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.
Businesses we serve
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From specialty retailers and guides to resorts, marinas, rental operators and outdoor brands, Fizel supports businesses across the outdoor economy.
Different businesses. Different ways to get paid.
Expertise, equipment and service at the point of purchase.
Trips sold long before anyone reaches the trailhead or the water.
Deposits, balances and bookings that cross seasons and borders.
Many departments, one guest, one day on the mountain.
Sites booked months ahead and paid for in pieces.
Slips, fuel, service and storage around the water.
Gear out the door, deposits held, gear back in one piece.
Registrations over months, everything else in one weekend.
High-ticket units, parts, service and a rental fleet.
Direct, dealer and wholesale sales under one roof.
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 fishing 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.
Activity operators and guides collect money long before the day 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
- Paddling and kayak guides
- Backcountry ski guides
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 · Adventure Travel & Tours
Payments that travel with the adventure.
From a deposit months before departure to the final balance before the trip, adventure travel businesses manage high-value transactions across customers, countries and seasons. Fizel helps adventure travel companies bring bookings, deposits, balances and customer payments into a payment setup built around the way trips are actually sold.
- Adventure travel companies
- Rafting companies and river outfitters
- Expedition operators
- Multi-day tour operators
- Trekking companies
- Eco-tour operators
- Wildlife tour operators
- Specialty adventure travel companies
Common workflows
- Online bookings
- Deposits
- Scheduled and final balances
- International card payments
- Higher-ticket transactions
- Refunds and cancellations
- Mobile payments
How Fizel helps
- Ecommerce and payment gateways for online bookings
- Hosted payment pages for deposits
- Payment links for scheduled and final balances
- Virtual terminal for phone bookings
- International card payments
- Invoicing for group and custom trips
04 · 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
05 · 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
06 · 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
- Boat dealers
- 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
07 · 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
08 · 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
09 · 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 and UTV dealers
- Snowmobile dealers
- Motorcycle and powersports dealers
- Rental operators
- Service departments
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
10 · Outdoor Brands & Manufacturers
Payments for the businesses that make the gear.
Outdoor brands often sell in more than one direction: directly to consumers online, to dealers and retailers, and to commercial or wholesale customers. Fizel brings payment processing across those channels together with tools for both consumer and business payments.
- Bike and cycling brands
- Ski and snowboard equipment
- Surf brands
- Fishing equipment
- Camping and overlanding gear
- Climbing equipment
- Kayaks, SUPs and paddlesports equipment
- Marine equipment
- Outdoor apparel and footwear
- Powersports equipment and accessories
Common workflows
- Direct-to-consumer ecommerce
- Dealer and wholesale orders
- Phone and email orders
- Deposits on large orders
- Invoiced business payments
- Trade shows and factory stores
How Fizel helps
- Ecommerce and payment gateways for direct-to-consumer sales
- Dealer and wholesale card payments
- Virtual terminal for phone and wholesale orders
- Payment links for invoices, deposits and orders
- Invoicing for business customers
- Commercial card payments alongside consumer channels
- In-person payments for showrooms, factory stores and trade events
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 catalog. 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
Straightforward pricing, clearly explained. No hidden markups or unnecessary complexity.
Dedicated Support
A named contact who understands your business, your season and what happens when you're busy.
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.