How to grow your payments app with furniture makers and carpenters
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Furniture makers and carpenters often build to order. They need a deposit to buy wood and materials, then the rest when the piece is delivered or fitted. A payments app that makes deposits and final payments clear and safe can win these workshops, and every customer who orders from them sees your app.
Talk to makers and their customers
Ask local furniture makers, carpenters and people who have ordered from them:
- How do customers pay deposits for made-to-order work today?
- How do you get paid when you deliver or fit a piece?
- How often do customers change or cancel after paying a deposit?
- What would make paying feel safer for customers?
Take deposits with the order written down
A payment link for the deposit, with the piece, the size and the price written clearly, gives the maker and the customer the same record from day one.
Get paid on delivery
When the piece is delivered or fitted, the customer pays the balance by link or QR code and gets a receipt at once.
Grow through the workshop
Makers buy from timber yards and hardware shops, and work alongside builders and fitters. One workshop on your app can bring you others in the local trade.
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 makers who sell online?
The makers and online sellers guide covers selling handmade goods through links and social media.
Makers and online sellers →What about building supply shops?
The hardware and building supply shops guide covers trade accounts and counter payments.
Hardware and building supply shops →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.