How to grow your payments app with groundworkers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Groundworkers prepare the ground before anything is built. They dig and pour foundations, lay drains, build concrete bases for garden rooms and sheds, and level sites for driveways and extensions. Jobs often start with a deposit so the groundworker can book machines and order concrete and stone, with stage payments as each part is finished. A payments app that handles deposits and stage payments can win groundworkers, and every builder and homeowner that pays them sees your app.
Talk to groundworkers
Ask local groundworkers:
- Do you take a deposit before booking machines and materials?
- Do bigger jobs have stage payments?
- Do builders or homeowners usually pay you?
- How long do invoices take to be paid?
Take a deposit when the job is booked
A link sent with the quote lets the customer pay a deposit straight away, so the groundworker can book diggers and order concrete.
Get paid at each stage
A link sent as each stage is finished, such as foundations or drainage, lets the customer pay straight away, so the groundworker isn't waiting weeks for money.
Grow through building trades
Groundworkers work alongside builders, plant hire firms and skip hire firms. When those businesses take payments through your app, each groundworker can bring more of them onto it.
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 builders?
The builders and bricklayers guide covers deposits for materials and stage payments for extensions, walls and garden projects.
Builders and bricklayers →What about digger hire?
The plant and digger hire firms guide covers deposits, hire invoices and extra charges for diggers, dumpers and rollers.
Plant and digger hire firms →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.