- Retail
- Rentals
- Reservations
- Deposits
- Memberships
- Recurring billing
- Ecommerce
- Mobile transactions
- Events
Why Fizel
Deep payments experience, pointed at one industry.
25+ Years
Building payments businesses
Billions of Dollars
In payments supported
Thousands
Of merchants served
Built for the Outdoors
One industry, on purpose
Modern Payment Technology
Terminals, tap to pay, hosted checkout and integrations that stay current without you managing it.
Transparent Pricing
Rates you can read in a minute. No padded fees, no annual surprises, no long-term contract.
Dedicated Support
A named contact who knows your season and picks up when the counter is three deep.
1% for the Outdoors
One percent of our revenue goes to trail, water and access work in the places our merchants operate.
Built around your business.
Tell us how your business operates and we'll help design the right payment setup.