How to grow your payments app with coffee roasters
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small coffee roasters buy green beans, roast in small batches and sell bags of coffee online, by monthly subscription, at markets and food fairs, and wholesale to cafés, restaurants and offices. Some run cupping sessions and home-brewing classes too. A payments app that takes card payments at markets, sends payment links for subscriptions and online orders and handles regular trade customers can win these roasters, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to coffee roasters
Ask local coffee roasters:
- Where do you sell, and how do customers pay at markets and your roastery?
- Do you sell coffee subscriptions or take online orders?
- Do you supply cafés, restaurants or offices, and how quickly do they pay?
- Do you run cupping sessions, tastings or brewing classes?
Take card payments at markets and the roastery
Taking card and phone payments at markets and the roastery door helps roasters sell more bags and equipment, not only a single coffee.
Send payment links for subscriptions and trade customers
Payment links for subscriptions and online orders, and regular links for cafés and offices, get money in before the coffee goes out and cut down on chasing.
Grow through cafés and food producers
Roasters supply cafés and share markets with other food producers. One roaster on your app can bring the cafés and producers 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 cafes and coffee shops?
The cafes and coffee shops guide covers taking many small payments every day, cutting card fees and queues, and keeping regulars coming back.
Cafes and coffee shops →What about coffee vans?
The coffee vans guide covers vans and carts serving commuters, parks, markets and events, and taking many small payments in a rush.
Coffee vans →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.