How to grow your payments app with driveway and patio cleaners
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Driveway and patio cleaners pressure wash drives, paths, patios and decking, often leafleting a street and doing several jobs nearby. Customers are often out at work when the job finishes, so cleaners end up coming back or waiting for a bank transfer. A payments app that sends a link the moment the job is done, or takes a card on the doorstep, can win these cleaners, and every homeowner who pays sees your app.
Talk to driveway and patio cleaners
Ask local exterior cleaners:
- How do customers pay you today?
- How often is the customer out when you finish?
- Do you take deposits for bigger jobs?
- How long do you wait to be paid?
Send a link when the job is done
A payment link with a photo of the finished drive lets a customer at work pay in a minute, so the cleaner can move to the next job.
Take a card on the doorstep
When the customer is home, a tap on the cleaner's phone takes payment on the spot, with no cash and no chasing.
Grow through other outdoor trades
Exterior cleaners work alongside window cleaners, gardeners and fencing firms on the same streets. One cleaner 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 window cleaners?
The window cleaners guide covers getting paid on a round without going back to knock on doors.
Window cleaners →What about carpet cleaners?
The carpet cleaners guide covers getting paid when the job is done in homes, offices and rental properties.
Carpet cleaners →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.