How to grow your payments app with online course creators
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
- 1Your card appears in your app
- 2Tap it to pay in a shop
- 3See every payment as it happens
Online course creators teach everything from cooking and photography to coding, languages and business skills, through recorded video courses, live group cohorts and paid monthly communities. Their students can be anywhere in the world, and many creators sell straight from social media, a newsletter or a simple website. Big course platforms take a share of each sale, so many creators want a simpler way to take payment themselves. A payments app that sells a course by link, splits a bigger course into instalments and runs a monthly membership charge can win these creators, and every student who pays sees your app.
Talk to course creators
Ask online course creators you know:
0 of 4 answered
Tick each question once you know your answer.
Sell a course by link
A payment link for each course, shared in a post, a newsletter or a direct message, lets a student pay in a few taps from wherever they found it.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
Type a name, tap a colour and pick what it does. The phone changes as you go.
Colour
What it does
Design and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
Offer instalments and memberships
Splitting a bigger course into monthly payments and charging members on the same day each month make higher prices easier to say yes to.
Grow through creators' audiences
Creators know other creators, coaches and teachers. One creator on your app can introduce many others, and every student sees your app at checkout.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
Why sign up
Create your free SendPay account
It's all about creating your own financial platform with ease. Start with a free account today.
- 🪪A free business accountOpen it in about a minute with your business name, email, password and mobile. No card and no documents to start.
- 💳Get paid from day oneTake card payments, and share your own payment link and invoices so customers pay in a click.
- 🌐A free business websiteFree to build, free to publish and free to keep, with unlimited visits.
- 🚀Your own financial platformDesign and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank. Accounts, cards and payments are powered by licensed partners.
Questions people ask
What about life and business coaches?
The life and business coaches guide covers one-to-one sessions, monthly programmes and group courses, mostly online and often to clients in other countries.
Life and business coaches →What about language schools?
The language schools guide covers taking course fees from students in many countries and currencies.
Language schools →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 launch. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
Spotted a mistake or something out of date? and we'll fix it. How our guides are made
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. Other companies named in this guide are reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.