How to grow your payments app with drone pilots and aerial photographers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Drone pilots take aerial photos and video for weddings, estate agents, builders, roofers, farmers and event organisers. Many are one-person businesses working across a wide area, and bookings often move when the weather turns. Most take a deposit to hold the date and the rest before the finished photos or video are sent. A payments app that takes deposits by link, keeps them when a flight is moved for the weather and collects the final payment before delivery can win these pilots, and every client who pays sees your app.
Talk to drone pilots
Ask local drone pilots and aerial photographers:
- How do clients pay a deposit to book a flight today?
- What happens to the deposit when bad weather moves the date?
- How do you get the final payment before handing over the footage?
- Do business clients such as estate agents or builders want an invoice each month?
Hold bookings with a deposit link
A deposit link sent with the quote holds the date, and the deposit simply moves with the booking when the weather changes.
Get paid before the footage goes out
A final payment link sent with a preview means the pilot is paid before the full photos or video are handed over, with no chasing.
Grow through the businesses they fly for
Drone pilots work with estate agents, roofers, builders and wedding suppliers. One pilot on your app can introduce you to many of them.
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 videographers and video editors?
The videographers and video editors guide covers weddings, events, adverts and social media videos, with a deposit to book the date and the rest before the final video is delivered.
Videographers and video editors →What about architects and surveyors?
The architects and surveyors guide covers small practices charging fees in stages, from first drawings to planning and sign-off, and waiting weeks to be paid.
Architects and surveyors →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.