How to grow your payments app with solar installers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Solar installers usually take a deposit before ordering panels, then further payments as the job goes on. Some also let customers pay for a system over time. A payments app that makes deposits, stage payments and regular payments clear and easy to track can win installers, and every household they work with sees your app.
Talk to installers and customers
Ask local solar installers and households who have had systems fitted:
- How do customers pay deposits and stage payments today?
- How do you handle customers who pay for a system over time?
- How much time goes on chasing late payments?
- What would make paying feel safer for customers?
Take deposits and stage payments by link
Send a payment link for the deposit and for each stage of the job, with the work and the amount written clearly, so both sides have the same record.
Make regular payments simple
Where the installer lets customers pay over time, a reminder with a payment link before each due date keeps payments on track without awkward calls.
Grow through the building trade
Installers work with electricians, builders and supply shops. One installer on your app can bring you others in the local trade.
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 building supply shops?
The hardware and building supply shops guide covers trade accounts and counter payments.
Hardware and building supply 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.