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How to grow your payments app with shepherd hut makers

By SendPay Business · · 2 min read

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Shepherd hut makers build huts on wheels for garden offices, guest rooms and holiday lets, and supply farms and glamping sites with several huts at a time. Most builds start with a deposit to secure a slot in the workshop, often with a stage payment once the chassis and frame are done and the balance before the hut is delivered. Glamping businesses may order in batches and pay by invoice. A payments app that sends deposit, stage and balance links and keeps a clear record of each build can win hut makers, and every customer who pays them sees your app.

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A final payment link sent when the hut is finished means the customer can pay from their phone, and the maker can book the delivery lorry with the money already in.

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Grow through glamping and outdoor builders

Hut makers sell to glamping sites and work alongside garden room builders and carpenters. When those businesses take payments through your app, each hut maker can bring more of them onto it.

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Questions people ask

What about garden room builders?

The garden room builders guide covers builders of garden offices, studios and summer houses, usually with a deposit to book, a stage payment when work starts and the rest when it is finished.

Garden room builders →
What about glamping sites?

The glamping sites guide covers sites renting yurts, bell tents, pods, shepherd's huts and treehouses, often taking a deposit at booking and the balance before arrival.

Glamping sites →
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.

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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.