How to grow your payments app with record shops and music stores
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Record shops and music stores sell new and second-hand vinyl, CDs, instruments and gear. Many take pre-orders for new releases, hold expensive instruments with a deposit and run in-store gigs and signings. A payments app that takes tap payments at the counter, sends a payment link for pre-orders and deposits and sells tickets for events can win these shops, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to record shops and music stores
Ask local shop owners:
- How do customers pay today?
- How do you take pre-orders for new releases?
- Do you hold instruments with a deposit?
- Do you run in-store gigs or signings?
Take pre-orders with a payment link
A payment link lets a fan pay for a new release before it arrives, so the shop orders the right number of copies.
Hold instruments with a deposit
A deposit paid by link secures a guitar or keyboard until the buyer collects it, and the balance is paid in a tap at the counter.
Grow through the music scene
Record shops know local bands, music teachers and venues. One shop 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 musicians and music teachers?
The musicians and music teachers guide covers chasing lesson fees, gig fees and merch sales.
Musicians →What about games and comic shops?
The games and comic shops guide covers board games, trading cards and comics, pre-orders and paid game nights.
Games 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?
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.