How to grow your payments app with swimming pools and lidos
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Independent swimming pools and lidos, many run by small trusts, clubs or community groups, sell timed swim sessions, season tickets and memberships, lessons, and snacks at the café. On a hot day hundreds of people can turn up at once, so quick booking and quick paying matter. A payments app that sells sessions and memberships by link, takes monthly payments and lets people tap or scan to pay at the gate and café can win these pools, and every swimmer who pays sees your app.
Talk to pool and lido managers
Ask local swimming pool and lido managers:
- How do swimmers book and pay for sessions today?
- How do members pay for season tickets or memberships?
- How busy is the gate and café on a hot day?
- What do you pay in card and booking fees?
Sell sessions and memberships by link
A link for each session and a monthly payment for members means fewer queues at the gate and steadier money through the year.
Speed up the gate and café
Tap to pay or a QR code at the gate and café keeps queues moving when the sun comes out.
Grow through swimming
Pool managers know swimming teachers, swim clubs and local leisure businesses. One pool 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 swimming teachers?
The swimming teachers guide covers selling blocks of lessons, mostly to parents, without chasing payment by the poolside.
Swimming teachers →What about trampoline parks?
The trampoline parks guide covers timed jump sessions, grip socks, parties and café sales at busy weekends and school holidays.
Trampoline parks →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.