How to grow your payments app with small warehouses and fulfilment centres
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Small warehouses and fulfilment centres hold stock for online shops, market sellers, importers and local brands, then pick, pack and send orders for them. They usually bill each month for pallet or shelf space plus a charge per order, and add one-off fees for receiving deliveries or returns. Many clients are small sellers who pay late or in pieces. A payments app that sends clear monthly invoices with a payment link, takes regular payments and collects one-off charges quickly can win warehouses, and every seller who stores stock with them sees your app.
Talk to small warehouses and fulfilment centres
Ask local warehouses:
- How do clients pay for storage and packing each month?
- How often are invoices paid late or in part?
- Do you charge one-off fees for deliveries, returns or special packing?
- Do your clients sell online, at markets or to shops?
Send clear monthly invoices
One invoice each month with storage, orders packed and extras listed, plus a payment button, makes it easy for clients to pay on time.
Collect one-off charges fast
Payment links for extra jobs, such as unloading a container or handling returns, mean warehouses get paid without waiting for month end.
Grow through the sellers they serve
Every warehouse works with many small sellers, couriers and hauliers. When those sellers and suppliers pay and get paid through your app, one warehouse can bring dozens of businesses 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 wholesalers and distributors?
The wholesalers and distributors guide covers selling to hundreds of small shops, often collecting cash on delivery, and getting paid safely.
Wholesalers and distributors →What about haulage firms?
The haulage firms and truck owners guide covers moving goods between towns, ports, farms and factories, and getting paid per load.
Haulage firms and truck owners →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.