How to grow your payments app with car breakers and salvage yards
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Car breakers and salvage yards buy cars that are old, written off or no longer worth fixing, then take them apart and sell the parts. Their customers are drivers looking for a cheap part, mechanics who need something today and people across the country who order by phone or online. They also pay owners for the cars they collect. A payments app that pays owners quickly, takes payment for parts at the counter or by link, and makes orders easy to pay for can win these yards, and every driver and garage who pays sees your app.
Talk to breakers and salvage yards
Ask local car breakers and salvage yards:
- How do you pay owners for the cars you collect?
- How do customers pay for parts at the counter?
- How do people pay for parts you send by courier?
- Do local garages have accounts with you, and how do they pay?
Pay owners quickly
Paying the owner to their phone or account when the car is collected closes the deal on the spot and keeps a record of the purchase.
Sell parts by link
Sending a payment link when a part is found means it is paid before it is posted, with no card details read out over the phone.
Grow through garages
Garages buy used parts from breakers week after week. When they pay through your app, they see how it could work for their own customers.
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 car spare parts shops?
The car spare parts shops guide covers counter sales, trade accounts for mechanics and orders for new parts.
Car spare parts shops →What about towing and vehicle recovery firms?
The towing and vehicle recovery guide covers roadside payments, storage fees and trade accounts.
Towing and vehicle recovery firms →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.