How to grow your payments app with skip hire firms
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Skip hire firms drop off skips for house clear-outs, building work and garden jobs, then collect them when full. Most customers book by phone and pay up front, and many firms still take card details over the phone. A payments app that sends a secure payment link when a skip is booked can win these firms, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to skip firms
Ask local skip hire firms:
- How do customers pay for skips today?
- Do you take card details over the phone?
- How do you charge for longer hire or overfilled skips?
- What would make taking payment easier?
Send a link when a skip is booked
A payment link sent by text when the customer books means no card details read out over the phone.
Charge extras by link
Extra days or overfilled skips can be charged with a new link, so the driver does not have to collect money.
Grow through builders
Builders and house clearance firms book skips again and again. One skip firm on your app puts it in front of all of them.
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 removal firms?
The removal firms guide covers deposits and moving-day payments.
Removal firms →What about other trades?
The tradespeople guide covers builders, plumbers and electricians.
Tradespeople →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.