Planet DDS Pay Standalone: Payments from Day One at Newly Acquired Locations

Every acquisition closes on a timeline, and software onboarding doesn’t always match it. Between close and go-live on your core platform, payments can keep flowing to the seller, run through a temporary workaround, or pile up as manual reconciliation and duplicate setup work.

Planet DDS Pay Standalone closes that gap. A newly acquired office can start accepting payments into your organization’s bank account from day one, with setup that carries forward when the location moves onto Denticon or Cloud 9. It is part of Planet DDS Pay and included at no additional cost.

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What Planet DDS Pay Standalone Means for Your Organization

The stretch between an acquisition closing and a location going live on your core PMS is where deposits, setup work, and reconciliation tend to pile up. Planet DDS Pay Standalone removes that bridge-period drag:

Control deposits fast. The acquiring organization controls deposits from the moment the transaction closes, with no temporary merchant solution needed. Money moves into your bank account instead of the seller’s while onboarding is still under way.
Activate on your own timeline. A newly acquired office can accept card-present payments, payment links, and manual entries before full onboarding, targeting under five business days to first payment. The location does not have to wait on the core practice management system timeline to start collecting.
No re-setup at conversion. The same Stripe Connect Account ID carries the setup forward when the office converts to Denticon or Cloud 9. There is no repeated merchant onboarding to redo.
Works across your platform mix. The standalone version works for either PMS, so running both Denticon and Cloud 9 is not a blocker. One approach covers every location regardless of the system it lands on.
Surcharging available. Optional credit card surcharging, configurable from 0–3% by the org admin, carries the same margin protection into the bridge period. Debit, HSA, and FSA transactions are always exempt.

Setup that carries forward at conversion

Planet DDS Pay Standalone runs on the same Stripe Connect Account ID the location will use after full onboarding. It is the same payment infrastructure going forward, not a temporary stand-in that gets torn down and rebuilt at conversion.

Transaction records from the standalone period are available for staff to post into the legacy PMS during the transition window, without re-keying each one. When the office moves onto Denticon or Cloud 9, the merchant setup is already in place.

Built for DSOs growing through acquisition

Acquisition is the growth engine for a large share of dental groups, and the pace is not slowing. Industry research puts DSO-driven practice acquisitions at 800 to 1,200-plus per year, and 69% of DSOs expect their sponsors to push acquisition activity higher in 2026.

At that volume, a repeatable way to collect payments the moment a deal closes matters more with every location added.

Part of the Payments+ Suite

Planet DDS Pay Standalone is part of the Payments+ Suite, which brings every financial capability into Denticon and Cloud 9 natively. As new capabilities roll out, they add to the setup you already have, with no new system, no new login, and no repeat implementation.

Planet DDS Pay Standalone: No Gap in Collections During Onboarding

From the moment an acquisition closes, a newly acquired office can accept payments into your organization’s account, on your timeline, with a setup that carries straight through to full onboarding. The bridge period stops being a stretch of manual workarounds and lost deposits.

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