How to grow your payments app with musicians and music teachers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Music teachers often chase parents for lesson fees, and working musicians wait weeks to be paid for gigs. At shows, many fans want to buy a CD or a T-shirt but have no cash. A payments app that makes lesson fees, gig invoices and merch sales simple can win musicians who then show it to their pupils and fans.
Talk to musicians and teachers
Ask local teachers, bands and venues:
- How do pupils or parents pay for lessons today?
- How long do you wait to be paid after a gig?
- How do you take payment for merch at shows?
- What would make getting paid easier for you?
Make lesson fees automatic
Let teachers send a payment link for a term of lessons or set up a weekly payment, so they spend less time chasing and more time teaching.
Help bands sell at shows
A QR code on the merch table lets fans pay from their phone in seconds, even when they have no cash on them.
Grow through music schools and venues
One music school has many teachers, and one venue sees many bands. Win them and every teacher, pupil and band who works with them sees your app.
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 tutors and coaches?
The tutors and coaches guide covers regular lesson payments.
Tutors and coaches →What about street performers?
The street performers guide covers taking tips by phone.
Street performers →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.