How to grow your payments app with blind and curtain fitters
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Blind and curtain fitters visit a home to measure, order made-to-measure blinds, shutters or curtains, then come back weeks later to fit them. They usually take a deposit to cover the order and the balance on fitting day. A payments app that takes the deposit on the spot and the balance by card or link once the job is done can win these fitters, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to blind and curtain fitters
Ask local fitters:
- How do customers pay deposits today?
- How long between measuring and fitting?
- How do you take the balance on the day?
- Do you ever wait to be paid after fitting?
Take the deposit at the measure
A deposit paid by card or link while the fitter is still in the home locks in the order before the fitter pays the supplier.
Take the balance on fitting day
Taking the balance by card as the last blind goes up, or by a link sent the same day, means no chasing and no cheques.
Grow through designers and trades
Fitters work alongside interior designers, decorators and upholsterers. One fitter on your app can introduce the others they work with.
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 upholsterers?
The upholsterers guide covers taking a deposit for fabric and the rest on collection.
Upholsterers →What about interior designers?
The interior designers guide covers design fees, deposits and staged payments for furniture and materials.
Interior designers →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.