How to grow your payments app with access control and door entry installers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Access control and door entry installers fit intercoms, video door entry, and key fob and card entry systems for blocks of flats, offices, shops and gated homes. New systems usually start with a deposit, many buildings pay a yearly maintenance fee, and extra fobs and call-outs are charged as they come up. A payments app that handles deposits, maintenance fees and small add-on sales can win these installers, and every building that pays them sees your app.
Talk to door entry installers
Ask local access control and door entry installers:
- Do you take a deposit before fitting a new system?
- How do buildings pay for maintenance?
- How do residents pay for extra fobs or cards?
- How long do invoices take to be paid?
Take a deposit when the job is booked
A link sent with the quote lets the customer pay a deposit straight away, so the installer can order panels, readers and locks.
Sell fobs and call-outs with a link
Residents and tenants can pay for a spare fob or card with a link, so the installer doesn't have to collect small amounts by hand.
Grow through building trades
Door entry installers work alongside managing agents, security installers and locksmiths. When those businesses take payments through your app, each installer 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 CCTV and alarms?
The security and CCTV installers guide covers deposits and monthly service fees for cameras, alarms and gates.
Security and CCTV installers →What about blocks of flats?
The block management companies guide covers service charge collection and paying contractors for blocks of flats.
Block management companies →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.