How to grow your payments app with dentists and opticians
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Independent dentists and opticians often take deposits before treatment or before ordering glasses, and many patients want to spread a larger bill over a few months. Chasing unpaid balances takes time at the front desk. A payments app that handles deposits, payment links and scheduled payments can win these practices, and every patient who pays sees your app.
Talk to practices and patients
Ask local dentists, opticians and their patients:
- How do patients pay for treatment or glasses today?
- Do you take a deposit before treatment or ordering?
- How often do patients ask to spread the cost?
- How much time goes on chasing unpaid balances?
Take deposits by link
Send a payment link for the deposit when the patient books or orders, with the full cost shown before they pay.
Let patients pay in parts
Scheduled payments let patients spread a larger bill over an agreed number of months, and help the practice know what is coming in.
Grow through local health services
Dentists, opticians, clinics and pharmacies often serve the same families. One practice on your app can introduce you to the others nearby.
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 clinics and pharmacies?
The small clinics and pharmacies guide covers taking payments for health services.
Clinics and pharmacies →What about local shops?
The local shops guide covers winning shops on your high street.
Visit local 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.