How to grow your payments app with car spare parts shops
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Car spare parts shops sell brake pads, filters, batteries, bulbs, belts and oil to drivers doing their own repairs and to the mechanics and garages nearby. Trade customers often run a tab and settle weekly or monthly, while some parts have to be ordered in with a deposit. Many shops still take cash at the counter and chase trade accounts by phone. A payments app that takes quick counter payments, sends links for orders and deposits and makes trade accounts easy to settle can win these shops, and every mechanic who pays sees your app.
Talk to spare parts shops
Ask local car spare parts shops:
- How much of your trade comes from mechanics and garages, and how do they pay?
- Do you run trade accounts, and how often do you chase them?
- Do you take deposits for parts you have to order in?
- How do you pay the wholesalers and importers who supply your stock?
Take quick payments at the counter
Letting drivers and mechanics pay by phone or card at the counter means less cash in the till and faster service.
Make trade accounts easy to settle
A payment link for each garage's weekly or monthly total, with a clear list of parts, means fewer phone calls and faster payment.
Grow through mechanics
One parts shop supplies many local mechanics and garages. When they settle their accounts through your app, each of them sees it working 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 mechanics and garages?
The mechanics and garages guide covers big bills, parts deposits and customers who want to pay later.
Mechanics and garages →What about tyre fitters?
The tyre fitters guide covers fitting tyres at a depot or the roadside and getting paid on the spot.
Tyre fitters →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.