How to grow your payments app with French polishers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
French polishers bring wooden furniture back to life. They strip and repair old finishes, fix scratches, water marks and heat rings, and build up a deep shine by hand on tables, chests, pianos and wooden panelling. Some work in a workshop and some on site in homes, offices and hotels. Bigger jobs often start with a deposit, with the rest paid when the piece is collected or the work is done. A payments app that handles deposits and final payments can win French polishers, and every customer that pays them sees your app.
Talk to French polishers
Ask local French polishers:
- Do you take a deposit before starting?
- How do customers pay when they collect a piece?
- Do you charge for a quote or home visit?
- How long do business customers take to pay?
Take a deposit when the job is booked
A link sent with the quote lets the customer pay a deposit straight away, so the polisher can book the work in.
Get paid when the piece is done
The customer can pay the rest by card or link on collection or before the polisher leaves, so there is no chasing for the final payment.
Grow through furniture trades
French polishers work alongside upholsterers, furniture makers and antique dealers. When those businesses take payments through your app, each polisher 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 upholstery?
The upholsterers guide covers deposits for fabric and final payments when sofas, chairs and headboards are collected.
Upholsterers →What about antiques?
The antique and vintage dealers guide covers deposits to reserve one-off pieces and remote sales from shops, fairs and online.
Antique and vintage dealers →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.