How to grow your payments app with painters and decorators
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Painters and decorators paint, wallpaper and finish homes, offices, shops and rental properties. Many take a deposit for paint and materials, and larger jobs are paid in stages. A payments app that sends a deposit link with the quote and takes the final payment when the job is done can win these trades, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to decorators
Ask local painters and decorators:
- How do customers pay you today?
- How do you take deposits for materials?
- Do you wait long to be paid after finishing a job?
- What would make getting paid easier?
Take deposits by link
A payment link sent with the quote lets the customer pay the deposit straight away, so materials can be bought.
Get paid when the job is done
A QR code or link on the last day means payment before the decorator packs up.
Grow through landlords and agents
Landlords and letting agents need rooms painted between tenants. One decorator on your app puts it in front of every agent they work with.
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 other trades?
The tradespeople guide covers builders, plumbers and electricians.
Tradespeople →What about interior designers?
The interior designers guide covers design fees and staged payments.
Interior designers →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.