How to grow your payments app with kayak and paddleboard hire
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Kayak, canoe and paddleboard hire businesses rent equipment by the hour or day, run guided trips and lessons, and sell to groups and families. Many work from a beach, lake or riverbank, busy on sunny days and quiet in bad weather. A payments app that takes bookings and deposits by link, lets groups pay their own share and takes payments at the water's edge can win these businesses, and every paddler who pays sees your app.
Talk to kayak and paddleboard hire businesses
Ask local hire businesses:
- How do customers pay for hire, trips and lessons today?
- Do you take a deposit for equipment?
- How do groups and families pay?
- How do you take payments away from a card machine?
Take bookings and deposits by link
A payment link for a trip or lesson holds the slot, and a deposit covers the equipment until it comes back.
Get paid at the water's edge
A payment link or QR code on a phone lets customers pay on the beach or riverbank, with no card machine needed.
Grow through outdoor businesses
Hire businesses sit alongside surf and dive schools, boat trips and campsites, and the same visitors use many of them. One hire business 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 surf and dive schools?
The surf and dive schools guide covers bookings from visitors, deposits and getting paid on the beach far from a card machine.
Surf schools →What about marinas and sailing clubs?
The marinas and sailing clubs guide covers berth fees, visitor moorings, memberships, fuel and sailing courses.
Marinas →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.