How to grow your payments app with beekeepers and honey sellers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Beekeepers sell honey, wax and candles at markets, from the farm gate and to local shops and cafes. Many take cash on a stall or wait for shops to pay them later. A payments app that takes payments at the stall and sends invoices to shops by link can win these sellers, and every customer who buys from them sees your app.
Talk to beekeepers
Ask local beekeepers and honey sellers:
- How do customers pay you at markets and from home?
- How do shops and cafes pay you, and how long does it take?
- Do you ever use an honesty box at the gate?
- What would make getting paid easier?
Take payments at the stall
A QR code on the stall or the honesty box lets customers pay by phone, even when nobody is there to take cash.
Invoice shops by link
A payment link sent with each delivery lets shops and cafes pay quickly, so the beekeeper spends less time chasing money.
Grow through the market
Beekeepers sell beside farmers, home bakers and veg box schemes. One seller on your app can bring you the rest of the market.
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 farm shops?
The veg box schemes and farm shops guide covers selling produce direct to customers.
Veg box schemes and farm shops →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.