How to grow your payments app with driveway and paving installers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Driveway and paving installers lay block paving, resin-bound and tarmac driveways, patios and paths for homes and small businesses. Most jobs take a few days, with a deposit to book the date and cover materials and the balance when the work is finished. Customers want a clear record of what they have paid, and installers want to leave the job with the money in hand rather than chasing it later. A payments app that handles deposits and on-the-spot final payments can win driveway installers, and every customer who pays them sees your app.
Talk to driveway installers
Ask local driveway and paving installers:
- How do customers pay the deposit to book a job?
- How do customers pay the balance when the job is done?
- How often do you wait for or chase final payments?
- How do you pay for materials and skip hire?
Take the deposit when the quote is accepted
A deposit link sent with the accepted quote books the date and covers materials, and gives the customer a clear record of what they have paid.
Get paid before leaving the job
A final payment link or QR code shown on the last day lets the customer pay while the installer is still there, so there is nothing left to chase.
Grow through outdoor trades
Driveway installers work alongside landscapers, fencers, builders and driveway cleaners serving the same homes. When those businesses take payments through your app, each installer can bring more of them onto it.
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 driveway cleaners?
The driveway and patio cleaners guide covers cleaners who pressure wash paths, drives and decking, usually as one-off jobs paid when the work is done.
Driveway and patio cleaners →What about builders?
The builders and bricklayers guide covers small builders building extensions, walls and garden projects, usually with a deposit for materials and staged payments as the work goes on.
Builders and bricklayers →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.