How to grow your payments app with delis and cheese shops
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Delis and cheese shops sell cheese, cured meats, bread and speciality foods over the counter, often to regulars. Many also take orders for hampers, cheese boards and party platters, busiest before Christmas, and some post orders to customers further away. A payments app that takes quick counter payments, collects payment for hamper and platter orders by link and takes payment for posted orders can win these shops, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to delis and cheese shops
Ask local shops:
- How do customers pay at the counter today?
- How do customers order and pay for hampers and platters?
- Do you post orders to customers?
- How busy do you get before Christmas?
Take payment for hampers and platters
A payment link when a hamper or platter is ordered means the shop is paid before buying stock, and collection is quick on busy days.
Take payment for posted orders
A payment link sent after a customer orders by phone or message lets them pay at once, so the order can be posted the same day.
Grow through local food businesses
Delis buy from local farms, bakers and makers, and sit near cafés and butchers. One shop 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 butchers and fishmongers?
The butchers and fishmongers guide covers quick counter payments and orders for busy seasons.
Butchers →What about farm shops?
The veg box schemes and farm shops guide covers taking regular payments and orders from the same customers week after week.
Farm shops →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.