How to grow your payments app with leatherworkers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Leatherworkers make bags, belts, wallets, dog collars and made-to-order pieces, and many also repair leather goods. They sell at markets and craft fairs, online and through social media, and some run workshops where people make their own wallet or belt. Custom pieces usually need a deposit to buy leather and hardware, with the balance on collection or before posting. A payments app that takes card payments at the stall, sends deposit links and handles workshop bookings can win these makers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to leatherworkers
Ask local leatherworkers:
- Where do you sell, and how do customers pay at markets and fairs?
- Do you take deposits for custom orders?
- Do you sell through social media or your own website?
- Do you run workshops or take repair work?
Take card payments at the stall
Taking card and phone payments at markets and fairs helps leatherworkers make bigger sales, since many buyers carry little cash.
Send deposit links for custom work
A payment link for the deposit lets the maker order leather and start work, and a second link gets the balance paid before posting or collection.
Grow through makers
Leatherworkers share markets with candle makers, jewellers and upholsterers. One maker on your app can bring the stalls around them.
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 candle and soap makers?
The candle and soap makers guide covers market and craft fair sales, online orders and wholesale to gift shops.
Candle and soap makers →What about upholsterers?
The upholsterers guide covers re-covering sofas, chairs and headboards, with a deposit for fabric and the rest on collection.
Upholsterers →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.