How to grow your payments app with skydiving and paragliding centres
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Skydiving and paragliding centres sell tandem jumps and flights to first-timers, courses for people learning to jump or fly, and gift vouchers for birthdays and special occasions. Most take a deposit to book, and many dates are moved because of wind or cloud, so keeping track of who has paid matters. On the day, customers often buy photos and videos of their jump or flight. A payments app that sends payment links for deposits and vouchers, keeps a clear record through date changes and takes payment for extras on the day can win these centres, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to skydiving and paragliding centres
Ask local skydiving and paragliding centres:
- How do customers pay deposits, and how do you keep track when the weather moves a date?
- How many bookings come from gift vouchers, and how do people buy them?
- Do customers buy photos or videos on the day, and how do they pay?
- Do you sell courses paid in stages?
Send payment links for deposits and vouchers
A payment link for a deposit or a gift voucher gets money in at once, and a clear record of who has paid makes rebooking after bad weather simple.
Take payment for photos and extras on the day
Letting customers pay for photos and videos by phone straight after their jump or flight turns the excitement of the day into extra sales.
Grow through local activity businesses
Skydiving and paragliding centres share customers with other adventure and experience businesses nearby. One centre on your app can bring the businesses around 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 rafting and zip line operators?
The rafting and zip line operators guide covers selling trips to groups of visitors, often booked the day before or bought on the spot.
Rafting and zip line operators →What about bushcraft and survival courses?
The bushcraft and survival courses guide covers day courses, weekend camps and team days, with a deposit to book a place and gift vouchers.
Bushcraft and survival courses →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.