How to grow your payments app with clock repairers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Clock repairers service, clean and restore mantel, wall and longcase clocks, and many also sell restored clocks at their workshop, at fairs and online. Big jobs can take weeks, so some ask for a deposit before ordering parts, and longcase clocks often need a home visit to collect, set up or regulate. Most of the money is paid when the clock goes home. A payments app that sends deposit links and takes payment on a home visit or at collection can win these repairers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to clock repairers
Ask local clock repairers:
- How do customers pay you today, and how often do you chase payments?
- Do you take a deposit before ordering parts for a big restoration?
- Do you visit homes to collect, set up or regulate clocks?
- Do you sell restored clocks at your workshop, fairs or online?
Send deposit links for restorations
A payment link for the deposit lets the repairer order parts and start work, and a second link gets the balance paid before the clock goes home.
Take payment on home visits
Card and phone payments when the repairer sets up or regulates a clock at the customer's home mean no invoice to chase afterwards.
Grow through repairers and dealers
Clock repairers know watch repairers, jewellers and antique dealers. One repairer on your app can bring the trades around 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 jewellers and watch repairers?
The jewellers and watch repairers guide covers deposits on custom pieces and payments when repairs are collected.
Jewellers and watch repairers →What about antique and vintage dealers?
The antique and vintage dealers guide covers sales from shops, centres, fairs and online, often one-off pieces that buyers reserve before collecting.
Antique and vintage dealers →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.