How to grow your payments app with hot sauce and condiment makers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small hot sauce and condiment makers cook chilli sauces, chilli oils, dressings and relishes in small batches. They sell at markets and food festivals, online by post, in gift boxes and by subscription, and supply delis, farm shops and restaurants. Christmas brings a rush of gift orders. A payments app that takes card payments at stalls, sends payment links for online and gift orders and handles regular trade customers can win these makers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to hot sauce and condiment makers
Ask local sauce and condiment makers:
- Where do you sell, and how do customers pay at markets and festivals?
- Do you sell online, by subscription or as gift boxes?
- Do you supply delis, shops or restaurants, and how quickly do they pay?
- Do you take bigger orders for Christmas or corporate gifts?
Take card payments at markets and festivals
Taking card and phone payments at busy stalls helps makers sell bundles and gift sets, not only a single bottle.
Send payment links for online and trade orders
Payment links for online, gift and subscription orders, and regular links for delis and restaurants, get money in before the bottles go out and cut down on chasing.
Grow through food producers and shops
Sauce makers share markets and festivals with other food producers and sell through delis and farm shops. One maker on your app can bring the producers and shops 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 jam and chutney makers?
The jam and chutney makers guide covers selling at markets, fairs and farm shops, taking online orders and supplying local shops.
Jam and chutney makers →What about delis and cheese shops?
The delis and cheese shops guide covers counter sales, hamper and party platter orders, and posting to customers further away.
Delis and cheese shops →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.