How to grow your payments app with sports coaches
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Sports coaches run after-school clubs, weekend sessions and holiday camps in football, tennis, cricket, gymnastics and more. Most sell blocks of sessions to parents, and many still collect cash on the touchline. A payments app that sends a link to book a block or a camp, and lets parents pay from their phone, can win these coaches, and every parent who pays sees your app.
Talk to coaches
Ask local sports coaches:
- How do parents pay you today?
- Do you sell blocks of sessions or pay-as-you-go?
- How do you take bookings for holiday camps?
- What would make collecting payment easier?
Sell blocks and camps by link
A payment link for each block or camp lets parents book and pay in one step, with no cash on the day.
Stop chasing on the touchline
A reminder link sent before each new block means coaches spend their time coaching, not collecting money.
Grow through schools and clubs
Coaches work with schools, clubs and other coaches. One coach on your app puts it in front of dozens of families.
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 swimming?
The swimming teachers guide covers blocks of lessons paid by parents.
Swimming teachers →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.