How to grow your payments app with haulage firms and truck owners
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Haulage firms and owner-drivers carry everything from cement and crops to containers and fuel. Many customers pay per load, some pay half up front and half on delivery, and big clients often pay weeks later. Meanwhile the owner pays for fuel, tolls, repairs and drivers every day, often by handing cash to a driver on the road. A payments app that sends a link when a load is booked and another when it is delivered, and lets owners send drivers money for fuel and expenses from a phone, can win these firms, and every business that pays them sees your app.
Talk to truck owners
Ask local haulage firms and owner-drivers:
- How do customers pay you for a load, and how long do you wait?
- Do you ask for part of the payment before loading?
- How do you give drivers money for fuel, tolls and food on the road?
- How do you keep track of what each truck earns and spends?
Get paid per load
A link for the advance when a load is booked and another when the delivery note is signed means money arrives the same day, not weeks later.
Send drivers money on the road
Sending fuel and expense money to a driver's phone, with a note for each payment, replaces cash in envelopes and shows what each trip really cost.
Grow through the businesses you carry for
Truck owners carry for farmers, traders, factories and wholesalers. When those businesses pay through your app, they see how it could work for their own customers.
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 wholesalers and distributors?
The wholesalers and distributors guide covers selling to hundreds of small shops and collecting cash on delivery.
Wholesalers and distributors →What about couriers and delivery riders?
The couriers and delivery riders guide covers getting paid for parcels, documents and food delivered across town.
Couriers and delivery riders →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.