How to grow your payments app with lift maintenance engineers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Lift maintenance engineers service and repair passenger and goods lifts in blocks of flats, offices, shops, hotels and care homes. Most customers pay for a maintenance contract with regular visits, and pay extra for call-outs when a lift breaks down and for larger repairs. A payments app that handles contract payments, call-outs and repair invoices can win lift engineers, and every building owner and managing agent that pays them sees your app.
Talk to lift maintenance engineers
Ask local lift maintenance engineers:
- Do customers pay the contract monthly, quarterly or yearly?
- How do you charge for call-outs?
- How do managing agents and building owners pay you?
- How long do invoices take to be paid?
Make contract payments regular
Customers can pay their maintenance contract on a regular plan, so the engineer gets steady income and never has to chase a renewal.
Get paid for call-outs and repairs
A link sent with the call-out report or repair quote lets the customer pay straight away, without the engineer chasing an invoice.
Grow through building managers
Lift engineers work for the same building owners and managing agents that pay fire risk assessors, cleaners and other trades. When those businesses take payments through your app, each engineer 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 home lifts?
The stairlift and home lift installers guide covers deposits, balances on fitting and yearly service plans for lifts at home.
Stairlift and home lift installers →What about fire safety checks?
The fire risk assessors guide covers assessment fees, deposits and invoices for checking fire safety in shops, offices and flats.
Fire risk assessors →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.