How to grow your payments app with shoe repairers and key cutters
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Shoe repairers and key cutters often run small high-street or kiosk shops that also fit watch batteries, engrave gifts and sell small items. Most payments are small and quick, and repairs are left for a few days and paid for on collection. A payments app that takes fast payments at the counter, and lets customers pay for a repair when they drop it off or when it is ready, can win these shops, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to shoe repairers and key cutters
Ask local shops:
- How do customers pay you today?
- Do customers pay when they drop off a repair or when they collect it?
- How many small payments do you take in a day?
- What else do you sell or offer?
Keep small payments quick
Fast tap or phone payments for a key, a heel or a watch battery keep the counter moving and the fees low for small amounts.
Let customers pay ahead
A payment link sent when a repair is ready lets customers pay in advance and just collect, so fewer repairs are left unclaimed.
Grow along the high street
These shops sit among dry cleaners, tailors, phone repairers and other small businesses. One shop on your app can introduce its neighbours.
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 locksmiths?
The locksmiths guide covers being paid on the spot for callouts, often at night or at weekends.
Locksmiths →What about repair shops?
The repair shops guide covers phone, laptop and bike repair shops that take deposits and payments for jobs every day.
Repair 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.