How to grow your payments app with lawn bowls clubs
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Lawn bowls clubs collect yearly memberships, green fees from visiting players, fees for matches, leagues and competitions, and money for taster sessions and social events. Many have a clubhouse bar too. Most are run by volunteer treasurers who still handle cash and cheques and spend time chasing unpaid subs each season. A payments app that makes memberships, fees and bar sales simple to collect can win bowls clubs, and every member and visitor who pays them sees your app.
Talk to bowls clubs
Ask local bowls clubs:
- How do members pay their yearly subs?
- How do visitors pay green fees?
- How do players pay for matches and competitions?
- How does the bar take payments on busy days?
Collect subs without the chasing
A membership link sent at the start of the season lets members pay from their phone, and the treasurer can see at a glance who has paid.
Take green fees and bar sales on the spot
A QR code by the green and on the bar lets visitors and members pay in seconds, so the club handles less cash on match days.
Grow through local sports clubs
Bowls clubs often share leagues and sites with tennis, cricket and golf clubs, and their members belong to other clubs too. When those clubs take payments through your app, each bowls club can bring more of them onto 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 other sports clubs?
The sports clubs guide covers local football, running and martial arts clubs collecting fees and subs from many members.
Sports clubs →What about tennis and padel clubs?
The tennis and padel clubs guide covers clubs selling court bookings, yearly memberships, coaching sessions and junior camps, many run by volunteers.
Tennis and padel clubs →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.