How to grow your payments app with street performers and buskers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Street performers and buskers rely on people passing by with change in their pocket, and fewer people carry cash every year. Many would happily tip if paying took a few seconds. A QR code and a simple payment page can turn more listeners into supporters.
Talk to a few performers
Ask buskers and street performers:
- How many people say they would tip but have no cash?
- Do you sell music, merchandise or book private gigs?
- How do people find you again after they walk away?
- What would make taking a tip on a phone worth it for you?
Make tipping take seconds
A QR code on a sign next to the performer opens a payment page. Let people pick an amount and pay in a few taps, with no app to download.
Help them sell more than tips
The same page can take bookings for private events or sell music and merchandise. That turns a passer-by into a paying fan.
Grow where performers gather
Performers often know each other and play at the same spots, markets and festivals. A few who use your app can spread it through the whole scene.
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 local events?
The events guide covers growing your app at markets, fairs and festivals.
Local events →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.