How to grow your payments app with candle and soap makers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Candle and soap makers sell at markets and craft fairs, take orders through social media and small online shops, and supply gift shops, salons and hotels with wholesale orders. Some also run candle or soap making workshops. Stall sales need quick card payments, social media orders need a simple payment link and wholesale customers need invoices they can pay easily. A payments app that does all of this can win these makers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to candle and soap makers
Ask local makers:
- How do customers pay at markets and fairs today?
- How do you take orders through social media?
- Do shops, salons or hotels buy from you wholesale?
- Do you run making workshops?
Take card payments at the stall
Many market shoppers no longer carry cash, so a quick tap to pay at the stall means fewer lost sales.
Send a payment link for every order
A payment link in a message lets a customer pay for a social media order, a gift box or a wholesale invoice in a tap, before the maker posts it.
Grow through markets and gift shops
Candle and soap makers share markets with other makers and sell through florists and gift shops. One maker on your app can introduce the others.
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 makers who sell online?
The makers and online sellers guide covers people selling crafts, clothes and homemade goods through social media.
Makers →What about florists and gift shops?
The florists and gift shops guide covers taking orders in person, by phone and online, with busy peaks around holidays.
Florists →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.