How to grow your payments app with acupuncturists and reflexologists
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Acupuncturists and reflexologists usually work alone or in small clinics, seeing clients by appointment and often for a course of sessions. Missed appointments cost them money, and many still take cash or bank transfers at the end of each session. A payments app that takes a deposit when a client books, sells a package of sessions by link and takes a card payment at the end of the visit can win these practitioners, and every client who pays sees your app.
Talk to practitioners
Ask local acupuncturists and reflexologists:
- How do clients pay you today, and how often do they miss appointments?
- Do you take a deposit when someone books?
- Do you sell packages or courses of sessions?
- Do you work from a clinic, from home or visit clients?
Take deposits when clients book
A payment link sent with each booking means a client who does not turn up has still paid something, and fewer people miss appointments.
Sell packages of sessions
One payment for a course of sessions gives the practitioner money up front and gives the client a reason to keep coming back.
Grow through clinics and practitioner networks
Practitioners share clinic rooms and refer clients to each other. One busy clinic on your app can bring every practitioner who works there.
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 physiotherapists and massage therapists?
The physiotherapists and massage therapists guide covers therapists who work by appointment, often alone, and lose money when clients miss sessions.
Physiotherapists and massage therapists →What about osteopaths and chiropractors?
The osteopaths and chiropractors guide covers practitioners who see patients by appointment, often for a course of treatments, and lose money when sessions are missed.
Osteopaths and chiropractors →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.