How to grow your payments app with security guard and event staff firms
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small security firms supply guards for shops, offices and building sites, and door staff and stewards for pubs, clubs, weddings, festivals and sports events. They usually bill by the hour, often weekly, while paying their own staff every week, so late payments hurt. One-off events often need a deposit to secure the booking. A payments app that takes event deposits by link, sends weekly invoices with a payment button and gives clients a clear record can win security firms, and every venue and event organiser that pays them sees your app.
Talk to security guard and event staff firms
Ask local security firms:
- How do clients pay for regular guarding and for one-off events today?
- How long do clients take to pay your invoices?
- Do you take a deposit for events, and how?
- How often do you need to pay your own staff?
Take deposits for events
A deposit link sent when an event is booked confirms the staff numbers and cuts last-minute cancellations.
Invoice regular clients every week
A weekly invoice with the hours worked and a payment button helps firms get paid in time to pay their own staff.
Grow through venues and events
Security firms work next to caterers, marquee hire firms and cleaners at every venue and event. When those businesses pay and get paid through your app, one firm can bring many more 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 security and CCTV installers?
The security and CCTV installers guide covers firms fitting cameras, alarms and gates for homes and shops, often with a deposit and a monthly service fee.
Security and CCTV installers →What about recruitment and staffing agencies?
The recruitment and staffing agencies guide covers agencies placing permanent staff for a fee and supplying temporary workers billed by the hour.
Recruitment and staffing agencies →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.