How to grow your payments app with electricians
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Electricians fix faults, fit sockets and lighting, carry out safety checks for landlords, rewire homes and fit electric car chargers. Small jobs are best paid on the spot, rewires and larger fittings need a deposit for materials, and safety checks come round again for landlords. A payments app that sends a payment link when the job is done, takes deposits and stage payments and reminds landlords when a check is due can win these trades, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to electricians
Ask local electricians:
- How do customers pay you today?
- How long do you wait to be paid after a job?
- Do you take a deposit for materials on bigger jobs?
- Do you do repeat safety checks for landlords?
Get paid when the job is done
A payment link sent as the job finishes lets the customer pay there and then, so the electrician is not chasing invoices.
Take deposits and stage payments
A deposit link for a rewire or a car charger covers materials, and stage payments spread a long job into parts.
Grow through the trade
Electricians work alongside plumbers, builders and solar installers and buy from the same merchants. One electrician 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.
Plumbers →What about solar installers?
The solar installers guide covers deposits, stage payments and regular payments for systems.
Solar installers →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.