How to grow your payments app with open water swimming coaches
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
Open water swimming coaches run group sessions, one-to-one coaching, beginner courses and guided swims in lakes, rivers and the sea. Swimmers usually pay per session, buy a block of sessions or pay for a whole season, and some venues charge an entry fee on the day. Sessions depend on the weather, so coaches often need to move bookings around. A payments app that takes bookings, sells blocks and season passes and takes a card payment at the water's edge can win these coaches, and every swimmer who pays sees your app.
Talk to swimming coaches
Ask local open water swimming coaches:
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Take bookings and block payments
Payment at the time of booking fills sessions, and blocks or season passes give coaches steady income through the swimming season.
Try it
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Take payments at the water's edge
A card or phone payment on the day means walk-up swimmers can join a session without cash.
Grow through swimming groups
Open water coaches know swimming teachers, lidos and sauna businesses near the water. One coach on your app can bring the swimming businesses around them.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
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Questions people ask
What about swimming teachers?
The swimming teachers guide covers blocks of lessons sold mostly to parents.
Swimming teachers →What about sauna and cold plunge businesses?
The sauna and cold plunge businesses guide covers timed sessions, memberships and private hire, often by the water.
Sauna and cold plunge businesses →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.
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