How to grow your payments app with puppeteers and puppet theatres
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
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Puppeteers and small puppet theatres put on family shows at their own venues and in village halls, tour schools, nurseries, libraries and festivals, perform at children's parties, and run puppet-making workshops. Public shows are sold as tickets, often on the door as well as ahead, while schools, libraries and festivals usually book by invoice and parties with a deposit. A payments app that sells tickets, takes payment on the door and sends deposit and invoice links can win puppeteers, and every family and venue that pays them sees your app.
Talk to puppeteers
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Sell tickets ahead and on the door
A ticket link fills seats before the day, and a tap-to-pay link on the door means no cash float and no missed sales when families turn up at the last minute.
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Send deposit and invoice links
Parents can pay a party deposit from their phone, and schools and venues can pay an invoice from a link, so puppeteers spend less time chasing between shows.
Grow through family entertainment
Puppeteers share bookings with magicians, party entertainers and circus schools at the same parties, festivals and venues. When those businesses take payments through your app, each puppeteer can bring more of them onto it.
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Questions people ask
What about party entertainers?
The party entertainers guide covers entertainers, face painters and bouncy castle hire firms taking deposits for bookings and payment on the day.
Party entertainers →What about magicians and close-up entertainers?
The magicians guide covers magicians, caricaturists and close-up entertainers performing at weddings, corporate events and parties, usually with a deposit to hold the date and the balance before or on the day.
Magicians and close-up entertainers →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 launch. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
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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. Other companies named in this guide are reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.