How to grow your payments app with stained glass makers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Stained glass makers design and make new windows and door panels, restore old glass in houses and churches, and sell smaller pieces such as suncatchers and lamps at craft fairs and online. Many also run beginner workshops. Commissions and repairs usually start with a deposit to buy glass and lead, with the balance when the piece is fitted or collected. A payments app that takes deposits by link, takes card payments at fairs and handles workshop bookings can win these makers, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to stained glass makers
Ask local stained glass makers:
- How do customers pay you today, and how often do you chase payments?
- Do you take a deposit for commissions and repairs?
- Do you sell at craft fairs or online?
- Do you run workshops or courses?
Take deposits for commissions
A payment link for the deposit lets the maker buy glass and start work as soon as the design is agreed, and a second link gets the balance paid on fitting or collection.
Take payments at fairs and for workshops
Card payments at craft fairs and payment at the time of booking for workshop places help makers sell more and fill their classes.
Grow through makers and artists
Stained glass makers share fairs and open studios with potters, painters and picture framers. One maker on your app can bring the artists around them.
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 pottery and ceramics studios?
The pottery and ceramics studios guide covers classes, taster sessions, studio and kiln time and sales of finished pieces.
Pottery and ceramics studios →What about artists and small galleries?
The artists and small galleries guide covers original work, prints and commissions, often with deposits for commissions.
Artists and small galleries →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.