How to grow your payments app with drainage engineers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Drainage engineers unblock sinks, toilets and drains, run CCTV camera surveys and repair or reline damaged pipes for homes, landlords and businesses. Many jobs are urgent call-outs, often at night or at weekends, and bigger repairs need a deposit before work starts. A payments app that takes a tap payment on the doorstep, sends a link to landlords who aren't there and takes deposits for repairs can win these engineers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to drainage engineers
Ask local drainage firms:
- How do customers pay after a call-out?
- How do landlords and agents pay when they aren't there?
- Do you take a deposit before bigger repairs?
- How much time goes on chasing unpaid invoices?
Get paid on the doorstep
After an emergency call-out, the customer can tap to pay before the engineer leaves, so there's no invoice to chase.
Send a link to landlords
When the job is at a rented home, a payment link lets the landlord or agent pay from anywhere, the same day.
Grow through trades
Drainage engineers work alongside plumbers, builders and pest control firms. One engineer 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 plumbers and heating engineers?
The plumbers and heating engineers guide covers emergency call-outs, boiler services and deposits for parts on larger installations.
Plumbers →What about pest control businesses?
The pest control guide covers technicians visiting homes, shops and restaurants for a first visit and several follow-ups.
Pest control →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.