How to grow your payments app with illustrators and graphic designers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Illustrators and graphic designers design logos, brand packs, menus, posters, book covers and social media graphics for businesses, and take personal commissions such as portraits and pet drawings. Many also sell prints and stickers online or at markets. Most take a deposit to start, charge the rest before sending the final files and bill extra for more rounds of changes, often for clients they never meet. A payments app that sends a deposit link with the quote, a final payment link with the proofs and simple links for prints can win these designers, and every client who pays sees your app.
Talk to illustrators and designers
Ask local illustrators and graphic designers:
- How do clients pay a deposit before you start a commission today?
- How do they pay the balance before you send the final files?
- How do you charge for extra rounds of changes?
- How do people pay for prints at markets or online?
Take a deposit with the quote
A deposit link sent with the quote means the designer starts work knowing the client is committed.
Get paid before the final files
A payment link for the balance, sent with watermarked proofs, means the client pays before downloading the finished artwork.
Grow through creative communities
Designers know printers, sign makers, web designers and other artists at markets and fairs. One designer on your app can introduce many of 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 photographers and creatives?
The photographers and creatives guide covers freelance photographers, designers and musicians taking deposits and chasing final payments.
Photographers and creatives →What about sign makers?
The sign makers guide covers shop signs, vehicle graphics, banners and window lettering, usually with a deposit before production and the rest on fitting.
Sign makers →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.