How to grow your payments app with 3D printing services
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
3D printing services turn files into real objects: replacement parts, prototypes for small businesses and engineers, architectural models, cosplay props, school projects and personalised gifts. Most jobs are quoted one by one, based on size, material and time, and many services ask for payment before they start printing. Some also sell ready-made prints online or at markets. A payments app that turns each quote into a payment link, takes repeat orders easily and keeps a clear record can win print services, and every customer who pays them sees your app.
Talk to 3D printing services
Ask local print services:
- How do customers pay for a quoted job today?
- Do you ask for payment before printing, and why?
- Do business customers order again and again, and how do they pay?
- Do you sell ready-made prints online or at markets?
Turn every quote into a payment link
Sending a payment link with each quote means a customer can accept and pay in one step, so the printer can start the job straight away.
Make repeat orders easy
Makers and small businesses often reorder the same parts. A saved order they can pay for in a tap keeps them coming back and saves everyone time.
Grow through makers and print shops
3D printing services work alongside makers, online sellers and print shops. When those businesses take payments through your app, each service can bring more of them onto it.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about makers and online sellers?
The makers and online sellers guide covers people selling crafts, clothes and homemade goods through social media who often take payment by hand.
Makers and online sellers →What about print shops and internet cafes?
The print shops and internet cafes guide covers businesses taking many small payments every day from students, job seekers and small businesses.
Print shops and internet cafes →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.