How to grow your payments app with off-licences and wine shops
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Off-licences and independent wine shops sell wine, beer and spirits over the counter, run tasting evenings and take bigger orders for parties, weddings and local businesses, often with local delivery. Counter sales need to be quick, tastings need tickets and bigger orders need paying before delivery. A payments app that takes fast counter payments, sells tasting tickets by link and takes payment for orders before delivery can win these shops, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to off-licences and wine shops
Ask local shops:
- How do customers pay at the counter today?
- Do you run tastings or events?
- Do you take orders for parties or local delivery?
- Do local restaurants or businesses buy from you?
Sell tasting tickets by link
A ticket link for a tasting evening lets customers book ahead, so the shop knows how many bottles to open.
Take payment before delivery
A payment link for a party order or a local delivery means the shop is paid before the van leaves.
Grow through food and drink
Wine shops buy from wineries and breweries and sell alongside delis and cheese shops. 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 vineyards and wineries?
The vineyards and wineries guide covers tours, tastings, bottles at the cellar door, wine clubs and trade buyers.
Vineyards →What about breweries and distilleries?
The small breweries and distilleries guide covers selling to shops, pubs and the public at markets, taprooms and tours.
Breweries →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.