How to grow your payments app with mechanics and garages
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
A car repair can cost more than a customer carries in cash, and garages often buy parts before the job is paid for. Mobile mechanics work at the roadside or on a driveway, far from a card machine. A payments app that takes cards, deposits and payment links anywhere helps mechanics get paid, and every driver they serve sees your app.
Talk to garages and mechanics
Ask local garages and mobile mechanics:
- How do customers pay today, and what does it cost you?
- Do you ask for a deposit before ordering parts?
- How often do you wait to be paid after a job?
- What would you want from a payments app?
Take deposits before ordering parts
Let the garage send a payment link for the parts deposit, so they are not out of pocket if a customer changes their mind.
Get paid anywhere
Mobile mechanics can take a card or send a payment link from their phone as soon as the job is done, with a receipt the customer keeps for the car's history.
Grow through the trade
Garages buy from parts suppliers, and mechanics know other mechanics. One happy garage can bring you its suppliers and the rest of the trade.
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 tradespeople?
The tradespeople guide covers getting paid for jobs in the trades.
Tradespeople →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.