How to grow your payments app with garden room builders
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Garden room builders design and build garden offices, studios, gyms and summer houses. Each build is a big purchase for the customer, so payments are usually split: a deposit to book the build and order materials, a stage payment when work starts and the balance when the room is finished. Chasing those payments by bank transfer takes time, and customers want a clear record of what they have paid. A payments app that sends a link for each stage, keeps a record both sides can see and takes a card payment on site can win these builders, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to garden room builders
Ask local garden room builders:
- How do customers pay you today, and how is the price split?
- How big a deposit do you take to book a build?
- How long do you wait for the final payment after finishing?
- Do customers ever ask to pay by card?
Send a link for each stage
A payment link for the deposit, the start of work and the finish means the builder can ask for each payment as soon as it is due, and the customer can pay in a few taps.
Keep a clear record
A list of what has been paid and what is still due helps avoid arguments at the end of the build and makes the builder's accounts easier.
Grow through the trades
Garden room builders work with electricians, landscapers and decking installers. One builder on your app can bring the trades they work with.
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 fencing and decking installers?
The fencing and decking installers guide covers trades who build fences, gates, decks and sheds and buy timber before the job.
Fencing and decking installers →What about builders and bricklayers?
The builders and bricklayers guide covers small builders who build extensions, walls and garden projects with a deposit for materials and staged payments.
Builders and bricklayers →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.