How to grow your payments app with solar lamp and home system sellers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
- 1Customers pick what they want
- 2They pay by card at checkout
- 3The order lands with you
In many places without reliable power, small sellers and agents sell solar lamps, phone chargers and home systems that run a few lights, a radio or a TV. Few customers can pay the full price at once, so many sellers take a deposit and then small daily, weekly or monthly payments. Collecting those payments in cash, often in villages far apart, is slow and hard to track. A payments app that takes deposits, collects regular instalments by phone and shows who is up to date can win these sellers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to solar sellers
Ask local solar lamp and home system sellers:
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Tick each question once you know your answer.
Take deposits on the spot
Letting customers pay the deposit by phone when the kit is handed over means no cash to carry between villages.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
Type a name, tap a colour and pick what it does. The phone changes as you go.
Colour
What it does
Design and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
Collect instalments by phone
A regular payment link or reminder for each customer lets them pay small amounts when they can, and shows the seller at a glance who is up to date.
Grow through agents and villages
Solar sellers often work through local agents in many villages. When the seller and their agents collect payments through your app, every household they serve sees it working.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
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- 💳Get paid from day oneTake card payments, and share your own payment link and invoices so customers pay in a click.
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- 🚀Your own financial platformDesign and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
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Questions people ask
What about solar installers?
The solar installers guide covers deposits, stage payments and sometimes regular payments for bigger solar systems.
Solar installers →What about phone shops and airtime sellers?
The phone shops and airtime sellers guide covers busy shops that handle many small payments a day.
Phone shops and airtime sellers →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 launch. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
Spotted a mistake or something out of date? and we'll fix it. How our guides are made
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. Other companies named in this guide are reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.