How to grow your payments app with caterers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Caterers cook for weddings, parties, funerals, offices and community events. They often buy food before the event, so a deposit matters, and the final payment can be slow to arrive. A payments app that takes deposits by link and makes the balance easy to pay can win caterers, and every client who pays them sees your app.
Talk to caterers
Ask local caterers:
- How do clients pay the deposit and the balance today?
- How long does the final payment usually take to arrive?
- Do you buy food and hire staff before you are paid?
- What would make getting paid easier?
Take the deposit by link
A payment link for the deposit confirms the booking and gives the caterer money to buy food before the day.
Make the balance easy to pay
Send the balance as a link with a clear due date, so clients can pay from their phone on or before the day.
Grow through events
Caterers work alongside wedding suppliers, event organisers and home bakers. One caterer on your app can bring you the others they work with.
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 wedding suppliers?
The wedding suppliers guide covers deposits and final payments for weddings.
Wedding suppliers →What about event organisers?
The event organisers guide covers tickets and bookings for events.
Event organisers →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.