How to grow your payments app with personal chefs
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Personal and private chefs cook dinners, parties and weekly meal prep in their clients' homes. They usually buy the ingredients themselves before the job, then wait to be paid afterwards. A payments app that takes a deposit when the booking is made and the rest on the night can win these chefs, and every client who pays sees your app.
Talk to personal chefs
Ask local personal and private chefs:
- How do clients pay you today?
- Do you take a deposit to cover ingredients?
- How often do you chase a final payment?
- What would make taking payment easier?
Take a deposit when they book
A payment link for a deposit covers the ingredients and makes sure the booking is real.
Sell weekly meal prep
A link for a week or a month of meal prep gives clients one simple payment and gives chefs steadier income.
Grow through guests
Every dinner party puts a chef in front of new guests. Clients who pay through your app show it to the people they host.
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 home bakers?
The home bakers guide covers orders by message and deposits for big cakes.
Home bakers →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.