How to grow your payments app with plumbers and heating engineers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Plumbers and heating engineers fix leaks, answer emergency call-outs, service boilers every year and fit new boilers and bathrooms. Small jobs are best paid on the spot, bigger installations need a deposit for parts, and yearly services bring the same customers back. A payments app that sends a payment link when the job is done, takes deposits for parts and reminds customers of yearly services can win these trades, and every household that pays sees your app.
Talk to plumbers and heating engineers
Ask local trades:
- How do customers pay you today?
- How long do you wait to be paid after a job?
- Do you take a deposit for parts on bigger jobs?
- How do you remind customers about yearly boiler services?
Get paid when the job is done
A payment link sent as the job finishes lets the customer pay there and then, so the engineer is not chasing invoices for weeks.
Take deposits for parts
A deposit link for a new boiler or bathroom covers the cost of parts before the engineer orders them.
Grow through the trade
Plumbers buy from the same merchants and work alongside electricians and builders. One engineer on your app can introduce the others.
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 tradespeople?
The tradespeople guide covers how plumbers, electricians, builders and cleaners can get paid on the day the job is done.
Tradespeople →What about kitchen and bathroom fitters?
The kitchen and bathroom fitters guide covers deposits for units and materials and stage payments over jobs that last days or weeks.
Kitchen fitters →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.