How to grow your payments app with ice and roller skating rinks
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Ice rinks, roller rinks and seasonal outdoor rinks sell timed skating sessions, skate hire, lessons and courses, birthday parties, and drinks and snacks. Popular sessions sell out at weekends, in school holidays and around Christmas, so many rinks sell tickets ahead, and parents pay for weekly lessons. A payments app that lets families book and pay a session ahead, takes party deposits and collects lesson fees on time can win these rinks, and every skater who pays sees your app.
Talk to skating rinks
Ask local rink managers:
- How do skaters book and pay for sessions today?
- How do you take deposits for parties?
- How are weekly lessons and courses paid?
- How long are the queues at busy times?
Sell sessions ahead
A payment link or QR code for each session lets families book and pay before they arrive, so busy sessions fill without long queues.
Make lessons regular
Parents paying for weekly lessons can be sent a link each term or pay on a regular schedule, so the rink isn't chasing fees.
Grow through days out
Rinks sit near cinemas, bowling alleys and trampoline parks. One rink 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 trampoline parks?
The trampoline parks guide covers timed jump sessions, grip socks, parties and café sales at weekends and in school holidays.
Trampoline parks →What about bowling alleys and escape rooms?
The bowling alleys and escape rooms guide covers bookings for groups, parties and work outings, with split payments.
Bowling and escape rooms →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.