How to grow your payments app with day spas
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Day spas sell massages, facials, spa days and packages for couples and groups. Many bookings are made weeks ahead, and a large share are gifts, bought by a partner, a friend or a group for a birthday or hen party. A payments app that takes a deposit when a spa day is booked, sells gift vouchers by link and takes the balance on the day can win these spas, and every guest and gift buyer who pays sees your app.
Talk to day spas
Ask local spas:
- How do guests pay for bookings today?
- Do you take a deposit for spa days and group bookings?
- How do people buy gift vouchers from you?
- How often do guests cancel late or not turn up?
Take deposits for spa days
A deposit link when a spa day or group booking is made holds the place and covers the spa if a guest cancels late.
Sell gift vouchers by link
A payment link for a gift voucher lets people buy a spa day for someone else from anywhere, especially before birthdays and holidays.
Grow through the beauty trade
Spas work with beauty therapists, hairdressers and hotels. One spa on your app can introduce the others.
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 nail and beauty technicians?
The nail and beauty technicians guide covers taking deposits and payments in small studios, rented chairs or clients' homes.
Beauty technicians →What about salons?
The barbers and salons guide covers taking many small payments every day and cutting no-shows.
Salons →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.