How to grow your payments app with line marking contractors
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Line marking contractors paint the lines people follow every day: parking bays and arrows in car parks, games in school playgrounds, courts for sports clubs and safety lanes in warehouses. Most jobs are done in a day or a night, and small contractors often wait weeks for invoices to be paid. A payments app that gets them paid on the day can win line markers, and every car park, school, club and business that pays them sees your app.
Talk to line marking contractors
Ask local line marking contractors:
- Do you take a deposit for bigger jobs?
- Do you get paid on the day or by invoice?
- Who usually pays you: car parks, schools or businesses?
- How long do invoices take to be paid?
Take a deposit for bigger jobs
A link sent with the quote lets the customer pay a deposit straight away, so the contractor can book the night shift and order paint.
Get paid when the lines are done
The customer can pay by card or link as soon as the job is signed off, instead of adding it to an invoice that waits weeks.
Grow through car parks and clubs
Line markers work for car park operators, sports clubs and driveway firms. When those businesses take payments through your app, each contractor 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 car parks?
The car park operators guide covers collecting parking fees by the hour or day, often in cash.
Car park operators →What about sports clubs?
The sports clubs guide covers collecting fees and subs from many members.
Sports 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.