How to grow your payments app with circus and aerial schools
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Circus and aerial schools teach trapeze, silks, hoop, juggling and acrobatics to children and adults. Most sell weekly classes and term courses, plus holiday camps, workshops, parties and shows, and many rent space in halls or shared studios. Collecting term fees, chasing drop-in payments and taking bookings for camps takes time for small teams. A payments app that sends payment links for courses, takes drop-in payments by phone and gives parents a clear record can win schools, and every family that pays sees your app.
Talk to circus and aerial schools
Ask local circus and aerial schools:
- How do students and parents pay for classes and terms today?
- How much time goes on chasing unpaid term fees?
- Do you run holiday camps, parties or shows that need bookings?
- Do you rent your space from a hall, studio or gym?
Collect term fees up front
Sending one payment link for a whole term, with the option to pay in parts, means fewer missed payments and less chasing.
Take bookings for camps and parties
Holiday camps, workshops and parties fill quickly. Taking payment when a place is booked secures it and saves admin later.
Grow through the venues and shows
Schools often share space with dance studios, gyms and climbing walls, and sell tickets for shows. When those venues and audiences pay through your app, one school can bring many more people onto 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 yoga and dance studios?
The yoga and dance studios guide covers studios selling class passes, memberships and drop-in classes, and getting paid before class.
Yoga and dance studios →What about climbing walls?
The climbing walls guide covers walls selling day passes, memberships, courses and kids' parties to people paying at the desk.
Climbing walls →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.