How to grow your payments app with chimney sweeps and stove fitters
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Chimney sweeps clean chimneys and flues, often before winter, and stove fitters install wood burners and stoves. Sweeps usually want paying at the end of each visit, while fitters need a deposit to order the stove. A payments app that sends a link or shows a QR code at the door can win these trades, and every homeowner who pays sees your app.
Talk to sweeps and fitters
Ask local chimney sweeps and stove fitters:
- How do customers pay you today?
- How do you take deposits for stoves?
- Do you ever leave a job without being paid?
- What would make getting paid easier?
Get paid at the door
A QR code on the sweep's phone, or a link sent when the job is done, means payment before they drive to the next house.
Take stove deposits by link
A payment link sent with the quote lets the customer pay the deposit straight away, so the fitter can order the stove.
Grow through yearly visits
Sweeps see the same homes every year and work alongside builders and fitters. One sweep on your app can bring many customers to it.
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 tradespeople?
The tradespeople guide covers builders, plumbers and electricians.
Tradespeople →What about window cleaners?
The window cleaners guide covers regular rounds and doorstep payments.
Window cleaners →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.