How to grow your payments app with podcasters and YouTube creators
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Independent podcasters and YouTube creators make shows about everything from football to cooking. Beyond ad money, many earn from fans who pay a monthly membership for bonus episodes, from sponsors who pay an invoice for a read, from merchandise and from live shows and meet-ups. Platform fees on memberships can be high, and fans are spread across many countries. A payments app that takes monthly memberships, sends sponsor invoices as payment links and sells merch and tickets can win these creators, and every fan who pays sees your app.
Talk to podcasters and creators
Ask local podcasters and YouTube creators:
- How do fans support you, and how much do platform fees take?
- Do you sell merchandise or tickets to live shows?
- How do sponsors pay you, and how quickly?
- Where in the world are your fans?
Take memberships and fan support
Monthly memberships and one-off tips paid by card or phone let creators earn directly from their biggest fans, wherever they live.
Send payment links to sponsors and for merch
Payment links for sponsor reads, merchandise and live show tickets get money in quickly and cut down on chasing invoices.
Grow through creator communities
Creators appear on each other's shows and share tips in creator groups. One creator on your app can bring the creators and fans around them.
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 online course creators?
The online course creators guide covers selling recorded courses, live cohorts and paid memberships to students anywhere in the world.
Online course creators →What about photographers and other creatives?
The photographers and creatives guide covers freelance photographers, designers and musicians taking deposits and chasing final payments.
Photographers and creatives →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.