How to grow your payments app with reptile and exotic pet shops
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Reptile and exotic pet shops sell snakes, lizards, tortoises, insects and other animals, along with vivariums, heating, lighting and a steady supply of live and frozen food. Customers often pay a deposit to reserve an animal or a full set-up, and many come back every week or two for food. Some shops also sell at reptile shows and ship supplies to customers. A payments app that takes counter and show payments, sends deposit links and collects regular food orders can win these shops, and every keeper who pays them sees your app.
Talk to reptile and exotic pet shops
Ask local shops:
- How do customers pay a deposit to reserve an animal or set-up?
- How often do regular customers buy live or frozen food?
- How do you take payments at reptile shows and events?
- Do you take orders for delivery, and how are they paid?
Send deposit links for animals and set-ups
A payment link for the deposit lets a customer reserve an animal or vivarium from home, and the shop knows the order is secured before buying stock.
Make regular food orders easy
Keepers need food on a steady schedule. A saved order they can pay for in a tap, or a regular payment, brings them back and keeps shops busy between bigger sales.
Grow through pet businesses
Reptile shops work alongside exotic vets, aquarium shops and pet sitters. When those businesses take payments through your app, each shop can bring more of them onto it.
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 aquarium and tropical fish shops?
The aquarium and tropical fish shops guide covers shops selling fish, tanks and equipment, some of which also set up and maintain tanks for homes and businesses.
Aquarium and tropical fish shops →What about vets and pet shops?
The vets and pet shops guide covers surprise vet bills, regular pet food orders and pet care plans.
Vets and pet 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.