How to grow your payments app with flower farmers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small flower farmers grow seasonal flowers and sell them as bunches at markets and the farm gate, by subscription, in buckets to florists, and for weddings and events. Some run pick-your-own days and flower-arranging workshops too. Weddings are often booked months ahead with a deposit. A payments app that takes card payments at markets and the farm, sends payment links for deposits and subscriptions and handles regular florist orders can win these growers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to flower farmers
Ask local flower farmers:
- Where do you sell, and how do customers pay at markets and the farm gate?
- Do you grow flowers for weddings and take deposits?
- Do you sell to florists, and how quickly do they pay?
- Do you run pick-your-own days, subscriptions or workshops?
Take card payments at markets and the farm
Taking card and phone payments at markets, the farm gate and pick-your-own days helps growers sell bigger bunches and buckets, not only a single bunch.
Send payment links for weddings and trade customers
Payment links for wedding deposits, final payments and subscriptions, and regular links for florists, get money in before the flowers are cut and cut down on chasing.
Grow through florists and wedding suppliers
Flower farmers sell to florists and work alongside other wedding suppliers. One grower on your app can bring the florists and suppliers around 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 florists and gift shops?
The florists and gift shops guide covers orders in person, by phone and online, and getting paid quickly through busy holiday peaks.
Florists and gift shops →What about wedding suppliers?
The wedding suppliers guide covers taking deposits months ahead and final payments later, simply for suppliers and the couple.
Wedding suppliers →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.