How to grow your payments app with gutter cleaners
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Gutter cleaners clear blocked gutters and downpipes, remove moss from roofs and sometimes clean fascias and soffits. Much of the work happens while the customer is out, so they often leave a note, send a bank transfer request or come back to collect payment. Many customers want the job done every autumn or twice a year. A payments app that sends a payment link as soon as the job is done, with before and after photos, and reminds customers when the next clean is due can win these businesses, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to gutter cleaners
Ask local gutter cleaners:
- How do customers pay when they're not at home?
- How often do you have to chase payment?
- How many customers book a clean every year?
- What do you pay in card and bank fees?
Send a payment link when the job is done
A link sent the moment the ladder comes down, with photos of the cleared gutters, means customers pay the same day without anyone knocking on the door.
Bring customers back every year
A reminder and a booking link before autumn keeps the round full and turns one-off jobs into repeat customers.
Grow through home services
Gutter cleaners know window cleaners, roofers and driveway cleaners. One trade on your app can introduce the others.
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 window cleaners?
The window cleaners guide covers getting paid for visits on a round without knocking on doors to collect payment.
Window cleaners →What about roofers and scaffolders?
The roofers and scaffolders guide covers deposits for materials and staged payments on bigger jobs.
Roofers and scaffolders →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.