How to grow your payments app with bookbinders
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Bookbinders repair and rebind old and family books, bind theses and dissertations for students, and make handmade notebooks, journals, guest books and photo albums. Many sell at craft fairs and online, and some run bookbinding workshops. Repairs and commissions often start with a deposit, with the balance on collection or before posting. A payments app that takes deposits by link, takes card payments at fairs and handles workshop bookings can win these makers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to bookbinders
Ask local bookbinders:
- How do customers pay you today, and how often do you chase payments?
- Do you take a deposit for repairs and commissions?
- Do you sell notebooks and albums at fairs or online?
- Do you run workshops or bind theses for students?
Take deposits for repairs and commissions
A payment link for the deposit lets the binder buy materials and start work, and a second link gets the balance paid before the book is collected or posted.
Take payments at fairs and for workshops
Card payments at craft fairs and payment at the time of booking for workshop places help binders sell more and fill their classes.
Grow through makers and shops
Bookbinders work alongside picture framers, stationers and wedding stationers. One binder on your app can bring the makers and shops around them.
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 picture framers?
The picture framers guide covers custom frames for art, photos and keepsakes, with a deposit when the order is placed and the rest on collection.
Picture framers →What about bookshops and stationers?
The bookshops and stationers guide covers school lists, orders and small everyday items.
Bookshops and stationers →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.