How to grow your payments app with funfairs and amusement arcades
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Travelling funfairs and seaside amusement arcades take lots of small payments for rides, games, tokens and snacks, often from families in a hurry and at busy weekends and holidays. Many still run on cash, and travelling fairs move from town to town. A payments app that takes quick payments by QR code, sells ride wristbands and bundles by link and works wherever the fair sets up can win these operators, and every visitor who pays sees your app.
Talk to funfair and arcade operators
Ask local operators:
- How do visitors pay for rides and games today?
- How much of your takings are still cash?
- Do you sell wristbands or ride bundles?
- How do you take payments when the fair moves to a new site?
Take quick payments by QR code
A QR code at each ride or kiosk lets families pay from their phone in seconds, so queues move faster.
Sell wristbands and bundles ahead
A payment link for a wristband or ride bundle lets families pay before they arrive and spend less time at the pay booth.
Grow through family days out
Funfairs and arcades sit alongside trampoline parks, zoos and seaside cafés, and the same families visit many of them. One operator 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 trampoline parks?
The trampoline parks guide covers timed sessions, party deposits and café sales.
Trampoline parks →What about zoos and wildlife parks?
The zoos and wildlife parks guide covers day tickets, annual passes, animal experiences and school trips.
Zoos →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.