How to grow your payments app with magicians and close-up entertainers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Magicians, mentalists, caricaturists and other close-up entertainers work the room at weddings, corporate dinners, trade shows and parties. Most take a deposit to hold the date, then the balance before the event or on the night, and corporate clients often want a proper invoice. Many entertainers are sole traders who spend more time chasing payments than they would like. A payments app that sends deposit and balance links, takes payment on the night with a tap and keeps clear records can win these entertainers, and every client who pays sees your app.
Talk to magicians and entertainers
Ask local magicians and close-up entertainers:
- How do clients pay a deposit to hold the date?
- How do they pay the balance before or on the night?
- How do corporate clients pay your invoices?
- How do guests book you for their own events after seeing you perform?
Take deposits and balances by link
A deposit link when the date is confirmed and a balance link before the event means the entertainer can focus on the show, not the money.
Turn guests into bookings
Guests who enjoy a performance often want to book for their own event, and a payment link on a card or QR code makes it easy to hold a date on the spot.
Grow through events
Entertainers know DJs, wedding planners, venues and party entertainers. One entertainer on your app can introduce the others.
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 children's party entertainers?
The children's party entertainers guide covers face painters and bouncy castle hire firms taking deposits for bookings and payment on the day.
Children's party entertainers →What about DJs?
The DJs guide covers weddings, parties and corporate events, with a deposit to hold the date and the rest before the night.
DJs →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.