How to grow your payments app with crane hire firms
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Crane hire firms lift what people can't: steel beams for extensions, roof trusses, hot tubs over houses, garden rooms, boats and machinery. Most jobs are booked by the hour or day with an operator, and many firms ask for payment or a deposit before the lift is booked. A payments app that makes booking payments and hire invoices simple can win crane hire firms, and every builder, homeowner and business that pays them sees your app.
Talk to crane hire firms
Ask local crane hire firms:
- Do you take payment or a deposit before booking a lift?
- Do you charge by the hour, half day or day?
- Do builders or homeowners usually pay you?
- How long do hire invoices take to be paid?
Take payment when the lift is booked
A link sent with the quote lets the customer pay straight away, so the firm can confirm the crane, operator and date.
Get paid for extra time on the day
If a lift runs over, the firm can send a link for the extra hours before leaving site, instead of adding it to an invoice that waits weeks.
Grow through building trades
Crane hire firms work alongside builders, groundworkers and plant hire firms. When those businesses take payments through your app, each crane firm can bring more of them 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 diggers and dumpers?
The plant and digger hire firms guide covers deposits and hire invoices for diggers, dumpers and rollers rented by the day or week.
Plant and digger hire firms →What about groundworks?
The groundworkers guide covers deposits and stage payments for foundations, drainage and site preparation.
Groundworkers →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.