How to grow your payments app with jam and chutney makers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small jam, chutney and preserve makers cook in batches and sell at farmers' markets, food fairs and Christmas markets. Many also take orders online or by message, make hampers and supply farm shops and delis. At a stall, most sales are small and quick, and buyers expect to pay by card. Shops that stock their jars often pay by invoice, sometimes late. A payments app that takes tap payments at a stall, sends payment links for orders and hampers and makes shop invoices easy to pay can win these makers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to makers
Ask local jam and chutney makers:
- How do customers pay at markets and fairs today?
- Do you take orders online or by message, and how are they paid?
- Do you supply shops, and how quickly do they pay you?
- Do you sell hampers or gift boxes at busy times of year?
Take payments at the stall
Tap payments on a phone mean makers can sell to people without cash and keep the queue moving on busy market days.
Send links for orders and hampers
A payment link for each order or hamper means customers pay before the jars are packed and posted.
Grow through markets and food fairs
Food makers share stalls, markets and fairs with other small producers. One maker on your app can bring the stallholders 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 market traders?
The market traders guide covers stallholders who sell fast, often with poor signal and lots of cash.
Market traders →What about makers and online sellers?
The makers and online sellers guide covers people selling crafts, clothes and homemade goods through social media who often take payment by hand.
Makers and online sellers →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.