How to grow your payments app with cider makers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small cider makers press apples from their own or local orchards and sell bottles, cans and bag-in-box to the public at markets, festivals and the farm gate. Many also supply pubs, shops and restaurants on trade terms, and some run orchard tours and tastings. That means card payments on a busy stall, invoices to trade buyers and bookings for tours, often managed by one or two people. A payments app that handles all three can win these cider makers, and every buyer who pays sees your app.
Talk to cider makers
Ask local cider makers:
- Where do you sell, and how do customers pay at markets and festivals?
- Do you supply pubs and shops, and how long do they take to pay?
- Do you run orchard tours or tastings?
- Do you sell online or offer a cider club?
Take card payments at markets
Taking card and phone payments on the stall helps cider makers sell more at busy festivals, where many buyers carry no cash.
Send payment links to trade buyers
A payment link on each trade invoice helps pubs and shops pay on time, so the maker is not chasing money through the quiet months.
Grow through drinks makers
Cider makers share markets and festivals with brewers, distillers and winemakers. One maker on your app can bring the stalls next to them.
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 small breweries and distilleries?
The small breweries and distilleries guide covers producers who sell to shops, pubs and the public at markets, taprooms and tours.
Small breweries and distilleries →What about vineyards and wineries?
The vineyards and wineries guide covers tours, tastings, cellar door sales and wine club memberships.
Vineyards and wineries →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.