How to grow your payments app with generator hire and repair businesses
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Generator hire and repair businesses keep power running for events, building sites, shops and homes, especially where power cuts are common. Hire usually needs a deposit and a daily or weekly charge, often with fuel and delivery on top. Repair and servicing work is paid when the job is done, sometimes after a call-out in an emergency. A payments app that sends links for hire deposits and charges, takes payment on the spot for repairs and handles regular servicing can win these businesses, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to generator hire and repair businesses
Ask local generator hire and repair businesses:
- How do customers pay deposits and hire charges, and how do you return deposits?
- How do customers pay for emergency repairs and call-outs?
- Do shops or offices pay for regular servicing?
- Do you charge separately for fuel and delivery?
Send payment links for hire
A payment link for the deposit and each hire period gets money in before the generator leaves the yard, with a clear record for returning deposits.
Take payment on the spot for repairs
Letting customers pay by phone as soon as the power is back on means no waiting for cash and no chasing invoices.
Grow through events and building sites
Generator firms work with event organisers, builders and shops. One firm on your app can bring the businesses that rely on its power.
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 sound and lighting hire firms?
The sound and lighting hire firms guide covers renting out kit for events with a deposit to hold it and a balance before the day.
Sound and lighting hire firms →What about electricians?
The electricians guide covers small repairs, safety checks and bigger jobs that need deposits for materials.
Electricians →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.