How to grow your payments app with mini golf and adventure golf courses
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Mini golf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses sell rounds by the person or family, often to holidaymakers and day trippers who turn up and want to play straight away. Many also take birthday parties, school and group bookings, and sell drinks, ice cream and snacks. Queues build fast on sunny days and in school holidays. A payments app that takes a tap at the kiosk, lets families book and pay a time slot ahead, and takes a deposit for parties can win these courses, and every player who pays sees your app.
Talk to mini golf courses
Ask local mini golf owners:
- How do players pay at the kiosk today?
- How do you take bookings for busy days?
- How are parties and group deposits paid?
- How do you handle queues when it's busy?
Keep the queue moving
A quick tap or a QR code at the kiosk gets families playing faster on busy days, without cash or change.
Take bookings and party deposits
A payment link for a time slot or a party means the course knows who is coming and has the money before the day.
Grow through days out
Mini golf courses sit near cafés, arcades, trampoline parks and bowling alleys. One course 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 bowling alleys and escape rooms?
The bowling alleys and escape rooms guide covers bookings for groups, parties and work outings, with split payments.
Bowling and escape rooms →What about trampoline parks?
The trampoline parks guide covers timed jump sessions, grip socks, parties and café sales at weekends and in school holidays.
Trampoline parks →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.