How to grow your payments app with local internet and wifi providers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
In many towns and estates, internet comes from small local providers and wifi resellers rather than the big telecom companies. They install connections in homes, shops and offices, sell daily or weekly wifi vouchers, and chase monthly payments, often by visiting customers or waiting for bank transfers. Late payments mean switching people off and on again. A payments app that sends a monthly payment link, sells vouchers by phone and takes installation fees on the spot can win these providers, and every customer who pays for their connection sees your app.
Talk to local internet providers
Ask local internet and wifi providers:
- How do customers pay their monthly bill today?
- How much time do you spend chasing late payments?
- Do you sell daily or weekly vouchers, and how are they paid for?
- How do customers pay for installation and equipment?
Send a monthly payment link
A payment link sent before each bill is due lets customers pay from their phone in seconds, so fewer connections get cut off for late payment.
Sell vouchers by phone
Letting customers buy a daily or weekly wifi voucher by phone means no one has to find a seller with change.
Grow through every connection
A local provider may serve hundreds of homes and shops. When each of them pays through your app every month, your app becomes part of their routine.
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 internet cafes?
The print shops and internet cafes guide covers many small payments every day from students, job seekers and small businesses.
Print shops and internet cafes →What about phone shops?
The phone shops and airtime sellers guide covers handling many small payments a day in busy shops.
Phone shops and airtime sellers →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.