How to grow your payments app with juice bars and bubble tea shops
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Juice bars and bubble tea shops sell a steady stream of small drinks, often to students and young workers who pay with their phone and never carry cash. Many run loyalty cards, take orders ahead for collection and sell through delivery apps. Every sale needs to be quick, repeat visits need rewarding and order-ahead needs paying before the drink is made. A payments app that does all of this with low fees on small payments can win these shops, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to juice bars and bubble tea shops
Ask local shops:
- How do most customers pay today?
- How much do card fees cost you on small drinks?
- Do you run a loyalty card or stamps?
- Do customers order ahead for collection?
Keep fees low on small payments
When most drinks cost a few pounds, fees eat into every sale. Clear, low fees on small payments are a strong reason for a shop to switch.
Take order-ahead payments by link
A payment link or QR code lets regulars order and pay ahead, so their drink is ready when they arrive and the queue moves faster.
Grow through food and drink
Juice bars and bubble tea shops sit alongside cafés, bakeries and takeaways, often on the same street. One shop 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 cafes and coffee shops?
The cafes and coffee shops guide covers taking many small payments every day, where card fees and queues really add up.
Cafes →What about takeaways?
The takeaways guide covers busy evening rushes, paying at the counter and orders by phone.
Takeaways →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.