How to grow your payments app with market traders
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
- 1Type in your own numbers
- 2The tool works it out
- 3See the answer clearly
Market traders serve many customers quickly, often outdoors and with weak phone signal. Customers carry less cash than they used to, so a trader who can take other payments easily sells more.
Walk the market
Visit on a busy day and ask a few traders:
0 of 4 answered
Tick each question once you know your answer.
Make paying quick
A printed QR code on the stall lets customers pay while the trader serves the next person.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
Type a name, tap a colour and pick what it does. The phone changes as you go.
Colour
What it does
Design and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
Work when signal is weak
Make sure your app works well on a slow connection and tells the trader clearly when a payment has arrived.
Grow stall by stall
Traders see what their neighbours use. One busy stall that takes payments through your app will make others ask about it.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
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Questions people ask
What about slow internet?
The slow internet guide covers making your app work on weak connections.
Work on slow internet →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 launch. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
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