How to grow your payments app with kennels and catteries
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Kennels and catteries look after dogs and cats while their owners travel, with busy times in school holidays and at Christmas. Most need a deposit to hold a booking and the rest on collection, and no-shows at peak times cost them money. A payments app that takes deposits by link and the final payment at pick-up can win these businesses, and every pet owner who pays sees your app.
Talk to boarding businesses
Ask local kennels and catteries:
- How do owners pay today?
- How do you take deposits for busy times?
- How often do bookings not turn up?
- What would make taking payment easier?
Hold bookings with a deposit
A payment link sent when a stay is booked secures the space and cuts no-shows in the busiest weeks.
Get paid at pick-up
A link or QR code at collection lets owners pay the balance quickly, so there is no queue at the door.
Grow through pet owners
Pet owners use groomers, dog walkers and vets too, and share tips with each other. One boarding business on your app can bring many of them to 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 dog walkers?
The dog walkers and pet sitters guide covers regular pet care payments.
Dog walkers and pet sitters →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.