How to grow your payments app with pick-your-own farms and pumpkin patches
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
Pick-your-own farms let visitors pick strawberries, raspberries, apples and other crops, then pay by weight on the way out. Pumpkin patches do the same in October, often with pre-booked time slots, hay rides and other extras. These farms get most of their visitors on a handful of busy weekends, so queues at the till cost them money, and signal in a field can be poor. A payments app that sells time slots ahead, takes tap payments on a phone at the weighing table and works well on a weak connection can win these farms, and every visitor who pays sees your app.
Talk to farms
Ask local pick-your-own farms and pumpkin patches:
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Sell time slots ahead
A booking link for each weekend lets families pay for a slot before they arrive, so the farm knows how busy it will be and can plan staff.
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Take payments in the field
Tap payments on a phone at the weighing table, with more than one phone on busy days, keep queues short and mean less cash to count at the end of the day.
Grow through farm networks
Farms know each other through local groups and farmers' markets. One busy pumpkin patch on your app can bring others in the area.
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Questions people ask
What about farm parks and petting farms?
The farm parks and petting farms guide covers farms that sell entry tickets, animal feed, school trips and birthday parties, and are busiest in school holidays.
Farm parks and petting farms →What about veg box schemes and farm shops?
The veg box schemes and farm shops guide covers selling to the same customers week after week, where chasing small payments takes time.
Veg box schemes and farm shops →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?
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