How to grow your payments app with gift hamper makers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small gift hamper makers build boxes of local food and drink, pamper products, baby gifts and treats for birthdays, new babies, thank-yous and Christmas. Many sell online and through social media and post boxes across the country, and businesses order dozens of hampers at a time for staff and clients. Christmas brings a rush of orders, often paid in advance. A payments app that sends payment links for online and personalised orders, handles big corporate orders and takes payment at fairs can win these makers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to gift hamper makers
Ask local hamper makers:
- How do customers order and pay, online, by message or in person?
- Do businesses order hampers for staff or clients, and how quickly do they pay?
- How busy is Christmas, and do you take payment up front?
- Do you sell at fairs, markets or pop-ups?
Send payment links for personalised orders
A payment link sent once the customer has chosen what goes in the box gets money in before the hamper is packed and posted.
Handle corporate and Christmas orders
Payment links for big corporate orders and pre-paid Christmas orders get money in early and cut down on chasing invoices in January.
Grow through local producers
Hamper makers buy from local bakers, jam makers, cheesemakers and brewers. One hamper maker on your app can bring the producers around them.
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 florists and gift shops?
The florists and gift shops guide covers orders in person, by phone and online, and getting paid quickly through busy holiday peaks.
Florists and gift shops →What about jam and chutney makers?
The jam and chutney makers guide covers selling at markets, fairs and farm shops, taking online orders and supplying local shops.
Jam and chutney makers →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.