How to grow your payments app with sweet shops and chocolatiers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Sweet shops and chocolatiers sell treats over the counter, get busy with gift orders around holidays like Christmas, Easter and Valentine's Day, and some run tasting or chocolate-making classes. Many also make corporate gifts and wedding favours to order. Counter sales need to be quick, gift orders need paying before they are made and classes need booking ahead. A payments app that does all three can win these shops, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to sweet shops and chocolatiers
Ask local shops:
- How do customers pay at the counter today?
- How do you take gift and holiday orders?
- Do you make corporate gifts or wedding favours to order?
- Do you run tasting or making classes?
Take payment for gift orders up front
A payment link for a holiday box or a batch of wedding favours means the shop is paid before it starts making them.
Sell class places by link
A booking link for a tasting or chocolate-making class lets customers pay ahead, so the shop knows how many places are filled.
Grow through gifts and celebrations
Sweet shops work alongside bakeries, florists and wedding suppliers. One shop on your app can introduce the others.
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 bakeries and patisseries?
The bakeries and patisseries guide covers lots of small morning sales, plus orders for celebration cakes and trays for offices and cafés.
Bakeries →What about ice cream vans?
The ice cream vans guide covers taking quick, small payments on streets, in parks and at events.
Ice cream vans →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.