How to grow your payments app with handymen
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Handymen fix doors, hang shelves, put up curtain rails, build flat-pack furniture and do the small jobs other trades turn down. Most jobs are small and quick, so many handymen are paid in cash, and landlords often pay late. A payments app that takes payment by link or QR code when the job is done can win these handymen, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to handymen
Ask local handymen:
- How do customers pay you today?
- Do customers ever have no cash when you finish?
- Do landlords or agents pay you late?
- What would make getting paid easier?
Get paid when the job is done
A QR code or link at the door means payment before the handyman leaves, with no cash needed.
Send landlords a link
A payment link sent to a landlord or letting agent after each job makes it easy for them to pay straight away.
Grow through landlords and neighbours
Handymen get most of their work by word of mouth. Every customer and landlord who pays through your app sees 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 bigger jobs?
The tradespeople guide covers builders, plumbers and electricians.
Tradespeople →What about painters?
The painters and decorators guide covers deposits for materials and payment when the job is done.
Painters and decorators →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.