How to grow your payments app with jet ski and watersports hire
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Jet ski and watersports hire businesses work on busy beaches and at resorts, renting jet skis by the half hour and running banana boat rides, parasailing and snorkelling trips. Most customers are visitors who book on the spot or through their hotel, many without local cash, and jet ski hire often needs a deposit against damage. Groups and families often want to split the cost. A payments app that takes payment on the beach, holds and returns deposits clearly and lets groups pay by link can win these businesses, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to jet ski and watersports hire businesses
Ask local jet ski and watersports hire businesses:
- How do customers pay on the beach, and how many have no local cash?
- How do you take and return deposits against damage?
- Do hotels or tour desks send you customers, and how are they paid?
- Do groups ask to split the cost of a ride or trip?
Take payment on the beach
Letting customers pay by phone on the sand means no lost sales from visitors without cash, and no cash to keep safe near the water.
Handle deposits clearly
A clear record of each deposit taken and returned avoids disputes when the jet ski comes back, and builds trust with customers.
Grow along the beach
Watersports businesses sit next to beach bars, sunbed rentals and boat trips. One hire business on your app can bring the businesses around it.
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 surf and dive schools?
The surf and dive schools guide covers taking bookings and deposits from visitors, often on the beach far from a card machine.
Surf and dive schools →What about kayak and paddleboard hire?
The kayak and paddleboard hire guide covers renting boards and boats by the hour, guided trips and lessons at the water's edge.
Kayak and paddleboard hire →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.