How to grow your payments app with smart home installers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Smart home installers set up connected lighting, heating controls, video doorbells, speakers, TVs and Wi-Fi so everything works together. Bigger jobs often need kit bought before the installer arrives, so many ask for a deposit, then take the rest when the system is working. Some also offer monthly support plans to keep things updated. A payments app that handles deposits, final payments and monthly plans can win smart home installers, and every household that pays them sees your app.
Talk to smart home installers
Ask local smart home installers:
- Do you take a deposit before buying kit?
- How do customers pay when the job is finished?
- Do you offer monthly support plans, and how are they paid?
- How often do you wait to be paid?
Cover kit costs with a deposit
A link sent with the quote lets the customer pay a deposit before the kit is ordered, so the installer is not out of pocket if plans change.
Get paid when the system works
A link for the balance at the end of the visit means the customer pays on the spot, once they have seen everything working.
Grow through home tech businesses
Smart home installers work alongside electricians, security installers and TV aerial fitters. When those businesses take payments through your app, each installer can bring more of them 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 security installers?
The security and CCTV installers guide covers fitting cameras, alarms and gates for homes and shops, often with a deposit and a monthly service fee.
Security and CCTV installers →What about TV and aerial fitters?
The aerial and satellite installers guide covers fitting aerials, dishes and TV points and mounting TVs on walls, usually paid on the day of the job.
Aerial and satellite installers →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.