How to grow your payments app with small museums and heritage attractions
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small museums, historic houses, castles, gardens and heritage railways sell entry tickets and annual memberships, run guided tours, events and school visits, and earn money from a gift shop and café. Many are run by charities or volunteers and rely on donations, and visitors increasingly carry no cash for the donation box. A payments app that takes a tap at the entrance, lets schools and groups pay by link, and makes donating by card or QR code easy can win these attractions, and every visitor who pays sees your app.
Talk to small museums and attractions
Ask local museum and attraction managers:
- How do visitors pay for entry today?
- How do schools and groups book and pay?
- How much do you receive in donations, and how?
- How are gift shop and café sales taken?
Make donating easy
A QR code by the donation box or on the way out lets visitors give by card or phone when they have no cash.
Take group and school bookings
A payment link sent with a booking means schools and coach groups pay ahead, so volunteers aren't chasing invoices.
Grow through days out
Attractions know tour guides, cafés and other local attractions. One 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 zoos and wildlife parks?
The zoos and wildlife parks guide covers day tickets, annual passes, animal experiences and school trips, plus food and gifts on site.
Zoos and wildlife parks →What about tour guides?
The tour guides guide covers taking deposits, payments and tips from visitors from many countries.
Tour guides →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.