How to grow your payments app with guitar makers and luthiers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Guitar makers and luthiers build made-to-order guitars, violins, ukuleles and other string instruments, and most also set up and repair instruments for local players, schools and shops. A new build can take months, so it usually starts with a deposit, sometimes with stage payments, and the balance before the instrument goes home. Repairs are paid on collection. A payments app that sends deposit and stage payment links and takes payment at collection can win these makers, and every musician who pays sees your app.
Talk to guitar makers and luthiers
Ask local luthiers:
- How do customers pay you today, and how often do you chase payments?
- Do you take a deposit or stage payments for new builds?
- How do players pay for set-ups and repairs?
- Do you work with music shops, schools or teachers?
Take deposits and stage payments
A payment link for the deposit lets the maker buy wood and parts, and further links for each stage and the balance keep a long build paid as it goes.
Get paid for repairs on collection
Card and phone payments when a player collects a repaired or set-up instrument mean no chasing afterwards.
Grow through musicians
Luthiers know music teachers, instrument repairers and music shops. One maker on your app can bring the musicians 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 piano tuners and instrument repairers?
The piano tuners and instrument repairers guide covers visits to homes, schools and venues and instruments taken in for repair, often paid after the job.
Piano tuners and instrument repairers →What about record shops and music stores?
The record shops and music stores guide covers vinyl, instruments and gear, pre-orders for new releases and in-store gigs.
Record shops and music stores →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.