How to grow your payments app with bookshops and stationers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Bookshops and stationers are busiest at the start of each school term, when families buy whole book and stationery lists at once. They also take orders for books they have to get in. A payments app that makes term-time lists and orders easy to pay can win these shops, and every family that pays them sees your app.
Talk to shop owners and parents
Ask local bookshops, stationers and parents:
- How do families pay for school lists today?
- How do you take payment for books you have to order in?
- How long are the queues at the start of term?
- What would make paying quicker for you and your customers?
Let families pay for the list in advance
Send a payment link for a school's book and stationery list, so parents can pay before they arrive and just collect, cutting the start-of-term queue.
Take deposits on orders
When a customer orders a book the shop does not stock, a small deposit by link confirms the order, and the balance is paid on collection.
Grow through schools
Bookshops work with schools, tutors and parents. One shop on your app can bring you families across a whole school.
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 school fees?
The school fees guide covers how parents pay fees and how a money app can help.
Parents paying school fees →What about print shops?
The print shops and internet cafes guide covers small, frequent payments for printing and services.
Print shops and internet cafes →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.