How to grow your payments app with school uniform shops
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
School uniform shops do much of their trade in a few busy weeks before the school year starts. Queues are long, parents often order in advance, and some pay in parts. A payments app that takes orders by payment link and payments at the counter by QR code can win these shops, and every parent who pays sees your app.
Talk to uniform shops
Ask local school uniform shops:
- How do parents pay today?
- How long are the queues before term starts?
- Do parents order in advance or pay in parts?
- What would make the busy weeks easier?
Take orders before the rush
A payment link for each order lets parents pay in advance and collect later, which spreads the work and shortens queues.
Let parents pay in parts
Separate payment links for a deposit and the rest help parents spread the cost of a new uniform.
Grow through schools
Uniform shops work with nearby schools and their parents. One shop on your app can bring you whole school communities.
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 school fees?
The parents paying school fees guide covers fees and trips.
Parents paying school fees →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.