How to grow your payments app with mobility shops
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Mobility shops sell and hire mobility scooters, wheelchairs, riser recliner chairs, stairlifts and small daily living aids. Many customers are older people, and sons, daughters or carers often pay on their behalf from somewhere else. Bigger items need a deposit, hire is paid weekly or for a holiday, and servicing and repairs are paid on collection. A payments app that sends a payment link a family member can pay from anywhere, takes deposits and handles hire payments can win these shops, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to mobility shops
Ask local mobility shop owners:
- How do customers pay for bigger items today?
- How often does a family member pay instead?
- How do you take payment for hire?
- How are servicing and repairs paid?
Let families pay from anywhere
A payment link can be sent to a son, daughter or carer, so they can pay for a scooter or chair without coming to the shop.
Make hire simple
Wheelchair and scooter hire for holidays and short stays can be booked and paid by link before the customer arrives.
Grow through care
Mobility shops know home carers, pharmacies and hearing centres. One shop 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 home carers?
The home carers guide covers carers and companions visiting people at home, often paid weekly by families who live elsewhere.
Home carers →What about hearing centres?
The audiologists and hearing centres guide covers hearing tests, hearing aids, batteries and aftercare, with deposits and regular payments.
Hearing centres →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.