How to grow your payments app with event MCs and hosts
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
At weddings, birthdays, launches, graduations and corporate events, an MC or host keeps the day running and the crowd entertained. Good MCs are booked months ahead, take a deposit to hold the date and expect the balance before or on the day, and they often work alongside DJs, caterers and planners. Chasing balances and keeping track of bookings takes time. A payments app that sends deposit links, takes the balance by phone and gives clients a clear record can win MCs, and every couple, family and company that books them sees your app.
Talk to event MCs and hosts
Ask local event MCs and hosts:
- How do clients pay the deposit and the balance today?
- How often do clients pay late or on the day itself?
- Do you work with DJs, caterers or planners who could pay or refer you?
- Do you host corporate events that need invoices?
Take a deposit to hold the date
Sending a payment link for the deposit as soon as a date is agreed confirms the booking and stops double bookings.
Get the balance before the day
A reminder with a payment link a week before the event means MCs arrive paid and can focus on the day, not on chasing money.
Grow through the events team
MCs work alongside DJs, caterers, decorators and planners at every event. When they all take payments through your app, one wedding can bring several businesses 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 DJs?
The DJs guide covers weddings, parties, clubs and corporate events, usually with a deposit to hold the date and the rest before the night.
DJs →What about party entertainers?
The party entertainers guide covers entertainers, face painters and bouncy castle hire firms who take deposits for bookings and payment on the day.
Party entertainers →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.