How to grow your payments app with marinas and sailing clubs
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Marinas and sailing clubs charge yearly berth fees, nightly visitor moorings, memberships, fuel, boat storage and sailing courses. Visiting boats often arrive after the office has closed, members pay yearly fees that can be large, and courses are booked weeks ahead. A payments app that sends a link for a visitor mooring, collects memberships and berth fees by instalment and takes course bookings can win these marinas and clubs, and every boat owner who pays sees your app.
Talk to marinas and sailing clubs
Ask local marinas and clubs:
- How do visiting boats pay for a mooring today?
- How do members pay berth fees and memberships?
- Do you run sailing or powerboat courses?
- How do people pay for fuel, storage and repairs?
Take payment for visitor moorings
A payment link sent to a visiting boat lets the crew pay for the night from the boat, even when the office is closed.
Collect memberships and berth fees
Links for yearly fees, or for smaller monthly payments, make it easier for members to pay on time without chasing.
Grow along the coast
Boat owners sail between marinas and clubs and talk about where things are easy. One marina 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 boat and ferry operators?
The boat and ferry operators guide covers selling tickets at the jetty and taking bookings for trips.
Boat operators →What about surf and dive schools?
The surf and dive schools guide covers bookings, deposits and getting paid on the beach, far from a card machine.
Surf and dive schools →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.